![]() ![]() ![]() As well as a few extra fluff items such as lore text, Hex cards also have some other unique properties such as “traits” and “restrictions” which define how the card is used. Both games’ cards list an attack value, defense and “mana cost” needed to play the card, as well as artwork and the actual cards ability and each card will have a rarity assigned to it. Hearthstone tying in with its simplistic “pick up and play” approach has relatively basic cards in comparison to Hex, though both games share a number of qualities. In both games the character you choose determines abilities that affect your play style, however, in Hex it would appear that you can level up your character, gaining a choice of talents every 10 levels and your card/avatar evolves its artwork as you level up.īoth games boast an offering of over 300 cards each, with more sets to be added over time. The races tie more strongly into the PvE questing aspect (we talk about that later) and the MMORPG history of the game, but with these combinations the game offers 20 possible Champions to choose from. HEX: Shards of Fate allows players to pick “Champions” as its characters the game offers six different classes and eight different races. Hearthstone revolves around the nine classic heroic classes that appear in the World of Warcraft MMO, each class represented by a particular hero from the games lore. Whilst Hex has gone down the route of explaining near everything in detail about the game, Hearthstone is considerably more tight lipped about its features other than vague references to features, seemingly relying more on the fact that “ Hey, we’re Blizzard and we made WoW so we make good games, right?”īoth games revolve around the same premise choose your champion, build your deck, play the game, but how do they both go about it? Honestly, the amount of information I could pull for Hearthstone was ridiculously bad in comparison to Hex, which from the demo video alone I already feel like I could play the game. I took a look at both websites, including Hex’s KickStarter page, checked FaQs, YouTube videos and glanced over the forums to really see what information I could get to compare these two games. Whereas Hex has people very high up in the companies chain being hands on with development, but has had to go down the route of using a KickStarter community funded project to get the money they need, which they have done easily gaining $2.3 mill of the $300k they were after. When it comes to development Blizzard have a fifteen man team backing Hearthstone, some of which have some experience in playing Trading Card Games to some extent, and the money of the company to throw behind it. In comparison you have Cryptazoic who have never published a video game before, but are actually known for publishing comics, board games and physical TGC. In first place you have Blizzard who have decades of online game crafting experience and the huge World of Warcraft title to throw weight behind its Trading Card Game, but this is still the first Trading Card Game that has come from the studio. So before analizing each game lets weigh up the two companies and make some interesting observations. Now as a newbie there may be instant appeal to go with the simpler game and so this article may seem bias, but how accessible the more complex Hex:SoF has made itself to new players may be a major make or break factor in itself. The two games we’re taking a look at also seemingly differ in complexity Hearthstone the World of Warcraft themed TCG from Blizzard, and Hex: Shards of Fate from Cryptozoic, a more complex Trading Card Game. Secondly, we don’t actually have beta access to either of these games yet, so this is a general look and comparison of the available features and how accessible they are to a newbie such as I am. Now, it’s probably worth mentioning that I have never played a Trading Card Game, either physically or digitally, and so I don’t really know how these kind of games work. ![]() We also invite you to make us know what do you think about the article, either here or on facebook and twitter. Today we look at Hearthstone and HEX: Shards of Fate the two new upcoming TGC (Trading Card Games) that are still in testing and decided to do a comparison to see what a new player such as myself would be letting themselves in for. ![]()
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