TL;DR AT THE BOTTOM
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Eeeeh... if you put aside all the broken promises, bugs and missing features HEX is a good game...

ONLY if you swipe that credit card or grind gold for hours so you can play one draft/get cards that are actually good.
(btw the starter packs are a huge ripoff, you're esentially paying 10 dollars for two rares; rest of the pack is bulk)

If you don't pay, you are basically restricted to few hours of campaign (it's pretty fun but almost impossible to beat with the ♥♥♥♥♥♥ starter cards you get) or the Frost Ring Arena, which is the most mind-numbing videogame "feature" I have ever seen. It basically consists of you playing 15 battles against the same 20-25 enemies in a slightly different order each time you play.

If you want to do something that's actually fun in HEX without paying, here's what you have to do:

1. Grind gold for tens of hours in the mind-numbing Frost Ring Arena untill your eyes bleed or you pass out

2. Buy some boosters, open them, sell the cards to other people for platinum so you have the 100 platinum you need for an entry fee OR try to find someone who is willing to buy your gold for platinum (100 gold for 1 platinum so you'll need 10 000 gold)

3. Now when you have 100 platinum, you need 3 boosters (60 000 gold, if you have a REALLY GOOD deck you can earn around 7 500 gold in 30 minutes, but as a new player you're looking at roughly 5 000 gold for every hour spent grinding AT BEST)

4. Now play draft! Yay! But before you do, make sure you can stay glued to your PC for the next 2 or so hours because you can't leave mid-draft like in Hearthstone. You have to play until you win/lose or quit.

5. Sell all the cards (you keep the cards you draft) to other players so you can hopefully earn most of your entry fee back; if you didn't do well go back to step 1, otherwise go back to step 3.

TL;DR

If you're playing or have ever played + spent money on MTG or MTGO and have decided to stop for some reason, HEX is a good card game, BUT it is NOT a good videogame. If you're coming from purely digital card game like Hearthstone, wait a few years until HEX becomes playable without paying. By making a digital card game, HEX is competing with Hearthstone and not MTG like they intended years ago. Charging 7 dollars for a draft is a good idea when the competition is charging 14 dollars; however it's not a good idea when the competition is charging 2 dollars. The developers should take advantage of the digital platform and not force people to spend 2 hours playing draft.

TL;DR AT THE BOTTOM ________________ Eeeeh... if you put aside all the broken promises, bugs and missing features HEX is a good game... ONLY if you swipe that credit card or grind gold for hours so you can play one draft/get cards that are actually good. (btw the starter packs are a huge ripoff, you're esentially paying 10 dollars for two rares; rest of the pack is bulk) If you don't pay, you are basically restricted to few hours of campaign (it's pretty fun but almost impossible to beat with the shitty starter cards you get) or the Frost Ring Arena, which is the most mind-numbing videogame "feature" I have ever seen. It basically consists of you playing 15 battles against the same 20-25 enemies in a slightly different order each time you play. If you want to do something that's actually fun in HEX without paying, here's what you have to do: 1. Grind gold for tens of hours in the mind-numbing Frost Ring Arena untill your eyes bleed or you pass out 2. Buy some boosters, open them, sell the cards to other people for platinum so you have the 100 platinum you need for an entry fee OR try to find someone who is willing to buy your gold for platinum (100 gold for 1 platinum so you'll need 10 000 gold) 3. Now when you have 100 platinum, you need 3 boosters (60 000 gold, if you have a REALLY GOOD deck you can earn around 7 500 gold in 30 minutes, but as a new player you're looking at roughly 5 000 gold for every hour spent grinding AT BEST) 4. Now play draft! Yay! But before you do, make sure you can stay glued to your PC for the next 2 or so hours because you can't leave mid-draft like in Hearthstone. You have to play until you win/lose or quit. 5. Sell all the cards (you keep the cards you draft) to other players so you can hopefully earn most of your entry fee back; if you didn't do well go back to step 1, otherwise go back to step 3. TL;DR If you're playing or have ever played + spent money on MTG or MTGO and have decided to stop for some reason, HEX is a good card game, BUT it is NOT a good videogame. If you're coming from purely digital card game like Hearthstone, wait a few years until HEX becomes playable without paying. By making a digital card game, HEX is competing with Hearthstone and not MTG like they intended years ago. Charging 7 dollars for a draft is a good idea when the competition is charging 14 dollars; however it's not a good idea when the competition is charging 2 dollars. The developers should take advantage of the digital platform and not force people to spend 2 hours playing draft.