You would possibly depend your self amongst those that thought the collectible card recreation Gwent was top-of-the-line components of The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt. If that’s the case, CD Projekt Crimson have simply made your day by revealing the existence of a single-player standalone growth for his or her Gwent recreation, dubbed Rogue Mage. Not solely that, however the fantasy roguelike deckbuilder might be out tomorrow, July seventh.
CDPR chatted with Ian Video games Community about Rogue Mage, which is constructing on the core gameplay of the multiplayer Gwent recreation launched in 2018. “Whereas Gwent multiplayer is a incredible recreation for many who are in search of an important PvP multiplayer expertise,” recreation director Vladimir Tortsov mentioned, “we completely perceive that many Witcher gamers liked the unique mini-game of Gwent for completely totally different causes. With Rogue Mage we goal to present this viewers a purpose to play modern-day Gwent within the format they like.”
Rogue Mage’s player-character is a wizard known as Alzur, who’s attempting to craft the primary Witcher. The sport’s 4 decks are themed round a central idea, like boosting playing cards, and also you’ll begin with solely a dozen playing cards in your deck. You’ll have to select three playing cards to construct your decisions round inside every deck. Exploring the procedurally-generated world map will enable you discover extra playing cards, however solely separately. Every hour-long run by the sport nets expertise factors to stage your character, which enhance the pool of playing cards to attract on subsequent time round and amp up their energy.
We’ve recognized for the reason that begin of this 12 months that Gwent can be getting a single-player spin-off sooner or later in 2022. The sport had been known as Challenge Golden Nekker till as we speak. I’m a fan of CCGs typically and all the time loved the single-player Duels Of The Planeswalkers video games that Magic: The Gathering used to place out, so I’m each up and down for Rogue Mage. Will or not it’s as respectable as Thronebreaker, the opposite single-player Gwent ‘em up, although?
Brendan had a enjoyable time when he reviewed Thronebreaker all the way in which again in 2018, though he struggled with the dialogue of most important character Queen Meve. “It is not an enormous deal, only a bit inconsistent,” he mentioned. “You’re a no-nonsense warrior queen, Meve. Why lappeth the phrases about thy tooth so? It doesn’t match her character, and it’s not even how individuals spoke again in these days. You understand, these days, with the swamp hags.”
Gwent: Rogue Mage is coming to PC, Android and iOS on July seventh. It’ll value $10/£8/€10 for the usual model and $20/£17/€20 for a premium pack that features skins, cosmetics and playing cards for the multiplayer recreation.