Braveland

I picked all three Bravelands up on a sale. They were simple strategy games, great for kids and those who aren't strategy-savvy. Lovely artwork, simplistic and a whole lot of fun to play especially if you're busy and need a pleasant game that can be played at leisure, stop and start. For strategy afficiandos they're probably too easy but for kids or people who like casual, turn-based strategies they are a pleasant day of playing.

I bought this on a whim and ended up rather enjoying it. The game is a fairly simple hex-based turn based strategy game with some very limited RPG elements. You have a small selection of units that are sufficiently distinct to be interesting, they get various upgrades and you can build them up in strength over time. Gold is scarce in the early campaign making choices matter, though towards the end you can basically buy everything you want. The combat reminds me a lot of the "Heroes of might and magic" games. Graphics are pleasing, having a "cute" look that reminds me of some mobile titles. Sound is acceptable without standing out. The game fell on the easy side. Only a single "boss" fight that was a side activity ever required more than one attempt on the normal difficulty. Overall length is quite short though I didn't mind, it doesn't overstay its welcome and the play style would become repetitive if it was stretched further. In short, I enjoyed it quite a bit as a fun diversion from other games and will definitely be playing the two additional titles in the series.

This is a turn based 2D tactical game with an map, where you can choose locations where to go to fight next etc. The graphics are nice, the game works stable and it has low hardware requirements. The music exist of only one or two tracks (the second is a battle score), but they are nice to hear. Many things have already be written, so I won't be long. After you beat the campaign, there is no point in coming back and replaying the same campaign again. This game could have a mode, where one could play a quick match on random map/location with random enemies and placements. Like a skirmish or something. But sadly there is nothing here. I would give it 3 stars, but because of graphics, sound/music and the fluent gameplay it deserves 4 out of 5. Still, I recommend to buy it whenever on sale.

Braveland is extremely easy to learn but yet still manages to provide fun. The battles are nicely scaled by difficulty level, so if you want to up the challenge play at the 'Hard' difficulty. The entire game can be finished in a few hours. After finishing the game, replayability does exist but is limited to building your squad differently (which can still be fun too). Highly recommended.

Its a nice easy game. No manual and after a while you won't need one. It is well balanced. 30 peasants can overwhelm a small infantry unit and they are cheap to replace. Good tactic is to block enemy infantry and send your fast unit after their archers and spellcasters. I liked it, but there could be more shops, more units etc.