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Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft (Video Game)
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The pet project of a few Blizzard Entertainment employees turned into an experiment in less-than-epic game development for the company, Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft is an online game released on PC, iPad and Android tablets based on Warcraft's discontinued Collectible Card Game.The game allows you to step into the shoes / boots / what-have-you of the original nine character classes from World of Warcraft (plus the Demon Hunter and Death Knight), each represented by a character from the Warcraft universe. Each class has a special Support Power costing two mana (except the Demon Hunter, whose power costs one mana), which can be used once a turn (another change from the original, where hero abilities could only be used once period). Each class has its own unique cards, along with neutral cards that every class can use.The game is very streamlined compared to most CCGs. New mana crystals are automatically gained each turn without having to play/sacrifice a card, to a maximum of 10. Mana is spent to cast Minions (creatures), Spells (one-shot effects that act directly on the game state), Weapons (which your Player Character wields to deal direct damage, but are breakable), Hero Powers (weak abilities that can be used once per turn), Hero Cards (cards that give you a new, stronger Hero), and Secrets (traps which sit on your character until triggered, typically by something your opponent does). Secrets are your only way to interact with the opponent when it's their turn: they make all the other decisions, being able to target your Minions with their own, or bypass them entirely to hit you in the face. Targeting Minions can be worthwhile, though, because — as in the original CCG — damage is not reset at the end of each turn, so applying Death of a Thousand Cuts to a large enemy creature is a viable strategy. The game also takes advantage of its digital medium to embrace certain mechanics, like shuffling things into your deck, mechanics like "50% of the time, this Minion attacks the wrong enemy," and single-player duels against AI bosses, which are much easier to implement digitally than they would be at a gaming table. Because of its emphasis on swiftness and spectacle, cards can have extravagant effects, such as wishing for the perfect card, or shuffling a copy of your opponent's deck into yours. (And that's before we get into the really absurd things played by those AI bosses.)Like World of Warcraft, Hearthstone has its own expansions which are released every few months. In addition to the standard Expansion Pack which adds new cards, there are also Adventures, single-player campaigns where players quest through famous Warcraft raids to take on the bosses within to earn the new cards, featuring Heroic mode for those looking for a true challenge. (These also add new cards, though typically fewer of them.) The timeline for expansions is as follows: | |
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