Recent reviews by xXg4me_til_i_dieXx

what can i say that hasn't been said?

fun and interesting, especially for someone like me who cannot for the life of him figure out how to play traditional fighting games.
big complaint though: this game NEEDS matchmaking. the lobbies are miserable, you can sit in there inviting person after person after person and not get a game for an uncomfortably long period of time.

you run from the guy

forever a classic

RULES OF NATURE

Master Duel was hyped up for the longest time with plenty of fears that it would fail to deliver, but thankfully it has met literally every expectation anyone could have imagined.
The monetization system is very, VERY forgiving and - despite hefty investments on staples / handtraps - all cards are EXTREMELY accessible despite the fact that they aren't handed to you for free. Spending money is worthwhile and feels more like a bonus than a necessity and playing the game totally F2P feels very rewarding with a stable system of progression.

The animations are BEAUTIFUL. Everything looks so CLEAN!!! It makes duels that you are losing bad INFINITELY MORE ENJOYABLE. Yu-Gi-Oh is super scary to new players because its hard to tell who is winning or what's happening, but solo mode very slowly and nicely introduces mechanics to new players and spectating matches is easy to follow because of the flashy animations.

One issue I have is the limited soundtrack. While the soundtrack is cleverly used, there are like... 3 songs. Which kinda sucks. But it's fine.
Menus also take a weirdly long time to load? Like it takes a solid 25 seconds to get from the deck editor to the ranked duel queue.

If the menu animations could load faster, more songs were added, and the ability to choose between match and single format duels were in the game it would be, in my honest opinion, the perfect Yu-Gi-Oh sim.
This is, without a doubt, THE way to play Yu-Gi-Oh in 2022.

This game holds up beautifully all these years later. It truly masters the "show don't tell" rule and it's a blast to play gameplay wise. Even though the game is old, the Source engine visuals are strangely cute. It's heavily stylized for a game that you'd expect to look bad given its age.
If you haven't played Half-Life, what the hell bro? Do it.

the game is always trying to make you feel like a badass and succeeding
buy it!

it is a fun game

this game is like monopoly if it was difficult
you'll yell at your friends while playing