Weak game, expensive IAP cash grab!

This is a weak remake of an old game. The mechanics are stale, unimaginative, and highly dependent on luck of dice rolls, not tactics or strategy. There IS a LITTLE fun to be had here but it is mostly ruined by terribly greedy IAP and frequent bugs.

For your $10 you get access to 2 acts with 8 levels each. The first two levels are both tutorials meaning you arent even getting 16 levels but only 14. VERY little content for $10 compared to other games currently available in the same genre, and within the same Warhammer universe, for the same or cheaper price. Dont worry though, they might release more tiny increments of content IF you pay extra for them.

This game also has 8 playable characters for your three man party. Two of these you begin the game with, a few more can be earned from grinding. The characters which you start with, and can earn by grinding, are generic nameless wizards known only by their classes. They are not unique characters in the world just generic crap. In a world full of lore and vast arrays of personality your premium $10 purchase gets you generic characters to play with. Dont worry though you can get one of the three premium named characters... Which they really push you to buy... Because they are so much better and cooler then the generics. These three good characters, the only good characters, will cost you $4 EACH. So what we have here is a company with 8 characters ready at launch but only 3 are attractive and those three will cost you $12 which is even more then the $10 price.

If these issues of limited content, poor mechanics, and expensive IAP that is available at day 1 release but not included in your $10 purchase is not enough convincing to stay away then perhaps the many bugs will convince you to pass. During the first two tutorial levels which you cannot pause or delay, it will guide you by the nose through the levels. If you scroll your map to look around, or by accident, the tutorial will prompt you to move to a location which U.S. Now offscreen. The screen will not allow you move it, however, so you are stuck and can only force quit the app and start over. There is no way to skip the tutorial so you must play two levels of bad quality, with no ability to do anything but follow the directions, and hope that a bug or accidental swipe doesnt lock you out and force you to start over again.

I really wanted to like this game. I love turn based strategy, I love board and card games, I love the warhammer setting, and I love premium apps. Its just that greedy IAP, bugs, poor mechanics, and extremely small amounts of content make me regret buying this app. It is a poor attempt at using the Warhammer name and decent graphics/sounds to trick you into dropping $10 on half of a semi-decent game and then lure you into paying $12+ for the other half. Its a shame because with a bit less greed and a bit more attention to making a quality game and this app may have turned out to be something worthwhile.,. Unfortunately its just another cash grab.

EDIT: on release this game was 100% pay to win. Due, I assume, to all the negative feedback the developer has removed the ability to buy warpstone for real cash and thus removed the pay to win aspect. It is a single step in the right direction and in appreciation of that fact I have raised my review by one star as seems fair since they did fix a horrible mechanic. With that said... They are still charging a fortune for a weak game and an additional fortune to get all the content which was available day one. Along with the other issues its two star review is still very accurate to what you are getting vs. what they are charging.

Gamers beware!

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