Heroes of Steel RPG Elite

Huge rpg that becomes a bit of a grind. Idiotic backstory that I resent having to click through, in fairness I suppose most dungeon/ rpg's are the same. Think I took a different route somewhere that the developers didn't anticipate and the story got mixed up, plus much extra battles in an already overloaded game - so time to delete. However in fairness that's around 30 hours play and I am still in chapter 2 of 4 - wow. An extra star for giving us a demo version- so rare these days. Some improvement would be gained by letting us buy the optional characters without restarting, no one in their right mind is going to start this all over again.

When I first picked this game up it was a bit meh, to be honest. It dragged on a lot and I didn't get very far. Fast forward a few years and this is one of my favourite games to play at the moment. I'm about 50 or so hours into the campaign and barely halfway through the story 😬! What I didn't realise in my initial playthrough was how the map opens up as you get into episode 2, becoming less linear and story choices start appearing that affect the rest of the game. Combat and exploration is much faster these days and keeps the pace of the game up, and while the game definitely gets more interesting the further you get the start is now much improved since release. Combat is interesting and varied, and boss fights in particular can get very tense - I'm still working on my strategy for the larger set-piece ambushes and boss battles. Overall a sprawling well-executed RPG with dedicated developers I can easily recommend if you like turn based tactics.

Heroes of Steel has a lot going for it. The turn based combat doesn't blow the doors off the rpg stable but it is solid and fun. Two issues for me. Mission design. Each level is a huge map that frankly becomes a slog. Bite sized dungeons and cocktail sausage quests i would have enjoyed so much more. Looking at the same dank tile set, hour after hour, shuffling your heroes from one battle to the next can get tedious quickly. Smaller more finely crafted dungeon quests would have served the game mechanics so much better. And the camera. Please let me control it. I click on a character, use an ability, the enemy moves, I sneeze, the phone rings and the camera shifts. Just slightly. A wobbly yo yo effect to and fro designed I'm sure to send me gurgling mad. It's working. Three stars then. Two for the game and one for the bout of Cthulhu madness.

This RPG has some good elements. Alas, the story is mostly on rails, while combat is a constant chore and offers few real tactical options. Right now I also seem to be stuck, trapped after the Storm Brothers quest with no way to leave the area to look for flowers for the next stage. These flaws are glaring in comparison with older titles from Spiderweb Software, games like The Quest, or even an adventure like Undercroft. Significant changes are still being made regularly (for instance, side quests and skill balancing), but right now this just isn't much fun to play. It would also be nice if it were playtested with Game Center disabled.

I mean, lets be serial. It is hard... Even the stars are hard to press. But this is only a 3 star game. I have played it pretty far... and let me assure you, combat is tedious. I do not mind the crappy graphics, or the so so plot, and it is a decent rpg. But it is hard to level up - you can only do so at set points, and combat is really boring. It is turn based, and enemy moves happen slooooowwwwwwwly. So i explore, fight an enemy, explore, find another enemy, then turn off the app. Because combat is borrrring. They need to A. Make combat 100 times faster B. let me auto heal after battle. C. Have auto teleport, instead of waaaaaaaaalking everywhere. Ugh, i will drop it down to 2 stars. I forgot hiw tedious the game is.

I love turn based RPG's. This is a great example of one. It's a good story, the dialogue is great, the options for levelling up are substantial. The top down view works better than I thought it might. It's quite punishing but somehow my party survives. This gives it a high 'just 10 more minutes' factor which ends up being another hour! Recommended!

These two have a new fan, bought ST4X to support the devs after I stumbled across this gem of a game. Great d&d style rogue like. Beautifully crafted, really well written story and days of play. There are IAPs, though only in the form of three characters, one time purchases that are in no way pushed in your face. Fully recommended to people looking for a 'full' RPG exp on their mobile device.

I have a lot of the iOS RPGs - This game is HIGHLY recommended. No piles of gems or monsters hoard of gold etc (yawn). Just get it and enjoy.

Excellent turned base strategy with interesting story line and good RPG character progression