Ruined My Favorite Card Game – UNO ™ & Friends Review

I don’t usually write reviews but this is just too bad of a game to not. Be warned this review is long but everything I say is true. This game ruins what Uno is, you aren’t able to defend against draw twos you have to use currency to buy items to defend, the issue with that is that if you’re new you will get destroyed by pay-to-win players. Pay-to-win players, think about that for a second, a game like uno has pay-to-win mechanics. That’s absolutely idiotic. Not to mention the fact that there are pets who have special abilities. Pets with special abilities. Where do I even start with this. There are pets that can do things like make people draw cards if a certain number is played, or pets that let you see other players cards. Why is something like that in a game of Uno. Even if you’re willing to accept that there is still the pay to win players who have the best pets that can devastate everyone but that’s not even the tip of the iceberg. If you’re in a game with two pay-to-win players consider yourself 4th place. You heard me 4th place, in this game there’s no one winner which if you’re willing to get by isn’t too bad. You know what is bad? The fact that you can block things like losing your turn when someone plus twos you or if someone skips you, you can still take your turn. But let’s say you are willing to deal with these issues and you are just ready to get into this different version of Uno, well then too bad. Want to know why? Well it’s because you will probably run out of play tokens. “What are play tokens?” You might ask. Well play tokens are pretty self explanatory you use them to play the game and they recharge over time. Want to know how to get more? I think you know already. You have to pay to play this game more or watch ads. Sure the tokens are cheap and you can play more, but don’t forget about the other pay-to-win players who will make you frustrated and want to buy items and pets. So let’s say you do just that and get the best of the best stuff well it’s 5 dollars and tax to open the best crate 3 times, but let’s say you are lucky and get a really good pet from the crate. Well then great on to items. If you want the most then you’ll have to spend 40 dollars and tax to get a ton of items to make sure you win every time. Now you just spent 47+ dollars to be the best 47 dollars that could have been used on a old or new Triple-A game that can give you way more fun and less frustration. “Frustration? I have the best stuff what frustration is to be had?” You might say. Well I say “frustration” because you will probably burn through your items so fast that you have to spend 40 more dollars. How would you burn through your items? Other pay to win players who did the same thing you did and have pets that still prevent you from winning until you pay again, and again, and again. Want to know what you just did? You fell into the game creator’s hands cause they don’t care about your play experience they care about money, and nothing more. Now think about it. Think about how one company ruined a game you may have played as a kid or even still play today. Ruining the wholesome and fun game tarnished by these money hungry sharks. If you made it this far and haven’t downloaded the game I would suggest you stay far away, but if not go on and see for yourself maybe your experience will be better than mine. Honestly though if you really want to play Uno online I would suggest playing the version on Steam made by Ubisoft which tops this game in every category. Just a recommendation though if you don’t want to then don’t.
Review by Bepis-mein on UNO ™ & Friends.