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Shadow Era
Developer(s)Wulven Studios
Publisher(s)Wulven Studios
EngineUnity
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows, iOS, Mac, Android, Web Browser
Release24 Feb, 2011
Genre(s)Digital CCG
Mode(s)

Shadow Era (also known as SE) is a free on-line collectable card game created by Wulven Studios. (A physical version has also been released) Cross platform game play is centric to the digital version design and it is supported on PC, Mac, iOS, Android and via web browser. [1]

Gameplay

The game Shadow Era is (typically) played between two players. Each player has a ‘hero’ which starts with 26-30 health points and when their hero is reduced to zero health they are defeated. Heroes can lose life when they are dealt "damage" by being attacked with summoned allies, abilities and weapons. A Hero will also lose 1 health for each card they are unable to draw if their deck is empty. A player may only include cards in their deck that match the ‘Faction’ and ‘Class’ of the Hero they are using. Cards classed as ‘Neutral’ can be used by any Hero. A deck must contain a minimum of 39 cards and 1 Hero. (Exclusions exist when playing the AI in the digital version) [2]

Reception

Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft has received generally favorable reviews upon its release, holding a score of 87.57% on GameRankings[10] and 88 on Metacritic[8] based on a dozen reviews by major video game critics. The game was praised for its simplicity, gameplay pace, and attention to detail along with being free-to-play, while the lack of actual card trading between players and any form of tournament mode were pointed out as the major shortcomings. Eurogamer gave the game the perfect score of 10 and remarked that the game is "overflowing with character and imagination, feeds off and fuels a vibrant community of players and performers, and it only stands to improve as Blizzard introduces new features, an iPad version and expansions."[12] IGN and Game Informer both gave the game a slightly lower grade of 9/10,[13][14] with IGN's Justin Davis praising the game for its "elegant simplicity of rules" and "impressive attention to detail and personality, and the true viability of playing completely for free make it easy to fall under its spell and get blissfully lost in the depths of its strategic possibilities."[6] GameSpot gave the game a score of 8/10, praising the game for its depth and complexity. The only major drawback noted was that the "absence of extra features hampers long-term appeal".[5]

References

  1. ^ Wulven Studios Website, 'About page', http://www.wulven.com/about.html
  2. ^ Shadow Era Website, Rules 'Official Rulebook', http://cf.shadowera.com/shadowera_rulebook_v1.0.pdf
  3. ^ Bramwell, Tom. "Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft review". Eurogamer. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  4. ^ Tack, Daniel. "Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft". Game informer. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  5. ^ a b Jonhson, Leif. "The Orgrimmar Shuffle". Gamespot. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  6. ^ a b Davis, Justin. "HEARTHSTONE: HEROES OF WARCRAFT REVIEW". IGN. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  7. ^ Thursten, Chris. "Hearthstone review". PC Gamer. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
  8. ^ a b "Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft reviews". Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  9. ^ "Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft reviews for iOS". Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  10. ^ a b "Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft reviews". Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  11. ^ "Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft reviews for iOS". Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  12. ^ Bramwell, Tom. "Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft review". Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  13. ^ Davis, Justin. "HEARTHSTONE: HEROES OF WARCRAFT REVIEW". Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  14. ^ Tack, Daniel. "Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft". Retrieved 12 March 2014.
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