Minion Masters

I think this is the maybe only like the second or third time I'm reviewing a game that has yet to come out fully and that I got access to for free.

So, I don't exactly remember how I got 'Minion Masters', but I do remember that I got it for free as part of the beta testing. The game was developed and published by a small indie game studio called BetaDwarf Entertainment who are based out of Denmark. The game is exclusively available on the PC, but that is most due to the nature of the genre of the game.

Diving right into it, Minion Masters is a player vs. player dueling game where two opponents go head to head in matches attempting to destroy one another. I find it a little hard to classify beyond that, because its not a MOBA, but it feel very similar. The game that it competes the most with I guess would be Hearthstone in my opinion. Since like Hearthstone the game are quite short, a few minutes at most (Maximum 6-10 minute games), involve little interaction with the opponent beyond game mechanics and are supported by similar crafting and purchasing mechanisms.

Essentially, the game has you crafting a small deck of a little less than a dozen cards. The cards themselves are either spells or minions with various effects, attacking and defending abilities allowing you to come up with various strategies  to win the game. This is complemented by a serious of around 7 champions right now who have different abilities that complement different play styles in the game. As a whole its a pretty good set up for a beta game that offers a lot of potential for depth.

That being said though I don't think I'd recommend the game. Much like hearthstone this game will suffer from stagnation as set strategies emerge as being the best and come to dominate the game. However due to the fact that Minion Masters and this is me making the assumption having a smaller team they simply won't be able to put out new content fast enough to keep the game interesting. I don't see that big of a community forming around this game, especially when it has to compete with so many other more established games. Personally, once I got my achievement whoring out of the way and got the few last achievements I wanted to grab from the game I uninstalled it with out a second though since I found myself simply becoming bored with the game.