You set up to three figures against an opponents slate.
Your figures gain experience and loot for every battle, and then you rinse and repeat.
Its like a rudimentary, PVP version ofDarkest Dungeon, but with more nickel and diming.
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Users are granted a few starter figures, but the game incentivizes you to buy, buy, buy.
Youll need to buy them off other players or Forge them, which also costs crypto.
As evidenced bylive gameplay, there are critical hits and other RNGs for damage.
© Champions Tactics / Ubisoft
Still, Ubisoft claims on its webpage the game isnt based on luck but skill.
you oughta pick the best champions to counter your opponents lineup and master the ever-changing meta.
However, the games NFTmarketplaceis absolutely subsumed with cheap figures with low stats and few abilities.
Its a sick, twisted vision of gaming that players have long since rejected.
Ubisoft is the only studio that hasnt got the memo on that front.
Last year, Segas co-COO Shuji Utsumi said the company wasno longer totally soldon the whole NFT thing.
Meanwhile,Mojangand Valve have summarily rejected crypto.
The publisher was widely condemned for attempting to shove NFTs into Ghost Recon: Breakpoint in 2021.
Ubisofthaltedits plans for more Quartz items inWildlandsandGhost Recon: Breakpointin 2022.
Ubisoft is trying to have its cake and eat it, too.
It hopes nobody notices the new crypto game, knowing how the gaming community has largely rejected digital currency.
Its hoping that crypto might make a comeback or that enough people will buy-in on the backend.
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