Urban Rivals!!

http://www.urban-rivals.com/

Its a Massively Multiplayer Online Trading Card Game.

I know that sounds kind of odd, but once I was introduced to it and got through all the crappy tutorials and got past the horrible animations, it was ok. Each game consists of four 4 minute maximum rounds, where in you pick a card and allot  a certain number of "pillz" to the card. Each pill is a separate attack against the other card. (i.e. My card has 4 attack, add a pill and thats 8 attack. 2 Will give you 12 and so on.)

Each card has 4 unique things to the card. The attack, the power, the bonus and the ability. Attack is how much damage you're going to be putting up against your opponents card. Who will win the round is decided by who has the highest attack at the end of the round. Ties are strange in this game, I have yet to be able to figure out who wins a tie yet. I've won my fair share for no reason, while lost a good for for no reason as well. Anyways, now on to power. Power is the attack against the players health. You start out each game with 12 health and the point is to have the highest health by the end of it all. That part is pretty straight forward, highest attack wins round, after round is won power is subtracted from players health. The interesting part of the game lies within the cards specific abilities and bonuses. Abilities and Bonuses are not mutually exclusive, many cards I've had have had +2 attack bonuses and +8 attack abilities, but the do have their own specific traits. An ability is usually something that will effect the opponent. It is not odd to see "-3 opponent attack, min  2." What that means is that if the opponent has a minimum of 2 attack, he lose 2 attack off of his damage pool. Bonuses are usually something along the lines of the regular "+8 to attack" or "+8 to power", although higher cards can carry much more ranged to their upgrades.

Sadly, I have not made it too high yet into the game. I can only give you the noobies perspective on it, but isn't that the best perspective to get before you start a game? The page layout is nice, everything is big and clickable and shiny. If you find yourself, unmonitored, in front of a computer screen every day with nothing to do. I highly recommend this game to you. You have 4 minutes to choose your card, so you can alt tab it till the time is right. Also! Have I-phone? Will travel! Urban-Rivals comes on an app on the I-phone. Nifty.


-Luttz