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First off, ignore the lower review score. If you’re into card/rpgs, this game is an absolute hidden gem. I have bought or played most of the card games on the App Store. I subscribed to Netflix to try this and some other games out. I gotta say, after many hours of Arcanium, I am just having a fantastic time. Awesome mechanics, items, cards, abilities, and heroes, this game has it all. I wish there was a store on here because i would support this dev. I hope you try it out! It’s so worth it!
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Wonderful (except bugs and length)
What a charming, engaging, and satisfying game! A rouge-like deck builder with card combat reminiscent of Hearthstone, but PvE (which I prefer). I’d love to see more modes or campaigns as this is a good deal of fun! Needs some non-game-breaking bugs fixed: one of the Rhino’s enchantments that lets you take damage instead of spending AP doesn’t seem to work. Also, transmuting artifacts doesn’t consume the old artifact. The Arena will sometimes show the wrong wound icon when choosing a perk that has a wound as the cost. In Arena, sometimes selecting the quartermaster will bug out and send you to the loot-box screen and/or essence upgrade screen before returning you to a different shop screen. Etc.
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Decent
Good production values, decent gameplay (nothing groundbreaking, but it does combine mechanics from a couple different game types, making it more unique). However, it's horrible at saving game state. First game (the tutorial run), I left the game just before the boss battle, and when I returned, game restarted and all run progress was gone (not even a "Continue" option). Second game (normal run), I was almost done with an elite battle when I had to leave the game. When I returned, game restarted - this time there was a Continue option, but the elite battle was reset (I was back at the tile before the elite battle). Really not into having to repeat gameplay over and over.
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Battery Killer
Killed 30% of my battery in an hour; its a card game! Shouldn't be a cpu draining app by any stretch. Lazy coding.
Very underrated
Excellent strategic and tactical card game. As often seems to be the case here in the App Store, great games with significant depth get poor reviews because they aren’t a F2P match-3 or tower defense. If you enjoy thoughtful games like Slay the Spire, Monster Train or Wildfrost, you’ll likely have a great time with Arcanium.
No crashing issues as of April 2025 on an iPad Mini (7th gen).
No crashing issues as of April 2025 on an iPad Mini (7th gen).
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