im surprised to not see more talk about that here, ive always read that that is the best MTG game to come out so far.
i dont even see it in the stickied list of MTG software.
it definitly looks really nice, and even the dated graphics have a certain appeal.
i havent played it myself, but i hear that its got the best deck building system and mode of acquiring new cards.
It was pretty buggy and the computer A.I. was really dumb. It was kinda interesting to play and I really think they did alot of creating things to make a wacky game that could hold your interest for a while. But the card selection was limited and the games you played were nothing like a real game of magic. You'd play with like 18 card decks and such, weird stuff that didn't make sense.
I played it when it first came out in the mid 1990s and for a while was almost addicted to it (a few weeks) until I threw the CD away (a common tactic of mine for stopping playing a game that is taking too much of my time). For nostalgia purposes I bought a copy off of eBay in 2006-ish and played again for a bit. It was still kinda fun but even further from the real magic experience than in the 90's.
I think it is a really fun way to play Magic, especially with older cards. There are two ways the game let you play: Shandalar and Duel. Shandalar was in the form of an RPG where you start off with an underpowered deck centered around a certain color. The difficulty setting affected how many cards are in the deck that are not part of the color you chose.
The deck has a 40 card limit and you can't have more than 3 copies of each card in the deck. You could build a normal 60 card deck if you wanted, and one of the "upgrades" in the game is to ease the limit on spells by 1, allowing the normal 4 copies of each spell in your deck. There are other upgrades as well that you can find during the course of the game.
You could buy cards from towns, find them in your travels, and win them when defeating enemies you encounter. The game uses Ante, which is how you win cards, but it also means you lose cards if you lose the duel. The most powerful cards, such as power 9, could be found in special areas where you had to navigate a maze like dungeon to find treasure. You only get one shot to defeat the enemies in the dungeon to get to the treasure, so make sure your deck is powerful enough.
There were 6 bosses; 1 for each color and then a main boss once each other boss was defeated.
There are a few bugs in the AI when playing and, as such, the AI will sometimes make obvious play mistakes. However, for being written in 1996 it is very well done and very faithful to the game of Magic.
The other mode is Duel which allows you to just build decks with whatever cards you want and play them against a plethora of pre-built decks. You could also connect via Manalink to play against other players.
There has been a group of people that have tried keeping the game as up to date as possible and they have been adding new cards whenever possible. They also have updated the program to work in Windows XP and Windows 7 without too many issues.
Overall, it is a very fun game and I would highly recommend it if you just want to be able to play with some of the most powerful cards in the history of the game.
i dont even see it in the stickied list of MTG software.
it definitly looks really nice, and even the dated graphics have a certain appeal.
i havent played it myself, but i hear that its got the best deck building system and mode of acquiring new cards.
I played it when it first came out in the mid 1990s and for a while was almost addicted to it (a few weeks) until I threw the CD away (a common tactic of mine for stopping playing a game that is taking too much of my time). For nostalgia purposes I bought a copy off of eBay in 2006-ish and played again for a bit. It was still kinda fun but even further from the real magic experience than in the 90's.
The deck has a 40 card limit and you can't have more than 3 copies of each card in the deck. You could build a normal 60 card deck if you wanted, and one of the "upgrades" in the game is to ease the limit on spells by 1, allowing the normal 4 copies of each spell in your deck. There are other upgrades as well that you can find during the course of the game.
You could buy cards from towns, find them in your travels, and win them when defeating enemies you encounter. The game uses Ante, which is how you win cards, but it also means you lose cards if you lose the duel. The most powerful cards, such as power 9, could be found in special areas where you had to navigate a maze like dungeon to find treasure. You only get one shot to defeat the enemies in the dungeon to get to the treasure, so make sure your deck is powerful enough.
There were 6 bosses; 1 for each color and then a main boss once each other boss was defeated.
There are a few bugs in the AI when playing and, as such, the AI will sometimes make obvious play mistakes. However, for being written in 1996 it is very well done and very faithful to the game of Magic.
The other mode is Duel which allows you to just build decks with whatever cards you want and play them against a plethora of pre-built decks. You could also connect via Manalink to play against other players.
There has been a group of people that have tried keeping the game as up to date as possible and they have been adding new cards whenever possible. They also have updated the program to work in Windows XP and Windows 7 without too many issues.
Overall, it is a very fun game and I would highly recommend it if you just want to be able to play with some of the most powerful cards in the history of the game.