Valve's Artifact launches mixed reviews on Steam – KitGuru

Towards the end of last night, Valve officially launched Artifact and, although the servers initially struggled to cope with the influx of players, connectivity faded quite quickly . Nevertheless, it seems that many players have their lot of complaints, as evidenced by the mixed reception of Steam.

Artifact currently has nearly 2,000 Steam ratings, with a general opinion of "mixed". Most players seem to agree on the fact that Artifact is a very good and fun card game. However, the pricing model seems to put a lot of players off.

While many other card games are usually free, Artifact has a buy-in of £ 15, which gives you the game, two starter decks, five event tickets and ten additional card packs to open. However, once in the game, there is no daily challenge or connection reward allowing players to win new cards. These are features that many players have become accustomed to in titles like Hearthstone, allowing those with less money to add to their collection without having to buy more packs.

The other main problem is that the competitive game costs an event ticket, which must be paid after the exhaustion of your first five games. If you manage to win three games before losing two, you will receive an event ticket and a rewards card game. You can also recycle the duplicate cards you have to generate a new event ticket. It is therefore possible to buy tickets, but to recycle the cards, you will probably have to buy enough packs to get these duplicates.

It's a radically different system from the digital card games we've been used to since the launch of Hearthstone. However, if you compare it to collectible card games like Yu-Gi-Oh, Magic The Gathering or even Pokemon, the monetization system will seem very familiar to you.

KitGuru says: I already had the chance to play Artifact for a few hours and I really enjoy the game. The monetization system does not really bother me, but I can understand why new players might be put off. The lack of option to win new card packs thanks to gold, connection rewards, daily challenges, and so on. makes the game less accessible to people with less money to invest. Has any of you ever tried Artifact? What do you think of the game up to now?