Cardfight!! Vanguard: Dear Days - Review (Great But Greedy!) 

Yep, its great at what it does but man its expensive, the season pass thing is just ridiculous in my opinion. If it goes on sale then maybe you consider picking it up then? Pale Moon doesnt really exist as they used to, they've been kinda rolled into Dark States in vanguard OverDress. Back in the day I was either Kagero or Link Joker which have now been rolled into Dragon Empire and Brandt Gate respectively. But yea, its a good Vanguard simulator but its also way too pricey. Thanks for watching!

@@ConsolesOnlyGaming oh yeah this uses the overdressed stuff. I haven't really kept up with that so this will feel different. Honestly I wish there was more single player content. It sounds like andigital version of the card game. Kind of reminds me of the old yugioh gba games. Great games but not much single player content outside of unlocks. Its unfairly compare to shadovcerse but that dodnit pretty well ....even has a better battle pass....and when you sayba battle pass is better by comparison thats when you know something is wrong ×_×

@@ThatGuyOnTheSpectrum the vanguard channel released a trailer showing a lore canon reason why clans such as Kagero, Narukami, pale moon, nova grappler don't exist anymore which I can get behind on why

funny enough, when Set 8 was added to the game, it includes Pale Moon, as a rideline (Well, Silver Thorn Dragon Tamer, Luquier)

That's cool to hear! Glad you were able to get hold of it for a good price. In regards to the Western release, I suppose they could of just not included real cards in the box or something. I wish it came out physically in the West with no promo cards at £35/$40. Also with no season pass, those sets and accessories should have just been in the game from the start. If they weren't ready then they should have delayed it by a few months until it WAS ready lol. Anyway, its awesome that you got it for a good price. Hope you have fun with it and thanks for watching!😊👍🏻

That's completely understandable, I assume you're talking about the mobile/PC version of Shadowverse? I've only played the Nintendo Switch game, Champions Battle. But yea, I know the meta burn out all too well. I played real life Yugioh competitively for around 10 years and I hated that all top decks were virtually the same. I always placed high in tournaments but never came 1st and that was because I played non-meta decks. I think we feel the same way about that lol. Vanguard is great game but I play it casually only and this video game version is a good way to do that. Anyway, thanks for watching, I appreciate your time!😊👍🏻

Yup the full-scale phone version. Its f2p model is extremely lenient and can craft all the cards with in-game currencies without never needing to spend a dime (of course you'll need to play the game to get these currencies). Monetisation is completely for cosmetics. I also think card games are *the* perfect phone game - touch interface is completely intuitive, and turn-based means you don't need to the glued to your screen. As for meta, it's pretty much inevitable for any PvP game, since there is no such thing as perfect balance. I know people play to win, but I'd personally rather not contribute to the staleness for something that's only a hobby/pastime for me.

Oh really? That's interesting and something I've not heard about before. I'll have to look into that myself. The actual Vanguard stuff in the game is really cool though. I just wish there was a little bit more too it. If it had 3D enviroments and you could walk around the world battling NPCs and all that kinda of stuff, I think full price would have been fine. That season pass is kinda rough though haha. Anyway, thanks for watching my review!

@@ConsolesOnlyGaming I used this method method I found where if you by the game with a Brazilian Nintendo account, you can buy the game and DLC at half the price as this. I know it doesn't solve the problem of the US release, but just letting you know

No, its all good dude, thanks for the information. I'm in the UK but the information you gave is universal so its fine lol

Thanks very much, I appreciate you giving it a watch. Yea, it IS very pricey so waiting for a sale is probably a good idea in this case.

Thank you very much! I see you've been a subscriber for a year now too which is awesome!😊. Yea, the game is so wildly expensive for what it is, despite being a good representation of the TCG. Its such a shame too because this could have been so much better for the price. Thanks very much for watching and sticking around, I really appreciate it👍🏻

Yea, that's the thing isnt it? Its just t oo expensive for what it is. As I said in the video, its a great simulator but the price is SO high. Plus, as you mentioned, the season pass being virtually the same price as the main game is just ridiculous. Hopefully you'll be able to pick it up on a sale or something, thanks for watching my review!

Thanks man, same to you! Cheers for sticking with the channel😊👍🏻

Its cool, depending on how many times you win/ lose, do the side stories and grind for packs, you're probably looking at around 10-12 hours. Maybe a bit more if you're new to card games. Some people say they have 100's of hours in the game because they enjoy the game so much and just play it like a simulator so they dont have to get their real cards out haha. Anyway, thanks for watching and I hope that helps!😊

I absolutely see your point of view and I will say that some of this games aspects are in-fact, great. I agree that you get a lot of packs, I agree that decks are quite easy to complete and I agree that buying the game and its DLC is far cheaper than buying real Vanguard cards. All of that is true and undeniable. My point was always that the game still costs too much for a video game and too much for DLC in general, regardless of any other factor. I think $70 (£50) is too much for what you get in the game and $70 (£50) is WAY too much for any DLC in any game. Those 4 sets in the DLC should have just been in the game when it launched, and not sold as DLC. I think this game should have been $40 (£35) and should have included those 4 DLC sets from the start. Then it would have felt worth it for me but everyones sense of value is different and I get that. If you think about the Shadowverse Switch game and the Yugioh Rush Duel Switch game, they both have 3D enviroments to explore instead of a flat basic map which is essentially just a jpeg. The shadowverse game doesnt have as many cards as this vanguard game does but the rush duel game has far more. Also, both of those games launched at around $40-$45 (£35-£40) with Shadowverse getting a physical copy in the west. Which ever way I look at it, vanguards value just isnt there for me when compared to other games in the same category. Does that mean its a bad game? absolutely not, its great if you love vanguard but I still think its far too expensive for what you get. I hope you can understand my viewpoint even if you dont agree. Thank you for watching my video and thanks for the comment. I appreciate both very much.👍🏻

@@ConsolesOnlyGaming oh, i COMPLETELY understand. i can't buy the game yet due to it's price haha. i'm just offering an alternative to what are the present practices of card game companies like MTG Arena or hearthstone or Shadowverse for that matter where you need to either hyper grind for packs, or buy the packs outright which tends to be significantly more expensive than this. ....but yes, bottom line: VERY expensive game, but i can probably prefer this over the micro transaction business structure of the three i just mentioned

But literally everything you've said applies Master Duel. Yet Master Duel is free (and that's Konami of all companies). Convenient you left that one out...

@@Nocturne989 because i literally don't know of it? what's master duel? right now, i only know of.... four or five card games? mtg, shadowverse, this, pokemon and yugioh. in that order of familiarity edit: oh also heard of weiss schartz but no information on it

That makes sense to me, its a great representation of the real life game but I do think its way too expensive for what it is. If it goes for around half price, I'd say its safe to pick up at that point. Thanks for watching!

It's bizarre how amazingly affordable the physical decks and cards are, and then how insane the digital cards are. Shouldn't it be the other way around?

Yea, I mean, the main game isnt really the problem. Its definitely the DLC. I still think the main game is a little expensive for what it is but that's only my personal opinion. Its around £50 digital here in the UK so I would have liked to have seen it at £35. Thanks for giving the review a look, I appreciate it!😊

Plus the plan of release date of the DLC’s is kind of dumb. I do not why they are elongating the release. Most people are looking forward to set 6 and 7 and really don’t care about the other stuff in between. Set 7 is going going to be released in May is weird. I don’t understand why they just can’t release it much sooner. By the time DBT07 releases, I’m sure players will get bored of the game.

A physical JP copy is cheaper on Play-Asia than the eshop version. What other games are retailing for 70 on Switch?

Oh man, so do I. I think they could have made this into the definitive Vanguard experience but they chose to be more of a simulator, rather than a proper story based title. I mean, dont get me wrong, its perfectly fine at what it does but for the price and the season pass you'd kind of expect more. I'm almost certain that this video wont do very well, so thanks for giving it a look!👍🏻

Haha, no worries! Happy New Year to you too!👍🏻

That's a good point actually! I've not watched too much of the Vanguard anime (I was more into the BuddyFight one) but you're absolutely right. Thanks for pointing that out and of course, thanks for watching the review!😊

I have to agree with you there. Its very disheartening to see such an insanely high price. The game just doesnt have much going on, but it costs a stupid amount of money and has a very expensive season pass that you kinda need if you want new cards. Still though, thanks a lot for watching and commenting, I appreciate it!👍🏻