A fun game to be sure, this title is a prime offering for individuals that want to dip their toes into TBS fare. While not worth the outrageous offering price of 40 dollars, the game is worth purchasing if you can find the game on a hefty Steam sale. Unfortunately, the game lacks the deep, rich tactical combat that it purports to have and, instead, exists as an annotated view of the the tactical/wargamer genre. Warhammer 40K fans will be delighted at the amount of units but most individuals would probably be better served purchasing the game on the iPad. The game runs just as well, controls just as fluidly, costs less and its difficulty level better matches a portable/mobility environment.

In fact, had the game not shipped on iOS almost a full year after I purchased it on Steam, I'd never have bought it for PC. Weapons are said to affect different units in different ways but this is wholly untrue most of the time. What's truly disappointing is paying 40 dollars for this game, which lacks any appreciable cut scenes, fleshed out story, unit animations, complex combat system or pervasive mulitplayer/modding community and yet experiencing Slitherine's absolute gall at asking for 20 dollars a scant year later for what amounts to a small expansion. Seriously? You just charged us the price of a triple A game, despite obviously providing a much simpler experience and you can't give us some goodies and support before you hit us up again for money?

Worth a look.

7/10.

A fun game to be sure, this title is a prime offering for individuals that want to dip their toes into TBS fare. While not worth the outrageous offering price of 40 dollars, the game is worth purchasing if you can find the game on a hefty Steam sale. Unfortunately, the game lacks the deep, rich tactical combat that it purports to have and, instead, exists as an annotated view of the the tactical/wargamer genre. Warhammer 40K fans will be delighted at the amount of units but most individuals would probably be better served purchasing the game on the iPad. The game runs just as well, controls just as fluidly, costs less and its difficulty level better matches a portable/mobility environment. In fact, had the game not shipped on iOS almost a full year after I purchased it on Steam, I'd never have bought it for PC. Weapons are said to affect different units in different ways but this is wholly untrue most of the time. What's truly disappointing is paying 40 dollars for this game, which lacks any appreciable cut scenes, fleshed out story, unit animations, complex combat system or pervasive mulitplayer/modding community and yet experiencing Slitherine's absolute gall at asking for 20 dollars a scant year later for what amounts to a small expansion. Seriously? You just charged us the price of a triple A game, despite obviously providing a much simpler experience and you can't give us some goodies and support before you hit us up again for money? Worth a look. 7/10.