Game Review: Warstorm

If you like card games, this is a game worth trying. Warstorm is a new online card game where you battle other people with squads that you setup. It's like playing with different decks depending on your strategy.

Setting/Story: 5/10

The game has 5 different factions: Human, Orc, Elf, Demon, and Undead. There are campaigns where you battle these factions using your squads which consists of those same factions. It doesn't really have a story though.

System: 7/10

It's basically turn based. You get to draw a card each turn. Your cards would depend on what cards you have on your squad. Each squad is composed of 7 cards including 1 leader. The type of cards you can bring would depend on what type of cards the leader would require. Everything will be automatic during the fight though.

Leader Card

Units - Number of units required

Artifacts - Number of artifacts required

Spells - Number of spells required

Health - Health points of the card

Attack - Attack points of the card

Ready - Number of turns before card is put in to play

Skill - Special abilities/skills of the card

Battle

Gameplay: 7/10

I personally like turn based card games. It requires strategy to play a game like this. Your strategy on this game would be how you build your squad depending on your choice of cards. Considering their ready time, attack power, health, and skills. You'd also have to consider the type of leader you would use. If you would want to have artifacts or spells, or just fill your squad with fighting units.

You can get different cards by buying from the shop, doing campaigns, or getting achievements. Buying from the shop would require silver or coins. Silver can be earned from achievements, battles, and campaigns. You can also earn from the daily login bonus which you can increase by inviting other friends to play or finishing campaigns.

You draw your cards out by random so there'd be a luck factor despite your strategy.

Graphics: 6/10

For a simple game, it has decent animations and the card drawings are nice.

Battlegrounds

Squads

Defense

Replay Value: 8/10

The game doesn't have a story. It's more of a dueling game. You fight other players and gain silver and experience. You do daily missions and gain silver and experience. You level up and get rewarded. Then buy new cards with your money and enhance your squads.

Overall Rating: 33/50

The game is nice and simple. Doesn't really take a lot of effort to play it. All you need to do is click a few buttons and watch the battle.

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Here's a link to the Facebook application.