Bloodgrounds

This game scratches that very specific itch that XCOM players are so familiar with. You build your little soldiers, get attached to them through countless battles, and watch them die because you've made a stupid mistake and now have to live with the consequences. Thankfully there is always fresh meet in the tavern. The tactical battles are short enough to not be owerwelming, but require both tactical and strategic thinking. The strategic layer is all about equpment and is interesting enough to not be overly tedious. The classes are different enough. The only negative thing I can say is that you have to equip and re-equip your guys before every session, and without any equipment management it gets boring real fast, you have to scroll through the pile of ever growing equip a lot, comparing stats. But the rest of the game is rewarding enough, so it's not a deal breaker.

i like the base-building, the randomization, the combat design, the art, the balance is pretty good, the writing was fine. however after a while i really started to get tired of traps in every. single. combat. the combat music sucks. and so does having only a square for every match. i went to rome recently and they had all sorts of elaborate and interesting different kinds of maps, you can do better.

Okay Im gonna make this quick: its a great concept but kinda unoriginal. But What I am officially over is the maps: they are way too crowded with damaging junk and I feel like I am now fighting the maps more than the enemies. The game is bland enough I dont need to slog through that. Sorry Devs

A truly superb game. easy to get deep into. easy to set down when life comes calling. fantastic game

the arenas are so annoying i gave up, and also nothing is different from the very first battle

Overall a great and unique game but it does have some flaws to it. The major one in my opinion are the late game arena layouts. Oftentimes an arena will generate in such a crowded way that makes the fight go on for much longer than it should have as enemies struggle to reach you and you struggle to reach them. This combined with map hazards can lead to unsatisfying bouts where either enemies, your gladiators, or both succumb to the map itself. The developers have in the past tweaked other annoying systems to make them feel better to interact with such as audience entertainment and trauma so there is the hopeful possibility that this changes in the future. Almost everything else about the game is great though and definitely worth the purchase.

Like a mini game of xcom. But without all the painful stuff. The missions go quick and the base/strategy side has no time pressures. Units have a good variety of powers. Keyboard/Mouse controls are very good. Controller is horrible to use with it, mostly unplayable due to everything taking so long to do.

Played it for just a bit. Hit the second battle in the standard string of battles. Had to quit. "Your progress will not be saved." k bye