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Warbanners - Review @ TechRaptor

Discussion in 'Game/SP News & Comments' started by RPGWatch, Nov 17, 2017.

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    [​IMG]TechRaptor has reviewed Warbanners:

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    Warbanners Review

    The recent talk about difficulty and journalists is one that is baffling to me, as the point of a video game is, first and foremost, to always have fun with it. Difficulty is always hard to gauge because it's subjective. Some players love the "Nintendo Hard" of yesterday, the aggravating, annoying insanity difficulties akin to Cuphead that offers the perfect placebo for perfection. Others prefer the more casual experience, the simplistic charms of a Super Mario Odyssey that offers a fun experience without being overly hardcore.

    Amid all of this are the worst kind of games, the ones hard for hard sake; the ones designed, intentionally or not, for the player to fail. These types of games are often difficult to describe, but it often boils down to the game's overall design working against the player by being overly unfair. A sad example of this, the indie game Warbanners, is textbook to this for various reasons- least of which the fact that I couldn't even finish the last mission of the game without cheating due to these design flaws.

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    Summary

    The good ideas are there, the tactics can be complex, but the overall design of Warbanners is completely broken to the point of souring the entire experience.

    Pros
    • Good In-Game Tactics...
    • Various Missions Full of Choices...
    Cons
    • ...With Little Chance Of Using Tactics To Your Advantage
    • ...Uninteresting, Linear Narrative
    • Imbalanced Combat
    • Poor In-Game Progression
    • Wide Variance Of Randomness
    • Forgettable Graphics and Music
    Score: 4/10
     
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