Armello

Solid gameplay, but the atmosphere is what really makes this game shine. Devs, what do we need to do to get an Armello animated miniseries from the art team?

Great Game, Dead Online Armello is an amazing and unique game with beautiful art and solid mechanics. It’s genuinely fun and well designed. Unfortunately, online matchmaking is basically unplayable. If you don’t have friends to play with, it’s a rough experience. That said, if you have three other friends, I definitely recommend this game. It shines in private matches.

It's definitely balanced in favor of the player, but it's one of, if not the best board game to video game adaptations ever. I love this game and have bought it on multiple platforms. A must play for solo-board game fans.

Armello – не просто игра, это интерактивная сказка, где каждая партия – это уникальное приключение. Здесь удивительным образом сочетаются стратегия, RPG-элементы и карточная игра. С первых минут меня покорила атмосфера этого мира, но зато теперь я понимаю, что моей подруге ни в коем случае нельзя давать играть на Сайласе. Что мне особенно нравится в Armello, так это множество вариантов победы. Вы можете сражаться за трон, убив короля, накопить 4 камня или даже победить стратегией через заражение. Каждая партия требует продумывания тактики, анализа действий соперников и умения использовать карты на максимум. Ну а также удачи, которой, по всей видимости, у меня 50/50 XD Графика здесь волшебная, всё выполнено с огромной любовью и это видно. Игра идеально подходит как для одиночных сессий, так и для весёлых битв с друзьями. Она настолько увлекательна, что каждая новая партия кажется ещё интереснее предыдущей. Armello – это проект, который всегда радует и вдохновляет, особенно тех, кто ценит глубокую тактику и фэнтезийный сеттинг. Ставлю твёрдую 9/10.

I don't hate it, but it's so so flawed. The artstyle is quite unique and it has a lot of cool and interesting mechaincs, but many of those mechanics don't tie in together well. I did every single victory to see what it's like, played with many characters, large amount of games (they don't take that long). It's essentially a multiplayer tabletop game where every character is playing a different game. Kinda like Root, except Root is good. Here, so often you just don't feel like you're in control. 2 of the four endings are very rng based (since you not only have to kill the king but not die in the process and he has a ton of dice), but too often someone else will just win on their own like nothing and rob you of your victory or die with the king (and then the prestige leader wins). It's frustrating when you feel like nothing you do matters. Usually I'd say get this on sale or something but just don't get it at all...

Le jeu n'arrête pas de se déconnecter quand je joue en ligne. C'est vraiment énervant et frustrant de ne pas savoir jouer une partie complète. Je ne recommande pas du tout ce jeu.

Seems like a neat game but I'm not sure I can recommend it. For a fairly well reviewed title, that's been sitting on my periphery of games that look interesting enough to try, I'm pretty disappointed after my brief introductory playthrough. The game seems to be in state of technical decay. I crashed 4 times just trying to play through the tutorial. Graphical options are limited, a lesser issue, as the game is toaster friendly. Playing games rewarded me with chests which spat out a 'Failed to connect to server' error whenever I attempted to open one. And it would seem Multiplayer Matchmaking is either dead or requires a blood ritual by moonlight to connect. Something that bothered me was the visual clarity. Normally for this type of game you want to zoom out and get a good idea of the state of the board. However the zoom is quite limited, forcing you to drag the board around often to see what is happening, but there is also the baffling decision to blanket the screen in a horrible white fog which obscures clarity further! Yes, it's 'clouds' but it's also ugly and annoying, and can't be turned off through normal means. There is a Follow Player camera that should be helpful for assessing the situation and yet it felt in-elegant. Whenever you drag the board around, and you will due to the issue mentioned above, the auto-follow disables. You have to then click a little icon to turn it back on (or possible hit some hotkey). Stealth is a mechanic of the game and player characters often engage in it. Naturally the camera shouldn't follow a stealthy boy but then you are once again dragging the board around to survey and think your next move. The auto-follow disables and once more you must turn it on. It really starts to add up how often you must do this and I can't help but think there was a better way to implement the feature. That's a bit of a giga-nitpick, I imagine for players familiar with the game they don't care about the auto-follow at all. But my point is it speaks to the certain lack of polish I felt from the game. Maybe my standards are unrealistically high but for a product so well reviewed and matured I was prepared for a smoother first taste than I got. I will say I really like the art, the music is enjoyable and fitting, it's easy to pick up and learn the basics with clear amount of depth to dig into, and games are quick (relatively) which is a bonus. Multiplayer board games which let you ruin your opponent's day and break friendships apart are one of my favourite genres. And the game was dirt cheap on sale!

Slight learning curve, but a fun, quick game once you get the hang of it. You may need to play a few matches just to understand the mechanics. I find myself playing game after game.