Comments on: [Review Rewind] Magic: The Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers 2009 http://www.ps3blog.net/2011/08/08/review-rewind-magic-the-gathering-duels-of-the-planeswalkers-2009/ Wed, 22 May 2013 02:34:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: premiersoupir http://www.ps3blog.net/2011/08/08/review-rewind-magic-the-gathering-duels-of-the-planeswalkers-2009/#comment-320810 premiersoupir Mon, 08 Aug 2011 18:53:45 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/?p=48773#comment-320810 @Pedro: Yes, both Duels 2009 and Duels 2012 are 10 USD. No expansions have been released for Duels 2012 (though the first expansion's resources are included in the main release, but these assets are currently inaccessible). There are three DLC expansions for Duels 2009, each of which costs 5 USD. If you got Duels 2009 for free, as I did, then by all means play and enjoy it. As I intimate in my review, though, I don't recommend dumping additional money into a title that is broken and that no one plays anymore. Take the money that you would have put into Duels 2009 (or Duels 2009 DLC) and buy Duels 2010 instead. You might even think of Duels 2012 as "already" having an expansion built-in, for Duels 2012 has ten default decks, whereas vanilla Duels 2009 has eight default decks (and two or three more decks are added with each expansion). Also, as <a href='http://www.ps3blog.net/members/eden/' rel="nofollow">@EdEn</a> says, both Duels 2009 & 2012 have a flurry of 1 USD DLC. Don't be tricked into buying those without knowing what you're getting into! The "deck unlock" purchases grant you instant access to all the locked cards for a given deck. These are cards that you would get anyway as you continue winning games with a given deck. So your $1 is saving you time winning games. (But in my opinion much of the fun lies in unlocking another card, going back to the deck editor, and comparing stats, seeing what I can cut, etc.) The other 1 USD DLC is for "foil conversions" for individual decks. These simply change the look of the cards that you currently have. Cards get new borders and maybe new pictures. This is purely a visual change that has absolutely no bearing on game play. Your cards remain the same. This is a totally useless set of purchases, unless perhaps you want online opponents to be impressed with your skills in spendthrift. @Pedro: Yes, both Duels 2009 and Duels 2012 are 10 USD. No expansions have been released for Duels 2012 (though the first expansion’s resources are included in the main release, but these assets are currently inaccessible). There are three DLC expansions for Duels 2009, each of which costs 5 USD. If you got Duels 2009 for free, as I did, then by all means play and enjoy it. As I intimate in my review, though, I don’t recommend dumping additional money into a title that is broken and that no one plays anymore. Take the money that you would have put into Duels 2009 (or Duels 2009 DLC) and buy Duels 2010 instead. You might even think of Duels 2012 as “already” having an expansion built-in, for Duels 2012 has ten default decks, whereas vanilla Duels 2009 has eight default decks (and two or three more decks are added with each expansion).

Also, as @EdEn says, both Duels 2009 & 2012 have a flurry of 1 USD DLC. Don’t be tricked into buying those without knowing what you’re getting into! The “deck unlock” purchases grant you instant access to all the locked cards for a given deck. These are cards that you would get anyway as you continue winning games with a given deck. So your $1 is saving you time winning games. (But in my opinion much of the fun lies in unlocking another card, going back to the deck editor, and comparing stats, seeing what I can cut, etc.)

The other 1 USD DLC is for “foil conversions” for individual decks. These simply change the look of the cards that you currently have. Cards get new borders and maybe new pictures. This is purely a visual change that has absolutely no bearing on game play. Your cards remain the same. This is a totally useless set of purchases, unless perhaps you want online opponents to be impressed with your skills in spendthrift.

]]> By: Pedro http://www.ps3blog.net/2011/08/08/review-rewind-magic-the-gathering-duels-of-the-planeswalkers-2009/#comment-320799 Pedro Mon, 08 Aug 2011 17:08:47 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/?p=48773#comment-320799 Thanks, so that's $25,00 for the whole thing right? Well, I think I'll start with just the game and wait for the DLC price to drop a bit. Thanks Eden! Thanks, so that’s $25,00 for the whole thing right? Well, I think I’ll start with just the game and wait for the DLC price to drop a bit. Thanks Eden!

]]> By: EdEN http://www.ps3blog.net/2011/08/08/review-rewind-magic-the-gathering-duels-of-the-planeswalkers-2009/#comment-320791 EdEN Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:36:35 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/?p=48773#comment-320791 @Pedro: 2012 edition is $10. Extra DLC Expansions (new challenges) for 2009 edition are $4.99 each and there's 3 expansions in total. There's a lot of $0.99 DLC that "unlocks" cards in your deck or makes them foil versions and what not that is NOT needed (and doesn't bring new trophies) so take that into consideration. @Pedro: 2012 edition is $10.

Extra DLC Expansions (new challenges) for 2009 edition are $4.99 each and there’s 3 expansions in total. There’s a lot of $0.99 DLC that “unlocks” cards in your deck or makes them foil versions and what not that is NOT needed (and doesn’t bring new trophies) so take that into consideration.

]]> By: EdEN http://www.ps3blog.net/2011/08/08/review-rewind-magic-the-gathering-duels-of-the-planeswalkers-2009/#comment-320789 EdEN Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:31:09 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/?p=48773#comment-320789 Got this with my PS+ sub and I haven't tried it yet. Since it was free I can be a bit more forgiving so let's see how it goes! Thanks for the review premiersoupir! Puts the 2012 release into perspective. Got this with my PS+ sub and I haven’t tried it yet. Since it was free I can be a bit more forgiving so let’s see how it goes!

Thanks for the review premiersoupir! Puts the 2012 release into perspective.

]]> By: Pedro http://www.ps3blog.net/2011/08/08/review-rewind-magic-the-gathering-duels-of-the-planeswalkers-2009/#comment-320782 Pedro Mon, 08 Aug 2011 14:05:44 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/?p=48773#comment-320782 Good job. Now I definitely know which one to get ;p How much for the extra DLC decks? And more importantly, are they worth it? Also, how much is the full game (the 2012 version that is)? Good job. Now I definitely know which one to get ;p

How much for the extra DLC decks? And more importantly, are they worth it? Also, how much is the full game (the 2012 version that is)?

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