The closing of the Lunar New Year celebration in Marvel Snap came hand in hand with a long-delayed joy: Battle Mode officially arrives On January 31 and that means that, in addition to random pairings, it is finally possible to play against our friends. Logically, the rules of the games will be a bit many different.
The essentials: as confirmed from Second Dinnerthe update that will add Battle Mode It can be downloaded from the last day of January on both iOS and Android and on PC, basically enabling two things: the mode itself and the possibility of sharing some friend codes to be able to organize games with whoever we want.
From there, we will begin to notice changes in the development of the game. In fact, the big difference from the traditional mode, against unknown opponents, is that games are won in multiple rounds and loses to the first player to lose their 10 health points. What does that mean? Let’s go by parts.
This is how to play Battle Mode
The Battle Mode dynamic is the same as in any game of Marvel Snap: get the highest score in at least two of the three locations in the game by playing superhero cards with different costs and values. The winner of the game, however, is not decided at the end of the six turns, but based on the wear and tear of the 10 health points from each player.
How do you remove health from the opponent? Basically the same way you get Cubes in Marvel Snap, only the score at stake represents the amount of damage that the winner will inflict on the loser. If we do a Snap, the damage will increase and if both players do it, up to eight points of damage will be at stake, which will be received by whoever loses the current round.
In other words: depending on the amount of Snap that we make a game can be resolved in at least two rounds of six turns, although according to its creators, Normally, each game lasts about 20 minutes.. However, there is a new element to take into account: until the game is over, the decks are locked.
When playing with a friend in Battle Mode it will not be possible to change decks or modify the one we are using until one of the two players loses or retires, which creates a very interesting dynamic: after the first round we will know a good part of the cards we are facing and we will be able to create a customized strategy. Something intentionally created.
We knew that after playing several games, the mind games of learning and anticipating what’s in your opponent’s deck and their specific playstyle would make the game much more fun. Knowing what your opponent wants to do and trying to guess if he will do it or go in another direction is extremely exciting.
However, once the game is resolved we can change the deck before playing another 10 health points again.
Marvel Snap, even more interesting in 2023
From here it opensand a new stage in which we will not only play distraction with our friends, but it is already possible to establish a competitive system in which it is possible to organize tournaments or events in person or remotely. Something that, definitely, will give much more life and joy to a game that has swept the award question and to which many of us who write to you We don’t stop giving you hours of play.
And after that? Well, Second Dinner’s roadmap includes a little bit of everything, including the highly anticipated widescreen mode for better PC play, a smart deck system, a ranked-free mode, and the promise of new competitive modes. Not to mention more seasons, cards and variants.
the season of Wild land It will conclude between February 6 and 7, giving rise to a new batch of thematic content. Bearing in mind that it will more or less coincide with the premiere of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and that MODOK himself has reared his head (as if not to be true) we are more or less clear where the shots will go.
For now, today Marvel Snap is much better than yesterday. And despite the fact that we suspect that it will end up costing us more than one friendship, we are clear that this revolution within digital cards will last a while.
