DHGF: Magic: The Gathering – Duel of the Planeswalkers 2012 is the newest version of M:TG for consoles. I actually passed on the 2011 version after playing the demo many months ago as I really hated the interface. However, since getting it for free via Playstation Plus, I have spent some time with it, shredding the Puzzle section in about an hour and fiddling with the occasional battle in between reviews. I have to admit I started playing Magic: The Gathering in Alpha when no one had ever heard of it. I still remember my first rare was the Force of Nature. Unfortunately only one other friend picked up a starter back then and it became boring quite quickly because of that so we put them away and didn’t give the game a second thought. Then down the road, Revised hit, the trading card game became a phenomenon and we pulled out the few cards we purchased back then on a lark and gave it a try once more. I never invested too much money into Magic as I preferred pen and paper games or things like Mythos or Illuminati. Still, Magic was the most popular and I’d dabble it in here and there. I stopped playing the card game back somewhere between 98-00. I want to say Homelands or the set after that was the last set I picked up money for. However, I instead picked up the original PC version of the game as it was much cheaper than buying cards and it gave you a wide selection to boot. I even dabbled with Magic: The Gathering Online in the early 00s and found it to be a better (and cheaper) experience to buying cards and the randomness of what you might get.
Taha Brown takes an indepth look at the latest digital magic offering from Stainless Games.
Reviews of games within series always feel slightly polarising. There is a constant dilemma of who the target audience should be, whether they be hardened stalwarts of the genre or completely unaccustomed. Magic the Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalker 2013 (the third release in the series) is reaching that difficult stage, particularly with its money draining annual release strategy. The review is made even more divisive by the fact this game should receive entirely separate conclusions depending on whether the reader already owns a previous release. So, let's make this simple. If you own the 2012 edition of the game, released last year, then skip down to the paragraph that begins with 'but here is the problem' and perhaps shed a tear for the overt commercialism of your favourite game. Otherwise read on.
MonsterVine: "Everyone’s heard of Magic the Gathering. Classic collectible card game with monsters that’s been around since 1993. Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 is the newest Magic game available which aims to refine the Duels series even more."
I own all the platform versions... This is my MTG fix.. I sold my physical cards years ago but this how I still dabbled in the MTG universe..
