A new GameSpot review mimics an earlier review of mine with a severe exception. So I wanted to reiterate the issue in Hearthstone Heroes of Warcraft. The notion that you or your competition is always a “worthy opponent” is deceiving. The casual matchmaking mode needs to be overhauled.

Successful poker or blackjack players have a multitude of sound strategies before their opponents lay all their cards on the table. The point is the rare cards you put down in Hearthstone Heroes of Warcraft become the major factor for success. A sound strategy is a great tagline for the Hearthstone players that already have competitive decks.

When a Hearthstone player has a majority of rare cards in a deck and decides not to face ranked opponents, the difficulty a new player faces is greater than Dark Souls. Ranked players infest the casual mode over the ranked one to the point where rookies can’t complete daily events to earn more free packs. So new players are free to play the cards that will motivate them to purchase packs with cabbage, dough, chicken feed, or any other term that means cash.

The deck building in Hearthstone is the most strategic component to the game. Building decks with rare cards gives a player the flexibility to cover many situations. What if you played poker, and your opponent always started with pocket Aces?

In Hearthstone everyone losses. The last Super Bowl score of 43-8 is a great comparison to how most new players lose in the casual game mode of Hearthstone Heroes of Warcraft. Close matches that could end up in wins or losses rarely happen in the casual setting. Losing rare, nail biting matches never feel like a waste of time.

If experience is the name of the game then watch Twitch, gain all the perks generated by the practice mode, and spend $20-$50. You’ll still lose and always need to upgrade. But the miniscule degree of success you’ll have will be legendary compared to a casual pub players track record. It’s a fun game that has you try it, and then puts a gun to your head to buy it.