Comments on: BattleForge Beta Review

By: Shameless self-promotion … | Gaming Horror - it's a Game Dev's Life

Shameless self-promotion … | Gaming Horror - it's a Game Dev's Life — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:48:08 +0000

[...] self-promotion … On 02.13.09, In Games, by steffenj It always feels good to read a positive review of the game you’ve worked on (which is BattleForge of course). The review is from Keen and [...]

By: GodofGods

GodofGods — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:18:31 +0000

this game is the best game i ever play

By: Thallis

Thallis — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:08:41 +0000

Would just like to thank keen for his impressions of the game. I had never heard of this game until your post on it. And it perked my interest… was released a few days ago and I picked it up and I’m having a lot of fun. I convinced a friend to play the trial and that won him over as well. Good stuff.

By: Ramza

Ramza — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 17:58:28 +0000

Tome mode is a mode in which you play with a random selection of cards created from 6 boosters + 8 common card, and you create your battle deck from those 56 cards.

Tome mode battles give out more rewards, but it only speeds up what you can achieve in normal collection mode. If you win a Tome battle, you might get 2-3 victory tokens, while collection mode will give you only one.

Card upgrades have a fixed token cost, so not playing tome mode just means it will take you couple more battles to upgrade a card.

Unless you are in a hurry, you are really not forced to buy anything to play Tome mode.

Also, just to confirm, Rare and Ultra-Rare cards are more gimmicks than “must have” to be competitive. They are nice, but not needed in any way.

By: sakanaou

sakanaou — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:53:59 +0000

@mikesaysno:
This title will not include any DRM like SecuRom or such as it’s an online-based game and you need a fully valid account to play it. Has also been posted and verified by the developers on their forum.

By: Howdy Doody

Howdy Doody — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 19:44:08 +0000

Yea I don’t fully understand the “tome deck” concept. Is this a card game term that has been around and I just don’t know it, or is this something new to the game.

Conceptually it seems kinda crazy since your army is based off of luck of the draw.

By: CoffeeCreature

CoffeeCreature — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 04:14:06 +0000

Nice review and vids. The game looks interesting and for the cost of buying cards…its like paying for a monthly fee for mmorpg. If they cost $2.50 per deck…you could buy like 4-5 packs and that would be equivalent to a monthly cost of paying for an mmorpg like >>> WoW. So…its not too bad.

I don’t know if thats worth it or not, but the collecting cards + rts is interesting. I don’t know if that would keep me playing for a year but its possible.

By: Centuri

Centuri — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 02:42:50 +0000

It’s already looking to be a huge money sink. The best rewards are going to come from “Tome” matches. To do these you need to get a “Tome Deck.”

A tome deck is a deck made from a random assortment of 6 packs of cards with 8 random rares. So you are probably looking at having to spend 15-20 bucks (1200 points whatever that is going to cost) and hope the RNG doesn’t screw you over.

I can see dedicated players really dropping some cash on it.

By: Howdy Doody

Howdy Doody — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:46:30 +0000

Went to play last night and they had a 2.1 GIG PATCH. damn that’s the biggest Patch I have ever seen. Had to play WAR instead. Oh well maybe tonight.

By: Howdy Doody

Howdy Doody — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:45:45 +0000

I know it’s on Direct2Drive (10 bucks cheaper then EB). But I can’t recall any game that’s been on Direct2Drive and Steam…usually one or the other, but I’m not sure.