I had plenty of questions going into my demo for Valve's upcoming card game Artifact. How could the three lane structure be anything but a mess? It's true, you essentially are playing 3 different games at the same time - and you need to "win" two of them. After several games (I went back to the booth several times because frankly, I'm already hooked), any concerns I had about the game vanished. Somehow, Valve has crafted a simple to understand but insanely complex strategy game that rewards care...
I had plenty of questions going into my demo for Valve's upcoming card game Artifact. How could the three lane structure be anything but a mess? It's true, you essentially are playing 3 different games at the same time - and you need to "win" two of them. After several games (I went back to the booth several times because frankly, I'm already hooked), any concerns I had about the game vanished. Somehow, Valve has crafted a simple to understand but insanely complex strategy game that rewards care...
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