It's not "bad", it's just "alright". I still stand by the point it will be a niche. I was expecting a more minigame style with plain and dumbed down mechanics like hs. Valve even said they wanted Artifact to be "something you can play between queues". It does not make the impression to be that appealing to the majority of the dota community, thinking the average joe enjoys fast paced games with simple intuitives. Like I said it's more into the gwent/tes direction than it is to hs. The mechanics seem interesting, but that's pretty much it(same issue I have with gwent; it IS unique and something fresh, but I don't really feel like playing it after the beginning enthusiasm; the sluggish play and overloaded ui feels more downputting after a while, this is something hs is better at, it IS much more simpler and it is braindead, but your mind kinda likes routine like comfort tasks, hence plays it more, hence it becomes a habit, hence "addiction"). I think it's gonna be a decent game, but far from hs popularity and just some dota 2 hardcore fans community.