Pokémon TCG Live 9+

Love the game but it has some Issues

I’ve been playing this game a lot over the past few days and have really enjoyed it. I like almost everything about it but there are a few pretty big issues to me. First and foremost, there is no way the coin flips are as random as they should be. Almost every time I play, there are streaks of it landing both head and tails, for multiple games in a row. The next biggest thing to me is the card shuffles. It has to be one of the most annoying things in the game because they are some of the worst shuffles I’ve ever seen. There will be many times, where all I pull is energy for a few rounds. There will be a few times where all you pull are tools/supports for a few rounds. There will also be rounds where you don’t pull a single Pokémon in your first hand, even though there are almost 20 in the whole deck and there’s no way you should at least pull one. These, to me, are the worst things about this game however there’s a few more smaller issues I have. The game has a few bugs. I have lost quite a few rank points now because the game wouldn’t load completely, I couldn’t choose the card I intend to choose, and from games lagging a bit too long and I waste all my play time. Overall, love the game and I feel like it has a lot of potential but I really need these issues fixed before playing much more.

Not All The Hate Is Warranted

I’ve been playing for a little bit now, and I really enjoy the game. It plays and looks really well, maybe not the best on mobile but runs amazingly on my computer, and overall is a really good game that gets people to get into Pokemon cards and learn how to actually play the card game. However, there are some issues that people complaining about are right to be mad at. The coin flips in the game are really ridiculous. The RNG (at least for me) always felt like it was out to get me and anyone that used a Snorlax card. I would almost never win the starting coin flip, and any time people flipped two coins with Snorlax’s asleep effect I thought they might as well use cards to discard the card or something. Plus, with people reporting that they seem to have crazy streaks of coin flips being either the same side or pattern, its definitely not just nonsense. Also, I had an experience where I just couldn’t attack someone for a turn? Not like just can’t attack on the first turn or unable to attack a Mimikyu with an EX card, just randomly couldn’t use a card’s attack that turn but could the next with basically nothing that could stop me being present. The game has some issues but it’s definitely not too noticeable or problematic unless you’re some hardcore Pokemon card game enjoyer, but if you are that person then you probably already know about this game. It’s definitely worth a shot to play this game.

Developer Response ,

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Dont listen to the haters

Most people criticizing this game not taking into consideration that it was released as a mobile BETA. Which usually entails a smaller selection and is generally just a soft opening for the game at large. For those who are upset about having to start from scratch, that is generally the point of most games, if everyone was able to bring in their decks after years of collecting it wouldnt be fair for players that are just starting. I understand that most of pokemon allows for you to continue your journey with the same team, but given the ranking system and the fact that its still beta it makes more sense not to overwhelm new players with a bunch of assets. One person was mad they cant bring in their old cards and felt slighted in that their old collection now feels meaningless, but you still have the physical cards which is the actual point… right?

I like that this game isnt really pay to play and there are opportunities to build really interesting decks with just the starter decks and opening some boosters. As a new tcg player i can confirm its kind of annoying running into someone run some nuianced 2019 strategy with all their old cards that you cant really get in game without grinding or purchasing old boosters. But its just as fun taking them out with my Clefairy deck…

With that said this game rocks, stop complaining and get to playing.