Kongregate‘s collectable card game Kongai is online. For those who don’t know about Kongregate; it is a flash game portal with social networking with some game elements. Games are (well, some of them) connected to Kongregate through its API and then authenticated users level up (in Kongregate) and win badges for achievements. So I think we can say Kongregate is a game of some sort.
I played Kongai a couple of times. It looks really nice, obviously more time spent on visuals than average flash game. Game is simple. I mean elementary school kid simple. You don’t even need to do basic math most of the time. And the AI is quite stupid. When I have a long range only card and the bot has a short range only card, it just doesn’t occur her to step closer and she keeps getting hit. But, I guess they can easily fix that.
The major flaw of the game, for me, is when you are playing against the computer (the bot) it runs on the server. So you wait. And you wait a lot, something like 8 seconds every turn on my computer (compare this with your action time; <0.1 secs). Even if the bot becomes more intelligent (and fast) this is a big turn off. When you are playing with someone else you will have to double the waiting time and double the discomfort.
But this is all not very important for me. Becuse the game is too simple to be enjoyable anyway. I have been expecting something more like Castlewars. Think about it a collectible Castlewars with a wide selection of possible cards. That would be something I can come back to play again and again.
By the way, there is one game I came back to play every now and then. You know these flash games are all casual games. But this one is so beautifully designed (and executed) you just don’t lose interest so soon. I recommend everyone who likes games to try Gemcraft, I guarantee you money back that you will like it. 
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