If you are thinking that it is going to be hard to learn and difficult to master, you are wrong! To learn how to play Battle Lines, you need to know how to play tic-tac-toe. That’s right. It’s as easy as that!
You have a deck with your favorite Marvel heroes and villains, over 100 to choose from to start and you have to battle against your opponent to make straight or diagonal lines. If you have two or more lines match up, your cards super ability activates and damages your enemies lineup.
There are two types of cards in this game. There are action cards which act as a power-up for heroes. Character cards feature your favorite Marvel characters, each with their own stats and unique character art.
Marvel Battle Lines features a campaign mode created by Alex Irvine. The first chapter of the campaign will introduce you to the story and how it involves the cosmic cube. A highlight of the campaign being that before and after each chapter, you get a brief scene made to look like a comic book.
Another mode feature in Battle Lines is a Special Ops mode. Here is where you battle to solve puzzles and fulfill certain win conditions. There are three win conditions and if you achieve all three, you earn better rewards. If getting those three conditions was too easy, there will be a hard mode for you to complete which will give you even better rewards upon completion.
If you aren’t that interested in the Campaign or Special Ops modes, don’t you worry! There is a lot of PvP and PvE content which will allow you to win the same amount of rewards.
Over time, there will be expansion packs released which will feature new Marvel characters along with new locations. Also featured in those packs are new special ops missions as well. Those packs may feature movie tie-ins in the future but they will certainly have comic book tie-ins.
One reason the team went with the tic-tac-toe gameplay method is that they wanted it to appeal to a broader audience. They want this game to be easy to learn but hard to master, rather than hard on both fronts. With the number of different strategies you can use to defeat the enemy, it will take a while to master this game.
Marvel Battle Lines comes to iOS and Android devices on October 24. If you would like to receive an exclusive Dr. Strange card and 5,000 in-game gold, you can pre-register for the game at the official website.
I would like to thank the Game Designer Pine and Product Manager Kiho for talking with me.
Will you be checking MARVEL: Battle Lines out when it arrives on iOS and Android at the end of the month?
