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Posted on: May 1, 2020

DustMan27

Games: 1207 Reviews: 10

A must-have-Title for XCOM/HOMM Lovers

A charming Mix of both XCOM and Heroes of Might and Magic with an Torchlight-esque aestethic. Key Game aspects: -Combat: Interface and Core Combat mechanics very similar to XCOM, however it has equal emphasis on Melee and Ranged Combat, Heroes can level up during a fight, The Unique Feature is that Heroes and Enemies alike can use Cover and Obstacles to be manipulated by multiple abilities to either Damage, Stun,knock,pull,block the opposition sometimes with hilarious Chain Reaction Results. Heroes can also use different Inventory Items with different Effects some consumable , some permanent of varying rarity. -Overworld Map: There a currently 3 Environments, the Maps are Randomly Generated and similar to the HOMM series, complete with Forts, random events, Mines and Riches spread out the Map. With Monster Groups protecting either Loot or Mines. Similar to HOMM there is no Movement of Neutral Units, only enemy Players Traverse the Map. -City Building: The Building Management is a dumped-down Version of HOMMs Castles with only 3 ressources, 7 building slots (9 different buildings, 2 upgrades each). Winning Fights gets you renown which can be spent in the Hero Guild for further Hero Upgrades. -Customization/Heroes: Similar to XCOM the Units are composed of up to 5 Hero units rather than Unit stacks. Current visual Customization of Heroes includes Coloration only, they also come in different genders. Heroes can have a random unique trait of varying Rarity that can either be beneficial or unfavorable depending on the Combat situation. Heroes unsurprisingly gain Levels and can learn new abilities (chose 1 of 3 , varying rarity, even Cross-class) or power up their current ones. Currently there are 4 Classes in the Game , Paladin , Berserk , Ranger , Mage all with unique looks and abilities. -Modes: Campaign (Humans only) , Skirmish with up to 8 AI or Human Players, Local Co-op -Updates: Devs listen to the Community and plan further Content. Verdict: LOVE IT

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Posted on: May 4, 2020

CatGog2017

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Games: 127 Reviews: 36

A fun turn-based game and fun skirmish

Pros: 1) Easy on the eyes, a little like wow, color wise and character style. 2) Amusing text dialog and other light hearted additions. 3) Lots of progression, character weapon, spells, and buildings which can affect play style. 4) Different ways to play the game, multiple save slots you can optionally use. 5) Background music is nice enough that I didn't have to mute it as I do normally. Cons: 1) Not enough differences in characters in the same class i.e. all male rangers look alike; a redemption though is that while they look very similar (if not identical), they CAN have different features that allow them to behave tactically differently i.e. one might be better if an enemy melee gets on top of them than the other who'd you make hang back. 2) I'd like more info when I hover over a spell, effect, etc. 3) At least once, I accidentally used an ability when I wanted to change my mind and pick a different one, not sure how I f-ed that up actually. tl;dr It's my go to game for turn-based fun currently, playing it a lot. Thanks for putting it on GOG too, the only place I'll buy a game.

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Posted on: April 15, 2021

Le chat qui joue

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Games: 588 Reviews: 70

Don't play on low end CPU

The tactical gameplay is fine and smooth, dynamic, including good ideas using the environment. Unfortunately the writing is bad, limit stupid, as is the level of humour. It wasn't necessary to smear with amateurish attempt at being funny what otherwise is an excellent and colourful game with a personal charm. Just a bit of warning: though the CPU requirements specify an intel i3 as the minimum, this game put such a constant strain on the CPU that it dangerously overheats an intel i5. Advice: don't play it with any CPU less powerful than an i7. In the words of the dev themselves regarding this matter (from a STEAM forum): "The high CPU usage is actually related to rendering, which is why it is high in a fairly constant manner."

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Posted on: February 17, 2021

thaumasiotes

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Games: Reviews: 8

Good game if you can play it

This game seems like a lot of fun. But I haven't even been able to complete the tutorial. Loading screens entering or leaving combat take upwards of half a minute. Enemies take similar amounts of time to decide what they want to do in combat. And just recently, when I refocused a loading screen after spending a while tabbed out (see above), the game crashed. This is a turn-based game with a 2D overworld and a 2D combat screen (rendered unnecessarily in glorious 3D). There's no excuse for it to have this level of performance problems. It's not doing anything Heroes of Might and Magic 2 wasn't doing in 1996.

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Posted on: April 24, 2021

Kraco55

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Games: 772 Reviews: 27

Huge Balance issues

My problem with this game is the npc have 99% chance to hit you from afar, almost never misses even if you are hiding behind a tree, rock etc.. while even in open area your chances for hitting the npc from afar is 8%, this creates a huge balance issue, when the ai cheats 100%, this makes the game frustrating.

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