Yes the title is true. Valve is getting their hands into the card game scene as well by turning their most popular game,
Dota 2, into a fully fledged card game. The game was teased at this years International Dota 2 Championships. This was definitely not taken well by the community both at TI7 and on Youtube where the like to dislike ratio
is worse than that spaceship Call of Duty trailer last year.
Usually when Valve announces something at these giant Dota 2 tournaments it is something the
community has been looking forward too for a long time. Whether that be the addition of a Dota champion like Pitlord or even as big as a game changing patch such as 7.0 was.
For reference here is the 7.0 announcement Now announcements like 7.0 this are what the people get hyped for at the end of these tournaments but when they showed a super short teaser for a card game the community definitely didn't take it well.
Here's a video of the crowds reaction to the announcement live at TI7
What do we know so far about Artifact? Not much but Sean Plott did mention that it would include things like
Barracks, Creeps, Lanes, and Three Boards. IDK how all of this is going to be implemented into a card game but I have to assume Valve know what they are doing.
Why are people upset? Well like I said before it is not the kind of announcement people expect at these tournaments but also it kind of seems like
every company, big or small, is trying to cash out on the card game scene. Ever since Hearthstone blew up on both PC and now Mobile I am sure other companies are seeing these card games as a
low maintenance cash cow. So to put it simply,
it comes off lazy.
At the same time I can kind of see the
light at the end of this saturated card game tunnel, at least since it is Valve. Valve is definitely known for making pretty damn good games, being innovative on a already completed market, and making a ton of money while doing it. If these unique additions like lanes, barracks, and such add enough to the game I can see it being a success. One thing I would like to mention as well is that Hearthstone (which seems to be the only relevant online digital card game) does not have
trading or selling of cards. Now this is
not confirmed to be in Artifact as well but it seems like a great opportunity to add it with the Steam Market does it not? Having cards be
actual items in your inventory for that game that are both tradeable and buyable would be a huge addition over Hearthstone. This could c
reate a market for cards like Magic has but all through the Steam Market place. Dare I say they could even add card skins through, you guessed it, LOOT CRATES! All of this is speculation but my point is don't count the game out just yet. Wait for some more information to come in and
lets see if Valve can truly change the digital card game world.
Is this game something you are going to at least give a shot if it looks decent after future announcements?
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