Axie Infinity Killers: Top NFT Games In 2021 That Failed To Dethrone Axie Infinity.

During the 2021 NFT Play-To-Earn gaming hype, most Play-To-Earn projects during that year had one goal - to dethrone Axie Infinity and be the best NFT game in the whole blockchain space. With Axie Infinity leading the NFT gaming industry, thousands of NFT gaming projects were launched and developed causing for a massive adoption into the cryptocurrency space. Some NFT games are still operating and running but most of the projects that were launched on 2021 to outrank Axie Infinity are mostly dead and some are just barely working and paying. This article will feature 2 of the once most hyped NFT games on 2021 but eventually failed to dethrone the leading Axie Infinity NFT game.

My DeFi Pet - Blockchain Pet Game.

My DeFi Pet was launched on May 2021 and back then, its design are way too amazing that it instantly gained the attention of investors and players. During that time, Binance blockchain and tokens running under its chain were very hot and people saw a potential in the game that it can be the next Axie Infinity and it will take over the leading game in the future.

The My DeFi Pet NFT game were gaining a momentum and attracting lots of players and its native token $DPET started to skyrocket from less than $0.1 to around $10.00 per token. Because of the positive and bullish momentum, and the hype that the potential earning opportunities and gaming experience can be way better than Axie Infinity, lots of people were caught in the hype and bought the peak of $DPET token to use in hatching eggs and own a pet in the game.

However, the positive momentum in the game started to vanished when new and other NFT games emerged and players were already playing and earning while My DeFi Pet are way behind its roadmap and still no earning features in the game. With the constant FUDs and negativity around it, the price of $DPET tokens started to plummet from around $10 to now just over $0.25.

My DeFi Pet can be played now and players can earn through Boss Fight event where players can earn elixir that can be exchanged to $DPET token or they can buy and sell pets in the game's marketplace.

The last good update from the game is the testing of Arena and its reward system and it will soon be fully live anytime. Players are hoping and expecting it to be released within 2022 and more delays can lead to negativities around its community.

Cryptoblades - The First Click-To-Earn NFT Game.

Cryptoblades could be one of the worst nightmare for most players who jumped into the game. The game used to be the greatest NFT game in the Binance Smartchain as it has once contributed 50% of all transactions in the Binance blockchain. The game even won the Binance Most Valuable Builder 2 and people were already 100% that the $SKILL token, Cryptoblades' native token, will soon be listed in Binance Exchange.

The game were pretty simple, you buy or mint NFT characters and NFT weapons, click it to battle, wait for the result, and if you win you will be rewarded with $SKILL token depends on your character's level and weapon's star count.

The game were the first oracle-based game where the system rewards its players based on the token's price. The higher the price of the token, the lesser amount of the token the players will receive but with the same dollar value.

The game were looking good not until the price of $SKILL started to correct. The biggest flaw of an oracled-system game is when the price of the token is in a bearish chart. When $SKILL token keeps on dropping, the oracle is also reacting which means the lower the price of the token, the more $SKILL tokens it needs to rewards players but still in the same dollar value.

The price of $SKILL keeps plummeting day by day and the game are giving out more and more tokens that it eventually leads to draining its reward pool. The reward pool came from new and old players who mints NFTs and because of the FUD that the game are dying soon, less and less people are getting interested in the game and hesitating to invest in the game leading to unhealthy reward pool. Since there are only small numbers of people minting in the game, there are also amount of $SKILL in the pool.

Currently, the game is still running but it wasn't as profitable as it was before. They have expanded to other chains as well that only cost small transaction fees since Binance blockchain is a pain in the wallet for every transaction. In order to be profitable in the game, you need to invest more by burning characters to make your other characters stronger so it can be more profitable when used in a battle.

Final Words.

The two games mentioned above are still running well and somehow still rewarding its players. It has already thrown away its goal to dethrone Axie Infinity but instead working better and continuously developing to be a better, enjoyable and profitable NFT game in the long run.