One other week, one other new Marvel Snap location. And sadly, it’s turning into a pattern that a number of these new areas are simply actually annoying and unhealthy. The most recent terrible Snap location is Rickety Bridge, a irritating spot that destroys playing cards quicker than an indignant child who didn’t pull something good from a dozen packs of Pokémon playing cards.
Marvel Snap, launched final 12 months, is a free-to-play cellular card recreation constructed round quick matches, small decks, and plenty of chaos created by rotating areas that randomly spawn every time you play. Each match is somewhat bit completely different due to these random zones and whereas a few of them are primary and boring, others are enjoyable or aggravating, including playing cards or powering up or down heroes and villains alike. After which there are the Marvel Snap zones that simply suck. Living proof, the most recent location: Rickety Bridge. Oh, how I hate Rickety Bridge.
Added to the sport yesterday, this new zone is straightforward and a bastard. When a couple of card is performed on the bridge, all playing cards on each side of that zone are destroyed. Thematically, I find it irresistible. One too many individuals making an attempt to struggle on an outdated rope bridge that may’t help all the load and falls aside, dropping everybody to their doom is a humorous visible. But it surely’s a ache within the ass to cope with in most matches.
Now positive, there are some intelligent people on the market who’re constructing decks round this new zone, as it would seem extra usually till tomorrow as a part of its debut, and that’s high-quality. The truth is, I’ve seen folks utilizing Deadpool, Nova, and Wolverine on the Rickety Bridge to good impact, as these are all playing cards that synergize properly with being destroyed. Deadpool will return into your deck powered-up, Wolverine will respawn elsewhere, and Nova will soup-up your total taking part in discipline. You may as well skip the Rickety Bridge headache altogether with playing cards like Armor, which prevents card destruction, Rhino, which destroys the situation earlier than it will probably delete you, Scarlet Witch, which may alter the situation, or Storm, which is able to briefly, however safely, allow you to play playing cards.
The principle drawback I’m working into is that this location bundled with a few of Snap’s different annoying spots can flip matches into shit reveals that no one needs to cope with. I’ve gotten the Rickety Bridge, Area Throne (which solely permits you to play one card), and Sanctorum zones (which prevents you from taking part in something there) in a match and at that time, the sport crawls to a halt. Conceptually having troublesome boards can change issues up a bit and make you flex your abilities, however the challenges themselves aren’t enjoyable. Most of the time each you and the opposite participant find yourself with a lifeless card. Worse, some gamers have discovered methods to troll on the zone:
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Most individuals appear to hate it, although, judging from the responses on social media. And I don’t blame them. We have already got so many unhealthy zones at this level, areas are simply the worst and may make matches depressing or smash well-liked decks, that I actually would love a break from any extra being added to the sport.
I already cope with stuff like District X’s funky deck-swapping shit and Hazard Room’s annoying card destruction roulette. Don’t add extra issues that make me and different gamers grumble and slam our heads towards our telephone screens. As a substitute, perhaps new zones may very well be extra relaxed or chill. Like a napping zone the place playing cards simply unwind and nothing unhealthy occurs for 2 turns. Or a boring retailer zone the place it’s important to pay one energy to play something there however that’s it. Not every thing must be so rattling annoying and imply, Marvel Snap. Geeze!
It makes me marvel if Snap wants extra impartial zones or boring zones to assist offset all of the annoying nonsense, just like the Warrior Falls (which destroys the weakest playing cards every flip, however can break simply) and Vormir (which destroys the primary card you play), added to the sport in latest months.
Wanting forward on the subsequent new zone, Collapsed Mine, which fills the board with rocks that may solely be cleared by skipping your flip, I’m truly sort of enthusiastic about it. Certain, it may be annoying, however at the very least it shakes up a match with out simply destroying every thing, nor does it block you from having enjoyable.