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Once you’ve selected which one you want to represent, you’ll be given a deck themed to that faction, and be tasked with playing through the whole season. The first of these will feature giant fire-breathing Squirrel Titans and Dinosaurs. “Then we created a bunch of dungeons that are puzzley, so we’ve set up puzzles for you, and you need to work your way around these and set up decks to take advantage of the conditions in play.” One such special dungeon not heavily discussed before is an annual arena, where every year two conceptual creatures will be pitched against each other with players choosing one to champion. “We’ve created a bunch of things that are standard TCG play with different sorts of parameters on top of it,” he reveals. Alongside the seven or eight main storyline dungeons you’ll encounter naturally whilst levelling, there’s a host of others that will provide varying challenges to mix things up and hone your skills.

When the game launches, it’ll do so with around 40 dungeons that you’ll be able to progress through.

Instantly, it’s this strong single-player “PvE” content that looks set to set the game apart from the (currently non-existent) competition. I hope its AI has a setting for incompetent folks like me.“If all of this sounds a bit too inaccessible for you, never fear one of the benefits of blending genres to create the first MMOTCG is that it’ll enable Cryptozoic to build a strong story-driven single-player PvE tutorial, in addition to creating a robust, competitive PvP environment for those who struggle to find time to make it to real-world tournaments. Singleplayer is more likely to tempt me to give it a try however, given that Ben, with his years of Magic and other card game experience, found it difficult when playing online. We also previously sent Lord Ben into the game itself (probably Adam did it), where he found much promise among its multiplayer modes. “And,” insists Jones, “it doesn’t cheat.”

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It has to know how to play, understand every card in the game and, like any of Hex’s human opponents, be able to anticipate, to adapt and even to surprise. We recently sent Lord Paul Dean to visit Hex's developers and learn more about the singleplayer mode, including the AI that underpins it:ĭesigning the fundamentals of a card game is one challenge, devising an ever-growing roster of cards to play with is yet another, but what Jones’ team now have to do is create an artificial intelligence that presents a credible and capable challenge to players. Adam's deck 'represents the forces of the three kingdoms fusing together to create an overwhelming force,' and his cards allow him 'to summon Lord Ben and Lord Alex.' John and Pip can take them all, I bet.Īnyway. This is a lot like what happens at the end of each day in the RPS chatroom.

The video shows combat through the dungeons of Fort Romor, at the end of which you battle against Lord Adam. The first in-game footage of the trading card game's PvE mode is below.

Hex: Shards of Fate has been out and playable in multiplayer for some time, but its singleplayer mode - planned since its 2013 Kickstarter - is only now beginning to see the light of day.

Hex shards of fate trailer