Longsword - Tabletop Tactics Reviews

Not worth the cash. Abandonware just like his last "offerings". The history and dignity (check out his recently deleted twitter posts) of this so-called "developer" is garbage. Zero content! Not enough to justify the asking price. The nerve of asking 29.99 for this piece of buggy shit is insane. I wish I could get a refund but this "developer" got me. That's ok since I learned my lesson for 29.99 and will never buy an EA game from a shady hack ever again. There are better/similar games for a fraction of this crap that people actually play.

this game has a bright future I'm really suprised how few people have picked this up, this has a little of everything the workshop will totally make this game, thats when some very good user created campaigns will start rollin out the dev is very active in the forums and the updates keep coming the game is a blast, grab the demo and give it a try, you'll get hooked

Excelent Game! I'm very competitve with my friends and a game like this is perfect. This game captures the tabletop feel and delivers on both gameplay and graphics. with the map development tools in this game the possibilites asre truly endless. I give it a 4.5 of 5. Maybe when it's completed I'll give it the full 5.

Awsome feeling in game, nice little campaign, good dev response. Game is gfx super. Has a feeling of board miniature games without boring details that are done automatically. Apparently a GM feature is possible a bit later. Cant wait to see how it goes further in development.

Despite claims this game is has not moved forward with development for two years.

I have been playing strategy and tactical games since the sixties . Yeah! I know I should really grow up :D. I just played the first Campaign and it’s really enjoyable. Took a bit of getting used, but I managed to finish it in a reasonable length of time(don’t forget I’m old) . The potential for this game, or more accurately game system seem enormous. I see fantastic tactical squad battles will all sorts of armies real and imaginary. I may have missed it, but I did not see a save function for the skirmish game or the campaign. I think it needs one so I hope it is in the works. Anyway congratulations to the developer on a really fun game I look forward to spending a lot of time playing it.

So, I've played a bit of the game now and feel that I can give a decent review. I don't feel the game is worth the price being asked for it, or the price that I got it for which was $20... A third off. I would pay $15 MAX for what I currently received. The game is a lot like heroscape in terms of the board composition and units are similar to that of many of tabletop games where some units have some different abilities than others but all have a primary purpose. The main objective is to destroy your enemy's base and emerge victorious through careful planning and the use of strategy. The graphics are pretty good but in this kind of game, I don't think graphics really matter. It's more of a nice addition. I think the units are neat, they are diverse, and have different play styles depending on who you get and the faction you choose. Overall, I like the game and look forward to more but microtransactions and VERY little content ruin it for me. Last thing: There is already talk of microtransactions and this game is "pre-alpha". That scares me into not recommending it at this time for how little content there is and giving this warning.

Great game with alot of potential. Personally love the game and with the map editor there are endless possiblilties of what kind of games you can do. The Dev is also wonderful and was able to fix a major issue within an hour and is quite close with his community which is great to see. I can personally see myself playing this game for a long time. If you have any doubts please play the demo it has multiplayer and some of the single player options its defintley worth a go :)

I'm only about 2 hours into the game so not a lot of playtime. I purchased this more for the solo gaming aspect and not so much to build my own tabletop experience. I must say, it is one of the harder hex-based games I've played in a long time. It reminds me a little of Wartile, which I love. However, in its current solo state, it lacks balance. You have a handful of units that you can place in specific locations on the board. And, in all the battles I have played thus far, the computer AI always gets to go first. There is no initiative roll, etc. Maybe that changes as you move deeper into the campaign. The very first battle against the bandits was tough and took me abou8t 8 or 9 playthroughs before I was able to defeat it. The next few encounters were much easier. Then, I was trying to assist an outpost defend against an undead army. There were about 3 friendly units that were overwhelmed almost immediately. I had three units to start, a wizard, a friar and a healer. I was pitted against about 10 or 11 enemy units. The battle was impossible. I spent a good hour trying various tactics to win and was barely able to scratch their units before my pitiful band was consumed. Very disappointing as this game has great potential. Maybe the product is geared more toward mapmaking, army building via cards, and sharing with your friends rather than the native solo battle. I will asking for a refund for this due to its current state but will revisit it in the future to see if any improvements to the balance have been deployed.

I like this game. (THERES A DEMO>>>TRY IT) Pros... It looks absolutely fantastic. The animations and the detail to the characters and the maps are really impressive. Immersive. Strategy seems solid. Lots of cards (150 or so atm with more to come) Different factions. Orcs, Fay, Knights etc You can change the colors and bases of your characters. Cons... It needs a more optimization atm. It runs at 60 most of the time but hits some issues fps wise sometimes. No real progression atm. This is certainly going to be a feature at some point but for now after a win etc you don't really get anything. This game looks like it is getting a store in game. That may be a bad thing depending on how the Dev runs it. (Lets cross our fingers and hope he knows better then to shoot himself in the foot with p2w etc) As a concept and what is to offer the game really has a solid base to work off of. If you believe in the project I would say support it. The game is very unique in many ways. If your looking for something with more progression atm then you may want to wait and see where it goes. I'm giving the game a thumbs up atm. For the stage it is in it has a ton of potential. What is there is done very well. I'll update this as any major changes/patches hit.