From the official Wizards DoTP web page:
Hunt Bigger Game this year with Magic 2015—Duels of the Planeswalkers and discover a number of cool new things:
Be at the heart of the story: Players will find themselves dropped into the wilderness at the heart of the story: You’re not just on Garruk’s list—you’re next. The Curse of the Chain Veil has corrupted Garruk’s body and soul. His skin has paled, his flesh struck through with blackened veins. His hunter’s instinct has turned away from beasts of the wild toward the ultimate quarry—Planeswalkers! You will have to confront the deadliest hunter in the Multiverse. But, how will you defeat Garruk before he finds you?
Full, Open-Ended Deck Building: Players can build their own collection of cards to create any style of deck they want.
Platforms: It will be available on Xbox One, Xbox LIVE Arcade, iPad, PC via Steam, Android tablet via Amazon App Store and Google Play.
New Content: Five planes to explore and exciting virtual booster packs.
Single and Multiplayer: Battle the AI or your friends with your fully customized decks.
New Cards: Magic 2015—Duels of the Planeswalkers will feature some of the hottest cards from Magic 2015.
Launch Date: Coming soon in 2014!
Excited! So the massive news here is full deck building for the first time in a Duels game. I'm curious what the size of the card pool is. I've heard anywhere from a few hundred to up to a thousand cards (unlikely).
Oh no. I have 2012, 2013, and 2014.
Full, Open-Ended Deck Building: Players can build their own collection of cards to create any style of deck they want.
It looks like I'm buying 2015, too.
I ended up buying 2014 twice, so I'll probably get this next one at least once. Then again the Scavenging Ooze card that came in the physical booster pack for D14 was worth about as much as the game cost, so it wasn't a hard sell...
I thought I'd read what rares the D15 promo packs would have, but I can't remember and it doesn't seem to be in any of the links here...
Soon: Magic 2025, coming in 2018.
Soon: Magic 2025, coming in 2018.
This joke ©2009 when Magic 2010 was released.
Such is the curse of a summer release that's supposed to last all year... apparently their market research said their sales would drop drastically come January if the current set was sporting last year's number.
As much as I love these games and have bought every iteration, the decision to not include 2HG in this years version has made me not one to buy it. The group of 4 I play this with would spend hours on Friday/Saturday night playing 2hg in various pairings and not being able to do that just makes me sad.
Oh no. I have 2012, 2013, and 2014.
Maclintok wrote:Full, Open-Ended Deck Building: Players can build their own collection of cards to create any style of deck they want.
It looks like I'm buying 2015, too.
Yeah same boat. I just told my friend last week there was no way I was buying it again for locked decks the way they have had it the last couple years. And yet, now they are finally letting you build your own.
Hm...
I have to say that I HATE the menu system for this game (playing on IPAD). Give me a normal menu list please!!! These fancy interfaces are only made to do one thing and that is to ANNOY!!
KramNesnah wrote:I have to say that I HATE the menu system for this game (playing on IPAD). Give me a normal menu list please!!! These fancy interfaces are only made to do one thing and that is to ANNOY!!
Oh, their front end is horrid. It's like we went back in time to the advent of Flash web sites. I don't know who thought it was a good idea to reveal only one button label at a time.
Even worse than 2012 (PC), where they didn't modify the menu from the console release?
So, what are the impressions from the few that have tried 2015? I like Magic, I like the basic additions they've had since the first DotP, but they also seem to (always) make quite a bit of mistakes, or weird decisions.
I think they sandbag it, each year, to try to get you to play the big brother version.
Be at the heart of the story: Players will find themselves dropped into the wilderness at the heart of the story: You’re not just on Garruk’s list—you’re next. The Curse of the Chain Veil has corrupted Garruk’s body and soul. His skin has paled, his flesh struck through with blackened veins. His hunter’s instinct has turned away from beasts of the wild toward the ultimate quarry—Planeswalkers! You will have to confront the deadliest hunter in the Multiverse. But, how will you defeat Garruk before he finds you?
I guess that means nothing, but I had a faint hope that this meant that we had a Shandalar-esque mode in the game where there was an open world single-player RPG aspect with quests/exploration/dialog/loot/shops/etc., but that's probably not the case.
No, no its not the case. Just a series of 'missions' and several of those.
Maclintok wrote:KramNesnah wrote:I have to say that I HATE the menu system for this game (playing on IPAD). Give me a normal menu list please!!! These fancy interfaces are only made to do one thing and that is to ANNOY!!
Oh, their front end is horrid. It's like we went back in time to the advent of Flash web sites. I don't know who thought it was a good idea to reveal only one button label at a time.
Even worse than 2012 (PC), where they didn't modify the menu from the console release?
So, what are the impressions from the few that have tried 2015? I like Magic, I like the basic additions they've had since the first DotP, but they also seem to (always) make quite a bit of mistakes, or weird decisions.
I'm basically out for this version. Right now Hearthstone is scratching the itch for me.
I've played all the ftp parts of this latest version and just cannot bring myself to actually put down money for the good stuff (multiplayer). Also I just cannot get into the slow pace of the game right now. I've been playing some form of MtG since 1997 and to me it feels like I could be done.
Hearthstone has ruined MtG for me!
Edit : Aaarrrggghhh double post
Yes, I would much rather they have a base price, or free core, that they continuously add with campaigns (Heartstone's Naxx) or expansions. They've grown the game so much that I don't agree with the annual model anymore. Maybe I wouldn't mind if a new year was a different take on Magic/DotP, but they're just constantly progressing and asking us to pay for similar content.
Ugh this game has some gnarly F2P. One campaign, aka 4 games, and then it's 5 for additional campaign and 10 for multi-player. No thanks.
This looks like such a disaster. I guess they decided they weren't making enough money, and decided to make even more cash-grabby than it already was.
Devs: anytime you're charging per fun, you're screwing up your game.
Is there a thread started for this year's Duels iteration? I did a quick forum search, but came up empty.
I skipped Duels 2015, but the PR coming out of E3 for Duels: Origins has me interested. Every digital incarnation of Magic has overpromised and underdelivered, but I think I'll probably give it another shot when Origins releases.
And supposedly Origins is it - they will add cards/packs/precons? as DLC instead of coming out with a new version every year.
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