turn based

PROS:
3 cards included
pretty good graphics
you can use the "god" cards
CONS:
Plays much like Dark Duel Stories (cards have different effects weak monsters can defeat strong monsters depending on type,etc.)
Card wording is very confusing
controls when dueling and fixing deck are a nightmare
many real life rules do not apply in this game

duels can be very confusing

When I bought The Sacred Cards, this is not what I expected. Yes, you may get to walk around, and yes, you get to use the god cards, but the gameplay is not correct! It is like Dark duel Stories! Why would Konami make one mistake and then make it again? anyway, the gameplay is way too confusing, and I cant even figure out how to get cards. And know what? I have played this game for only 10 minutes, and I already don't like it! The only reason you should get this is for the cards. In my opinion, World wide edition is better, and you should get it over this game. But the choice is up to you.

FINAL OPINION: If you are a Yu-gi-oh! Veteran (Like me), DO NOT GET THIS!! Since veterans usually know the effects of almost all cards, you are going to get very confused and frustrated.

I was looking for a great Yu-gi-oh game and this was it. It has many pros and few cons.
Pros:
1)You can walk around battle city
2)Dueling rules based on the card game
3)Cards from the official card game
4)You can enter to codes on the lower left hand corner of real cards to use them in the game
5)Cards from the show that aren't in the official card game (brain control, Magician of Black Chaos, etc.)
6)Cards that were released after Sacred Cards came out.
7)A good plot
8)You can use two of the three god cards!
Cons:
1)You cant use the Winged Dragon of Ra
2)I beat the game in a day. It took roughly the same amount of time to beat the game as it took to read the fifth Harry Potter (for me that's not that long)
3)The rules are loosely based on the game. They have a pokemonesque type system that messes with the game. You can summon a blue-eyes ultimate dragon and if the opponent attacks it with a 1/1 shadow monster it's destroyed
4)The card summonings are also very inaccurate. You can summon a ritual monsters like the Black Luster Soldier without a ritual and you can summon the blue-eyes ultimate dragon by sacrificing 3 creatures instead of fusion.
5)Their are no effect monsters who's effects are correct (i.e. man eater bug has no effect, Slifers attack is 4000+1000x2xthe number of cards in your hand.
But overall, this game is worth buying, used only though.

I've heard of 1 step forward and 2 steps back.. but three steps back? They crippled any sort of stragedy in the game. it became highest attack points and the race for divine monsters. Everytime I see those "suppeior" "inferior" circles I cringe.. Explain to me how a 300 attack points fire monster can crush my perfectly ultimate moth? that is over 11 times as powerful. Back to the finesse thing. The "special" option you have ot click with cards, sometimes you place the card out to hold onto, like a cyberjar. I've kept it out for 3 rounds so I could place down witch of the black forst and Sangan's to maximize the number of cards. In this game that couldn't even work since I couldn't do it in one turn. Then there is the fusion method again, I want to use the card. This fusion by placing them ontop of one another is stupid, hald the time you waste a monster by making a false fusion. Then the Card limit again, 5 cards.. what happens if I wanted to hold onto all 5 cards and work with what else I get. Don't buy it people. The previous games are alot better. The only redeaming feature at all was being able to walk around and having a story line. Besides that, it isn't worth the 2 hours it takes to beat it or the anoyance when you find all of your favorite effect monsters have been messed up royally.