Legend of the Cryptids Review

Legend of the Cryptids is officially released for android 4.0 so I recently downloaded and started playing. I'm very pleased with many aspects of the game where some aspects leave me wanting a little more. This review will cover what I like and dislike about the game as well as how I would rate it head to head with Rage of Bahamut at the moment.

Graphics: I consider this the most important part of any trading card game (TCG). The opening page and menu setup is vibrant colors over a black background. It is very similar to Rage of Bahamut in layout while the colors are much bolder and more engaging. As for the card art, it is focused on three different realms; water, forest, and fire. Creatures from each realm look very close to their respective element.

The artwork on the cards is much more serious than the artwork in Rage of Bahamut. Where Rage is more of an anime style Legend of the Cryptids offers a more realistic look to most of their cards. I couldn't imagine a card like Claymore Maid being in Legend of the Cryptids but Bloody Mistress would be a welcome art style.

I unfortunately do find this to be a bit of a downfall on the art portion of the game. The monsters blow anything Rage has out of the water, but the TnA in Rage is far more playful. Because of this I do give a bit more of the edge to Rage because I prefer the anime style TnA.

Gameplay: The gameplay is very fluid unlike other TCG. There is virtually no lag and I haven't crashed once yet. Just like in rage the gameplay consists of questing to gain points to place in your energy, attack, or defense. The stats pretty much seem to be dead ringers to Rages.

During quests a number of monsters pop up and you need to tap to kill them then proceed until you eventually get to a boss level. The boss levels work identically in Legend of the Cryptids as they do in Rage of Bahamut.

The events are also pretty much identical in both games as well.

Because of the virtually identical nature of gameplay I will say the games are equal in regard to this.

Enhancement/Evolution: This is the first of major differences I saw in the games. Reaching a cards final form in LoC is done by combining just two of the same cards. The cards will retain 5% of their stats but at final level will retain 10% of their stats. The cards also get an EX modifier at the end rather than an evolution to the next rank.

This makes it really easy to tell the difference between a card being used to scam you or not. Enhancement is done the same way in both games.

For this I'm giving the edge to Cryptids. The multiple card enhancement/evolution system in Rage is pretty much unnecessary and only appears there in my book to force people into needing higher numbers of HR/SR/SSR cards thus resulting in more sales. But I could see where many players really enjoy the grind of enhancing and the difficulty of knowing how to enhance and evolve.

Trading: Cryptids wins. Hand down. No limitations to speak of, a true TCG. Where Rage of Bahamut decided they wanted a controlled Bazaar, Legend of the Cryptids put a built in message board where people can scan or post for trades.

Overall Impression:
                                          Rage                      Cryptids

Graphics:                               9                              8

Gameplay:                             7                              7        

Enhancement/Evo:                7                              9

Trading:                                 5                              9

Total:                                     28                            33

So, as you can see Cryptids is the clear winner. That is until you count the 6 point bonus for winning the best tits (3 for each tit) category and an additional 3 points for best asses category. The nine point bump puts it in first atm until Cryptids can start producing some great TnA cards.

For the time being I'm going to be playing them both. If you're going to try Cryptids feel free to use my Referral Code: lucarda

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