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Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links

By Chris Morris, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 9+

Basic but well-made card-dueling game deals an average hand.

App iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad , Android Free Card Games
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What you will—and won't—find in this app.

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age 12+

Based on 4 parent reviews

tlangelanik1
tlangelanik1 Adult
September 13, 2022
age 18+
I played this game every day
cucatok
cucatok Adult
December 30, 2021
age 12+

It was an enjoyable game, but now its not.

This game is clearly a pay to win. But now Komoney not even trying to hide their greediness. How are in their right mind introducing all these new summoning mechanics and overkill cards on 4000 LP game. I guess their logic is people will keep milking them money. Now, whenever you get a turn one in duel, you most probably will lose because you going to get OTK'ed on turn 2. Unless you have a right card at the right time. The RNG is the worst out there. Brick hands is everywhere, Usually the game will ends below 5 turns. Imagine that. You invest a lot of time and money on one deck, then they release another packs, automatically your deck become obsolete. Then you get OTK'ed on turn 2 because you dont have the latest cards after spending on obsolete decks 2 months before. Really think before you investing any money on these gatcha games. I have to give them credits during early release of this game, I enjoyed the early era on Duel Links and thank you for that. But now the game is just a showdown of which people who have spend their most money in.
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What’s It About?

In YU-GI-OH! DUEL LINKS, players compete against each other and the game's artificial intelligence to win card duels. Players take turns and draw cards, using them strategically. Each card has attack and defense points, but ultimately the card with the highest attack points wins. Each player begins with a set number of "life points." The difference between the attack points is taken off the loser's life points. The game is played in two phases: the summoning phase (where you position your monsters, which attack) and the battle phase, where they fight. The first to hit zero points loses the game.

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
Parents say (4 ):
Kids say (5 ):

Card games are becoming fairly common in app stores, but having a well-known property behind yours never hurts. Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links has everything you'd expect from a duel-based card game but doesn't have a lot of real surprises. The artificial intelligence is weak, and the player-vs.-player is a bit hard to find initially. It's certainly fun -- and will be especially fun for fans of the franchise -- but there's nothing especially new here. The game relies a bit too heavily on its franchise roots and doesn't look to broaden the category.

The voice acting in the game gets a bit tiresome. And you'll have to go through a number of poor AI opponents before you can take on human ones. This can be frustrating since, while it's meant as a tutorial, the game-generated opponents are too weak to really teach you much. It's fun for a while, but you have to slog through a fair bit of boring play before you face anything (or anyone) especially interesting.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about planning ahead and being prepared for threats yet to come. Can you use the strategy from this game in real life?

  • Talk about wise spending habits. Do you really need to spend cash to get better cards, or can you actually wait for them over prolonged play?

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