Great game, seems to need more developer support – Shards of Infinity Review

Between Shards, Hearthstone, and Gwent, Shards is by far the better choice from the App Store. I own a physical copy of Shards and both expansions, and it’s a really solid card drafting/ deck builder. But it’s app version is also great, where some games can be held back in digital form. For instance, Hearthstone could be a fun quick little game seeing as the mechanics of the game itself are really simple. But the gameplay is held back by how over produced the app is. I can’t just jump in for a quick game, or easily build my deck without seeing a few load screens or swiping some pages. It’s just feels really slow for such a simple little game that I just want to jump into. Gwent has the same issues. It’s way over produced. And you have to sign your life away to jump into a game. Shards as an app is so simple. You can either play 3 different AI difficulties, join someone else’s game, start your own game, or add irl friends and play them. And the best part is you can do all of these options at the same time. I have 4-7 games going at any given time. You can leave the game, go about your life, and come back to take your turn. You never feel too locked in. It does seem a little abandoned though. The expansion don’t seem to be coming to digital any time soon if ever, and there are a few bugs that will probably never get fixed. If the AI has a big turn, it’ll grind the app to a halt and crash until you cancel that game. Instead the AI should pace itself and try not to do too much at once. And I have a game that was forfeited by an opponent and the prompt for that game won’t go away.
Review by Ben Falkenstein on Shards of Infinity.