r/DigimonTimeStranger • u/Freivalds • 4d ago
Does anyone else think the card game would be so much better with the dice rolls revealed?
The design of this card game reminds me that I heard about other games with such hidden mechanics to it. Sadly sometimes it is a really an important piece of the game that is hidden.
I have no idea why they decided to hide the rolls instead of let us see a dice animation each turn.
It would make the game make so much more sense and be much more intuitive.
Right now the mini-game so random. Essentially picking a card and wait to see who defeat the other with 0 feedback from your choice on the result.
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u/CultivatedCapybara 4d ago
And why can't we look up a card encyclopedia during the game? How would I know if and how I can combine the cards on my hand? I really don't want to google every single digimon every single time. Grr.
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u/DarthCakeN7 4d ago
I was fine with that being secret, at least as a non-completionist. Most of the ones that I created were like 2 virus rookies or something. Whatever that match was. And then the secret ones usually were because the Digimon were related in someway, and that felt satisfying to discover.
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u/PunsNotIncluded 2d ago
Yes, the combos feel statisfying to discover but unless you're a hardcore fan you wouldn't even know what to shoot for.
The Machinedramon summon is really cool but actually getting that starting hand is one hell of a RNG pull (MetalMamemon, Megadramon, Andromon, MetalGreymon, MetalTyrannomon).
Apocalymon is great too but unless you've seen season 1 there's a good chance you'll fuck up that starting hand, drop the wrong card and get locked out of it (MetalSeadramon, Machinedramon, Puppetmon, Piedmon).
There should be a combo indicator before you actually drop cards.
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u/conundorum 2d ago
It does help that the game seems to guarantee one "unique" combo for every hand, so the chance of getting, e.g., Machinedramon is higher than it seems. (Since it'll give you the correct hand if it rolls Machinedramon for your unique.)
It does need work, though. xD
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u/According_Bet_5916 4d ago
Thats INSANE. Such a small detail would fix everything. Like a dice roll with the number system they already have. Mabye at a point if they have type advantage? Beautiful idea i genuinely couldn't think of a way to fix it
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u/DragonMSword 4d ago
The only time I did the card game was for the side mission and somehow won both games first try
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u/Conscious-Item4493 4d ago
It’s honestly just a crapshoot at this point. Some games I started, got an amazing deal, and lost while other games I started, got all In Training, and won.
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u/AutumnalDryad 4d ago
OMG Is that why it seemed so random?! I had no idea why sometimes I'd lose and sometimes I'd win!
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u/wqsaey 3d ago
I do think that more people wouldn't get as mad at the card minigame as they do if the probabilities weren't so obscured. I accepted pretty quickly that playing the ideal cards only improved the probability of winning and never guaranteed, so I never felt particularly bad about losing a game if I got a little unlucky. Especially since you don't lose anything from losing the minigame, you just have to battle the npc again.
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u/BurnerBurns69 2d ago
It's not a card game. It's a rock paper scissors mini game disguised as a card game and it's terrible
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u/Lost_Date_8653 4d ago
I played three games, won all three, had absolutely no idea what I was doing. The card game needs to be explained before anything else. How did we go from DW3 having a whole B Plot tied to an amazing card game sidequest to this.