Remember Yu-Gi-Oh, that card game and television show many of us were so absorped by many moons ago? Yu-Gi-Oh is back, a statement which I myseld was laughing off when my roommate told me about the new app he'd installed. Personally I was certain this was just another BS app which wouldn't hold my attention for more than a day or two, as I had long considered myself too cool for such things, until I started playing.
As a big fan of both the Pokemon series and Yu-Gi-Oh the releases of Niantic's 'Pokemon Go' and now Konami's 'Duel Links' have reignited youthful passions. Pokemon Go has come to be the epitome of something which very well could have been an incredibly implemented and even revolutionairy game, marred by shitty update after shitty update aside a seeming lack of familiarity with the developer's own game. What Po-Go failed to accomplish is the creation of an interesting yet wholly diverse interaction between players on a competitive level, and coincidentally this is where Konami's Duel Links truly shines. By incorporating the extensive world of Yu-Gi-Oh's many different card releases throughout the years, Duel Links offers a meta-game which not only allows for but actually encourages diversity among playstyles and deck-builds. Whereas one player might harnass Seto Kaiba's synergy with Dragons and Winged Beasts another might ignore them entirely for a more magically oriented deck like that of the Sorceror and Fiend stacked Yami-Yugi play style. But these are just a couple overarching playstyles which can be further edited and revised down to the very specific preferences of the player.
If someone had told me that I would rediscover my former fascinations with Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh as a Senior in College I probably would have laughed myself into a coma, yet here I am writing comprehensive articles about the two. While Yu-Gi-Oh may carry dweebish connotations for some, let's be real, were all nerds in our own ways. Having said that, it's time to duel.
