HOARD

honestly, this is a funny little game. it has charm to it. gameplay has some depth to it, you and up to 3 other players control a dragon that can go around and collect gold or convert towns and capture princesses and the like to see who gets the highest score. the fun part of it comes from leveling up your horde by getting enough gold, which you can use to put points into different skills, like speed or how much you can carry, which also gives your dragon physical changes as you put more points into them. games can be short, but there is a lot of maps and different game types you can play to give you a lot of play time on it, or even replay maps you enjoy the most. you can also pick from a fair selection of dragon colors, should one be more interesting to your tastes. music is cute, it is energetic and nice enough to get you into the competitive spirit without getting too try hard on it? though music is a little lacking in the variety department, for how many different songs there are. the game looks nice, it has a sort of pseudo board game look to it, as loading an area has pieces fall into place, while most of the models look like they are little toys. the only thing being the dragons look more realistic, which could be overlooked because of the top down view, your dragon can look a little on the smaller end. i think it is fun, it has a good speed to it, and as you and others level up your dragons how you see fit, the game starts to get super fast as you focus more on fighting one another off to get more gold to bring back, or stop them from taking your tribute.

It is one of the old game which we often play and forget. I did played it back a few months ago as I forgot how I enjoyed this small game. Hoard is litterally a 1 to up to 4 players where you play a classic dragon who terrorize the kingdoms to hoard gold coins in your lair, brazing crops and villages, kidnapping princess to get a ransom for more coins, destroy mage towers to steal their focus crystals, etc. The thing catch is, if you constantly ravage the land around, the kingdom will never fully prosper. And so does the minimum wealth coming in your lair. You can, however, let the kingdom prosper so you can steal bigger coffers! But the risk will be higher to get higher rewards. The game also offers a competitive gameplay against other dragons, AI or players alike. But there is also a Coop mode where you can play with your friends to hoard as much as possible with a shared lair. But I must admit that, despite the game being that old, I wish for a small addon like an infinite mode for solo play or maybe coop/pvp where you can save a file before continuing your infinite mode. That would have been top notch for me. But as the game itself now, Hoard was good to play. Just that it would need a little update to work properly on the recent windows.

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Super niche, very indie, fun and arcadey game.

This is a legitimately good game. Rounds take 10 minutes apiece, there's a split screen mod to actually get all functionality on one PC, the game mechanics are simple enough to understand and challenging enough to apply when aiming for higher scores. You might not get 100 hours out of it, but what you will get is a fun party game for a good 30-60 minutes when your friends come over, or when you want to enjoy your time. Plus, it goes on sale a couple of times per year for $3. Worth the price.

very good

TLDR: If you're looking for a short bit of fun with friends or on your own, Hoard is good in short bursts Needing another decent multi-player game to keep the MJ crew occupied on Monday nights, I pegged this one as a candidate an patiently awaited my turn. While Hoard is an older titles, I hoped it would keep us entertained. It did - for a short amount of time. The game is incredibly simple and doesn't take long to conquer and is mildly fun. While it doesn't stand out amongst the indie gems, it does provide decent entertainment and you can probably find it incredibly cheap by now. Presentation: The top-down presentation is nice enough to look at with color that pops and distinct enough that even with four players it's easy enough to keep track of who is who and what's trying to kill you. The game is simple with only a few buildings and enemies to worry about - magic towers, castles, knights, cities, thieves, wagons, windmills, crops and the occasional giant and princess. The simplicity keeps it from getting too bogged down buy also keeps it from standing out. Much like the sound effects and music, it is all very vanilla in its approach. Completely average across the board. Story: As far as I can tell, none. Not in single or multiplayer games. You're a dragon. You burn things, collect loot, upgrade your powers, kill things, try not to get killed yourself - and that's it. Gameplay: You're a dragon. You fly, burn, collect loot, deposit said loot. Repeat until the level is over. Of course there are some mechanics. As you collect loot you level up between four abilities - Speed (fly faster), Breath (Fire lasts longer and does more damage), Carrying Capacity (Carry more loot) and Armor (Survive more hits). All four are useful, but Speed and Breath seem the best to level early while Armor, though useful later, is almost an afterthought. If you survive long enough without dying, you gain a loot bonus (up to 3x) and dying resets it back to zero. In order to get the best rating on each level, keeping the streak going is very important. With more people, this becomes tougher an our crew, despite our best efforts, was unable to get the best rating on the final 4-player level. The game does attempt to give some variety. If you don't burn everything in sight, building begin to level up. This produces a variety of effects: Magic Towers become stronger and shoot faster (but give out better loot), Knights become stronger and faster but princesses also appear that you can ransom for more loot, cities produce more gold, but also produce more archers and even thieves to take your loot. Windmills and farms produce bigger wagons and gold. You have to balance out the good with the bad and see if you can gather the most loot without dying along the way. The game also throws out a random powerup that anyone can collect that can increase speed, let you shoot fireballs instead of a breath weapon, grant a temporary shield and heal you. The game features a variety of missions like Princess Rush (collect princesses for ransom), the difficult Hoard Mode (essentially a survival mode where enemies upgrade quickly and it becomes more of a SHMUP while you dodge everything in sight) and the generic Treasure Mode where you must collect as much as possible in the time limit. Even with a decent variety, the game gets repetitive fast and is only good for short bursts in my opinion. Replayability: With the amount of modes and players and maps, at least the game had a decent amount of variety. Presentation: 3/5 Story: n/a Gameplay: 3/5 Replayability: 3/5 Overall (not an average): 3/5