Thanks for the first view on the gamplay, looking at it, I'm glad I never bought any packs and systematically took profit on the GLX Airdrop. At the same time, when I first saw Steemmonsters I also thought it looked like a joke and didn't want to pay 10$ just to try it out which I obviously was wrong on. So in that sense I guess it might be too early to really draw any conclusions. Maybe if the players were from a league I actually followed it would be a bit more interesting.
This said, it all mainly feels like an easy copy-paste of the game/economy concept of Splinterlands that kind of works in an attempt to have something of a cash grab instead of really wanting to make a game in the first place. I have higher hopes for Soulkeep.
I too am more optimistic about Soulkeep. I wonder what the delay is there.
But regarding GLG, for me it's just that the gameplay doesn't seem interesting. I don't care about poor graphics in a beta. I bet those improve significantly. But even if it looked beautiful it wouldn't interest me without a complete gameplay overhaul.