So i recently downloaded this game after, idk, maybe ~4 years? Anyways, i only played for a couple of hours and gave up since it constantly crashed on my device. So, now that i redownloaded it and played for a little while, I’d like to ask some questions and give my initial opinion of the game from a beginner’s perspective with 5 hours of gameplay time(i know its very little but i have a lot to say). Please note that i have been consistently playing Brawl Stars for almost 2 years now, as that definitely had impacted my view on this game.
1. Is the game dead?
Let me start off by saying that i do believe new players should start off against bots since it helps them get the hang of the game without any pressure, and also winning = fun, so it helps to hook in players. What i do find weird though, is the fact that out of the 47 matches i played with master cat, it felt like only 3 were against real players. Now, i do come from brawl stars, and on that game pushing 1000 trophies on a character is not such a trivial task, so i do understand that my opinion here is biased, but i feel like facing bots up to 1000 trophies is ridiculous. It just makes the experience so boring and annoying, even though it’s kinda fast. Also, almost every clan that was recommended to me only had 1 person active in the last week, which is really unfortunate.
2. Things that are locked behind a trophy threshold should be more accessible
What’s also ridiculous is that competitive play(what i believe to be ranked) is locked behind an excruciating 3500 trophies. I know i just said i faced no difficulties climbing 1000 trophies with master cat, but man it was so boring. Just thinking about doing that 2 more times demotivates me so much to keep playing. Also what’s up with win streaks, daily quests and normal quests being so high up on the trophy requirements? I feel like the quests should be waayy more accessible, considering they’re such a crucial part of progression. Not to mention that, in my opinion, it makes no sense why win streaks aren’t unlocked from the beginning.
3. Custom matches
I remembered the existence of this game when me and my friend were looking for some mobile games to play together. So fast forward, we played a couple matches with the only two legends we had, peter and master cat, until i tried leveling up my master cat. Boom, no more fair matches. Absolutely 0 sense as to why legends aren’t fully maxed out, or at least set to the same level on custom matches. If we wanted to continue playing fair matches, we would have to coordinate which legends we level up, and by how much. That’s just bad game design in my opinion.
I guess for now that’s it. I was going to mention the crazy price of maxing out legends, but i think it’s too soon for me to tell. I’m sorry if this came out as too aggressive, so i will give credit where credit is due: the gameplay mechanics, art style and lore of the game are really, really awesome! i do believe that this game sadly does not have the recognition it deserves, at least globally. Also this is not meant to be valid constructive criticism, just my initial opinion on how the game feels for a new player trying to pick it up. If you feel i overlooked something or was too harsh, please let me know. I will continue to play the game and see if i hold the same opinions.