Too many bullies, too much luck – Hearthstone Review

The game is fun. And addictive. No question about that. But with tens of thousands of users online at any given time, you'd think the devs could implement a matching system that doesn't put rank beginners up against players who have half the best cards in the game (and are out to get the other half by gold farming newbies to extinction). I think there are actually people deliberately hanging out at a low level of ranked play specifically so they can steamroll newcomers. Cool, well, watch your player base gradually fade into oblivion! Also, for people who are looking for a strongly skill-based game, look elsewhere. Hearthstone involves significant skill, but it's probably 50/50 luck/skill at best. EDIT: came back after standard play was introduced and these problems are even more pronounced than before. The game offers new players absolutely ZERO opportunity to make headway starting out unless the spend hundreds of dollars. Waste of time for anyone who hasn't been there since beta.
Review by zipfold on Hearthstone.