Watch: Neverland Card Battles gameplay

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It's just you. As with every other genre or type of game, it depends entirely on how well the base mechanic is executed.

I'm not a big card game fan in general, but there was one on PalmOS (yes, Palm PDA) that was freaking addictive as all hell called 'Knight Move'. It was basically like a board game ala Monopoly or Chutes and Ladders with overtones of Risk, but with confrontations handled via card monsters. Simple but totally fun to play.

This game looks quite polished and interesting - it's actually something I might pick up if/when I get a 3000 to replace my now sold-off 2000.

Oh, I agree it's all in the basic mechanics of the game system, but at the basic, basic level you've got what every game has - from pen and paper RPGs to tabletop war games to board games to console JRPGs to Super Mario - a rule set. And card-based games, in general, do seem like a lack of imagination in executing the rule sets in a game environment.

Of course, I just picked up a copy of Baten Kaitos, and so far the "card" system actually seems really freakin' cool.

It's an idea factory game. Of course it looks poor.