None of the above. Magic The Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers is a great downloadable treat for MTG fans, but it still has plenty of issues.
Story: As any MTG fans would know, you are a Planeswalker. A wizard that can summon dreadful, and wonderful creatures, cast spells to cause chaos or to heal wounds. Planeswalkers will fight each other in duels to claim victory, and of course bragging rights and maybe trade a card.
Gameplay: It plays out like any normal MTG match in real life. A table with two to four people and each person has a deck with seven starting cards. When you attack there are neat little clawing effects and sounds. The game can get frustrating, since some duels rely mostly on chance rather than skill. Just in case you were wondering, no you can not customize your deck with whatever cards you want. Not offline, or online. It really does suck. You do unlock 17 cards, one at a time when you win a match in campaign with each deck. So the game gives you a choice: which deck do you want to use mostly throughout the campaign and get more cards for? The controls are a problem worth mentioning as well, they are confusing and can affect gameplay.
Difficulty: If you are not a seasoned MTG player, your likely to get stumped later on in the campaign. You'll need to practice a lot if you want to beat it.
Graphics: The cards show up very nicely in HD. However its not the best looking downloadable game available. The effects are also a nice touch.
Fun Factor: If you play MTG a lot, you may get bored with this quickly. However if you play it a lot yet you wish to play against different people, you will want this game. You can go up against other people around the world via online matches. On the other hand, if you have never played it one out of two things will happen: you will fall in love with it, or you will find it too confusing and complicated. Hopefully the former.
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I agree with your review. Short and simple, it was an easy read. My only problem with your review is that I tried to find matches online to play but couldn't. I also found no way to play against a friend on one console. I realize that there could be cheating involved in that, but they should at least offer it.
I find it much easier to actually play a game. The other night my friend and I tried playing the demo for this game and eventually said 'screw it, lets just play the actual card game.' Much easier to see everything, more customization, etc, etc.