Bitardia Cards: Memes of 2ch

The Internet gave birth to a lot of things over the years, and while a great part of them are pretty good, most are either useless or pretty harmful. Memes seem to the kind of phenomenon that we wouldn’t have ever seen if the Internet wasn’t such a big thing, although you might wonder why we enjoy them now anyway. In short, they are a pretty smart way of conveying humor and helping various communities from around the interwebs recognize each other.

Bitardia Cards: Memes of 2ch is a card strategy game in which your goal is to defeat the opposing player by outsmarting him when it comes to what cards you play and how. On the other hand, unlike in every other CCG out there, this one does not allow you to create decks or at least choose from different presets. Instead, everyone has the same deck with just a handful of different cards.

What this means is that luck plays an even greater part in the grand scheme of things. It’s possible to make all the right moves and still lose because the opponent got the right card and you didn’t, which is obviously annoying. The cards are not very well designed or balanced, so there are many situations where a single card drawn at the same time can decide the game.

As an example, there are powerful cards you can play that allow you to deal massive damage to multiple units, which can be a death sentence most of the time, given the fact that you have to make due with very few cards anyway. Special abilities sometimes play a role as well, although they are not nearly as polished as they need to be to add some joy to the gameplay.

On the same subject, the visual component is very basic and silly, especially when you consider how little work went into it. Since there are only a handful of cards anyway, they could at least be hand-drawn, not to mention explained with the help of a short text. There are also plenty of bugs to watch out for, especially in regards to the interface.

In the end, Bitardia Cards: Memes of 2ch’s only valid upside is that it doesn’t cost you any money to play. On the other hand, the same is true for Hearthstone or a few other much better games. Thus, there’s very little incentive to give it a try.