The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming

I want to like this game more and give it the most slight of recommendations, but only if it is on a deep sale. If it were a more dynamic with class/race combos and had better pacing I'd like it enough to recommend it. Maybe a second game will take the lessons learned here. The good ---------------------- Combat is generally well implemented and very fun, it plays like a lot of games you have seen before. This is...

10 found this helpful, 2019-08-27

TL;DR version: Great Turn-based Tactical RPG / Squad Building Game 9,(9)/10 Full Version: Build your party of (up to) 5 characters from 10 different classes and 3 playable races and embark on a mission. Missions present a grid of locations to explore, each location being an encounter - not necessarily a hostile encounter, you are usually given a set of choices via text that can modify the outcome of an encounter,...

18 found this helpful, 2017-04-14

Do you know that feeling? Keep playing games, extend your library and hoping for that one game that brings all your gaming wishes together? I have that often. Sometimes I see myself browsing the Steam library for hours just to find that one game that fits all my demands. Last year I discovered just a few of those hidden gems. I mention Thea: The Awakening because of the small team who managed to freshening a stale...

243 found this helpful, 2016-03-26

One question I see a lot is: Why get this one instead of Battle Brothers or Warbanners? TSG: Darkness is coming is very different from both. It focuses on a few heroes, that you cannot really afford to lose (well, you can, and try to grind some new ones instead, but the opponents get stronger over time, and some missions offered unique opportunity that would be missed forever if you failed at the time I...

12 found this helpful, 2020-08-13

This is a hybrid RPG-manager with small-scale tactical combat where decisions matter and everything is turn-based. There are strategic elements as well, all wrapped up nicely in a fantasy world. The UI is very intuitive and graphics/sounds are quite pleasing. Most of the game will be spent in the tactical combat view, and I find myself going "one more turn" until 1:30 in the morning. So you are the commander of the...

14 found this helpful, 2016-11-29

I don't play a lot of these turn based RPG games.. but decided to give this one a try.. It's pretty fun overall, and I sat and played it for three hours the first play. I enjoyed being able to hire new heroes at the town tavern and learned a lot about these turn based games in my first time playing this game. After a while the battles seem to get a little repetitive as you find yourself making the same patterns of...

53 found this helpful, 2016-01-28

This is a tough one to review properly. The game is really quite basic and the graphics are horrendous. But somehow... I enjoyed it enjough to play to the end. Hrm. Compare this game with Legend of Eisenwald. Legend of Eisenwald is better made in just about every way. Graphics, story, tactical battles, voice acting, Legend of Eisenwald is leagues above this title. However, I couldn't bring myself to complete Legends...

10 found this helpful, 2017-09-26