Parallels sets a new standard for NFT card games by breaking free from the broad genre mold—which is why it's 2023's GG Game of the Year.
The Space Opera Trading Card Game (TCG) is free to play with alternative NFTs and requires an incredible amount of strategy and card knowledge to climb the highly competitive ranks. Unlike other blockchain games Parallel It doesn't feel like a “pay to win” experience. Instead, the eye-catching, beautiful sci-fi world offers powerful matchups and unique cards spread across different factions.
One of the best parts about Parallels is that the five factions don't feel like wearing each other's shoes. The Earthen parallel is designed for defensive, healing-based strategies, the Marcolian parallel is made for glass cannon-style, fast, aggressive play, and the Katari parallel is perfect for players who like enemies with large numbers of low-HP clones. (He can gain HP quickly if you play your cards right).
It's just a single sided match to realize that this game isn't trying to copy Hearthstone, just like other NFT trading card games. Instead, it's about breaking out of the mold and creating a new one of its own—one that embraces a darker, more mature aesthetic that's perfect for the adults who play it.
Parallels has its own place in the TCG category – for fans of dark sci-fi movies and games that aren't afraid to have characters that are a bit angsty or ethereal or just generally brutal.
The game already has its own crypto token, PRIME, as well as tons of Ethereum and Base Card NFTs. Avid Parallels fans on social media support the logo by simply spamming Parallels-related posts, which consists of two dashes: //.
While Parallels is still in closed beta, it is very open to play. All prospective players are required to do is register via Parallel website– It didn't take us press privileges to get to this game.
In October, the Parallels team released the Planet Fall expansion, bringing new additions to the card game to flesh out strategies and add more levels of complexity to the game.
According to Koji Nagata, head of game development and design at Parallel Studios. Decrypt The team decides which types of cards to add to the game by focusing first and foremost on what's most fun for the players.
“No matter how crazy, we think of new fun things we can do with the cards,” Nagata said. Decrypt. “Then we look at the current set and where the gaps are.”
With the Planet Fall expansion, Nagata said the new cards will improve some “mid-range strategies.”
“So far we've seen a lot of early and late game dominant win situations. By adding these cards, we will try to round out the middle more,” he added. “Also, if you've loved the game up to this point, you'll see these things turned up to 11.”
in the New YearParallels will start supporting the in-game cosmetics, Battle Pass will launch with two new cards and will fix some known bugs along with other updates.
Beyond the mainstream TCG, a parallel is also developing. ColonyAn AI-powered crypto game where your AI characters interact with the blockchain. Players have to train their own AI avatars and work with them to achieve different tasks in it Pretend playEach AI character has its own crypto wallet.
The team announced Collectable figures and comics inspired by the game's characters and mythology, all set in the distant future where factions return to Earth 10,000 years after annihilation.
“Our 2024 plan is to continue to push the gaming space forward using cutting-edge technology to deliver new and innovative experiences to our players,” Nagata said. Decrypt.
“On the card game side, we have new collections and mechanics that will continue to set us apart—not just from games in Web 3, but in the card game space as a whole,” he said. “Colony is coming to us. It's a fusion of gaming, AI and blockchain. It's going to happen in the future.”
Edited by Andrew Hayward.
