Gloomhaven

Unfortunately I had to request a refund for this game as it was basically unplayable. The tutorial mode just never goes away so selecting a standard campaign only lets me play with 2 characters. From my search I first though that that would go away after clearing the first room, which it did for that run but came back to the same tutorial popups on the second and third plays. The final verdict according to all the info I can find is that tutorial mode is just so badly bugged that there is no way to get around it except possibly by playing in "Guildmaster" made and not playing normal campaigns. I spend a couple of hours in-game and a few more looking through forums for workarounds with no success and in the end decided it was more trouble than it was worth. Sad because the actual Gloomhaven game is great, just this digital version that is buggy and sucks balls.

it took me a very long time but the game finally clicked for me. it's worth the wait. I had to purchase Buttons and Bugs for the mechanics to make sense, and now there's no going back

Very fun game; requires heavy strategising and can be unforgiving when it comes to mistakes. One round out of position can cost a character’s life, or even the whole game. Having said that, if you’re into slow paced combat that requires foresight, then this would be for you. Each scenario would take approximately one hour; expect heavy time investment to finish the game. Game does come with some bugs though: multiplayer disconnects, cards sometimes not showing their descriptions on mouse over, ui can be very unintuitive and clunky at times. Lovers of Gloomhaven will overlook the negatives because the game mechanics is well crafted and deep. The rounds will almost never play out how you envision due to the randomness of the modifier deck, requiring restrategising on the fly, but it adds another layer of intensity to already difficult combat. Guild master mode is digital only, and designed to be easier. Campaign mode is based off the board game, and will tickle any challenge lovers’ fancy.

Unfortunately a bad game because the developper have not tested their game. At start, it can be hard but you progress more than the opponents until you unlock all of your mercenary group and then its over. After that, difficulties skyrocket to absurd level. Some mission you have more than 10 ennemies has a starter with ridicule buff for them. Only solution, reroll hoping the rng let you have something possible.

A decent digital rendition of the 1st edition game, with a couple of UI issues. Definitely makes setting up the game and playing it much easier than the cardboard version. Runs well at decent settings.

Game is painfully slow with it's loading and processing (especially on NPC and enemy turns). Most of the game was spent waiting. Our PCs are all good and perform well with other games. Otherwise enjoying the game, but it's rough.

game is fine and fun but just puzzling design decisions at times. There's circumstances where you have no other option besides 'use this proc' - so why give the option? the amount of times it slows games down to 'ask' is very tedious. Same with like doing 1 damage moving around with crag. In what world will someone lose a card over taking 1 damage? Basically almost never - but we still get prompted every time it happens, slowing the game down. There's no 'undo action' even when the action was skipped. E.g. if someone skips movement then says wait, i want to move - you should be able to undo it. I get why you can't undo a hit, but not being able to undo a skip action is crazy. The shop doesn't auto select your character giving the impression only the host can buy items, but you just have to click on your character on the left. Why? Auto select the character im playing. The game is still faster than the board game, really, but there's some puzzling design decisions that really make you wonder if the devs even liked this game by the time it came out. This is just a review of the core mechanics, ignoring any bugs - i don't think i'd buy it unless it's 50% off sale. I still enjoy it with friends, but i won't be out here recommending it to anyone.