There's a huge solo campaign, tournaments (though I haven't seen any yet), and real-time online play with friends and strangers. Oh, and the less said about those gruesome avatars the better. Your health is displayed in damage stickers, so from the main view you actually have to calculate how much HP you have left. Thankfully, it saves your progress.Īnd, at times, the app's slavish dedication to authenticity goes too far. You have to put your password in every time you play, you can't play without a web connection, and the game often reloads whenever you change app. There are some technical hitches, though. The design is clean and easy to read, and dragging cards about with your finger is largely responsive. There are status effects and specials, but everything complex is handled by the game itself. You attach energy cards to critters so they can perform attacks, and you can evolve one Pokémon into another if you've got the right cards. It sounds complex, but it's actually quite straightforward, and even card game newbies will pick it up after a brief tutorial.Įach player has one active Pokémon, and more on the bench. It's thrilling and theatrical, with tense coin flips, stunning comebacks, and last-minute reversals. This game has overpowered cards and cruel attacks, but enough special moves and tools to let you even the playing field. If the Pokémon TCG is supposed to capture the roller-coaster ride of your typical Pokémon video game battle, then it's a success.
I lay down the final enemy card and boot Serperior onto the bench, giving me time to regroup, reenergise, and eventually win the match. There's no time to evolve Buneary and attach three energy cards before all my other creatures are KO'd so I have to just go against Serperior unarmed and hope one of those coin flips fails. But then I draw a Lopunny - a beefy rabbit that can boot an opponent's active monster onto the bench. It's knocking out all my low-level 'mons, and I only have a few critters left. My opponent is using a Pokémon called Serperior that can flip two coins, and do 50 damage each time it gets a heads.
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