I've been playing this game for years and never have I had it crash as often as it has for the past week. since the new update, I MIGHT get a game in out of five without it crashing midgame. The match continues while I try to log back in only for it to crash each time I try, so I lose. Admittedly, I'm not the best player, but I would like to lose on my own terms, not because the game crashes all the time. I play multiple times daily, so fix it please!
Reviews for Magic: The Gathering Arena
Normally, I love this game for what it is: a quick and easy Magic fix. I like brawl especially with it basically being just a a faster pace with a commander to build around. The issue with this? The game is entirely unplayable as of the new release. No matter what I try, every time I queue up, no matter what the spell is I try to play, the second I do, the game crashes and errors out whenever I try to restart it, just doing the same thing. Genuinely awful after putting money into a game I enjoy.
poor design. if you check a message or switch to another app for any reason, you lose connection, and the game is over. the load time is so long that I've stopped playing it because unless you play consistently, there seems to be a 5 minute update. Everyone, you open the app unless you're on wifi. even when there isn't an update, it takes 30-60 seconds just to load in. there is no offline play function. if you dont have internet connection, you cant even play against the computer.
If they stopped forcing Alchemy down my throat, this would be a 5 star app. Otherwise, I find the experience of Arena extremely convenient, fun, and finally quite stable. Be warned: It cost a lot of money to get my collection to where it is, and I've been playing since the game launched, so I'm not sure how a new player is supposed to ever catch up.
The app crashes all the time and if you're in an event or ranked game it counts as a loss. I went 7-1 in a draft with the 1 loss being a crash that I documented with several screenshots. The customer Service people completely ignored my request for the 7-0 achievement, and then when I wouldn't let it go one of their supervisors (Jacob) said they "don't have an option to provide that achievement to your account". I've emailed 3 times since then 9/3 w/ no response.
I genuinely love playing the game.... when I actually get to play it. Repeatedly crashes at random. I literally just tried to load into a match. The game crashed as soon as it made the 'ding' sound to alert me that it had found an opponent. I try to hurry up and reload the game, and it just crashes over and over until the match is over. I would submit a ticket or something via the game itself, but the game is still crashing, so I can't even do that.
I love this game. I used to play the original version all the time years ago. I was happy to find this version so I could get back into it. However, I can't. This game's coding is more complex than it needs to be to the point it's unplayable on both my Samsung Galaxy devices, phone and tablet. As such, I have to give it two stars. I've tried adjusting the game settings and the settings on my devices. Nothing helps or fixes my issues. I wish I could include a screenshot of what little gameplay.
Fix your game! I keep running into situations where a valid spell that I have the mana to cast randomly isn't available to cast, often when I planned ahead and saved an instant for turning the tables, and it is the absolute most frustrating way to lose. People have been reporting similar issues with various cards for years, but the company makes it hard to submit a bug report. I tried, all I got was a page missing error. Clown shoes.
extremely buggy. Half of your games you will end up crashing, or your opponent will and then you will be timed out and lose the match. Sometimes you can load back in your match, but it's very inconsistent, and even if you do you've already missed a few turns which is pretty much a guaranteed loss. In casual play it's no big deal, but when you play draft (which you pay for) you only are allowed a limited number of losses, so you're just SOL at that point. Great when it works, sadly it rarely does
App constantly crashes, has been this way for the past six months, and despite multiple updates, it still hasn't improved. Some cards don't work the way they are supposed to, and instead of fixing these issues, they continue to push overpriced season passes, cosmetics, and 90 pack bundles. If you play MTG DO NOT play this. You are better off with manual apps like Untap.in or others.