Heroes of Steel RPG Elite

This a great little gem from a great indie developer! The game offers a four character party based RPG with a nice storyline. The gameplay has a lot more depth to it than apparant at first sight. There's a ton of different party builds to try out, so there's a lot of replay value. It also has four extra characters as IAPs, which are in no way necessary to complete the game. Also: it's ad-free! To top it off, the Trese Brothers are great. They have an amazing presence on their forums and are very quick to respond to questions, ideas and other feedback. They have a good vision of what they want the game to be, but take feedback on board to make the game even better. There's a constant stream of updates as they improve the game and add more features, as well as squashing any bugs that are brought to their attention. In short: if you're a fan of the genre, do give this a shot! You can also try the free version as a trial version: the first part is free, after that, you can buy the extra content (called episodes) as IAP (total price of free version + content IAP is the same as the full version. The extra characters are IAP in both cases).

Newer iPhones block part of the traditional rectangular screen with a speaker and rounded corners. This game does not take that into account, with key buttons inaccessible behind the speaker, and with buttons in each corner difficult to press.

Good story telling and excellent gameplay. My only issue with Trese brothers games is their idea of what “easy” is. I play this game on easy and I’ve already died almost 50 times, and there doesn’t seem to be anything I can do about the part I’m on now. Same thing with Star Traders; Frontiers. I can win against most enemies but Xeno will beat you no problem on easy unless your away team is geared up with the best stuff and high level. I’m going to keep trying because this game is so good, but it’s challenging. Thank you for making an awesome game.

One of the best RPG’s out there.

I have been playing the games since the early days and still find myself coming back whenever there is a plot update. The characters are well written and the plot engaging. The different strategic scenarios and the tactics are varied and keep me thinking. We did have to wait a year for the climax but now that it is out I am back. Waited to write my review until the final plot release. Would have rated it 5 stars but the latest updated crashes the game just as it loads the final sanctum. I have been waiting 5 years for this and now I will have to wait for a patch.

Indie developers? Awesome. Party-centered turn-based RPG combat? Great. Gear, monsters, classes, skills, and saving throws? Count me in. Unfortunately, the game lacks polish and has some clunky flaws. I didn’t get very far into the game (only an hour or two), but it seems to draw VERY heavily from the Avernum series for PC. First, there is no cloud save (that I’m aware of). I bought the game on my phone but it was a bit small so I tried downloading it to my iPad and there’s no way to transfer the save file. Boo that. It also doesn’t screen rotate, so when I’m trying to play while my phone is charging, I’m forced to play with the cord wrapped awkwardly around the phone. Menus are clunky (using potions on specific party members could really be improved), and the inventory/status views are bad. It feels like a very early version of a PC game instead of building on what works well for other games. New characters cost $2 each when we’re already paying a premium for the game itself. I love that indie developers are venturing into this space, but this version isn’t worth the money to me.

This game is so great but I hate doing story games. Wish there was a rogue dungeon option like pixel dungeon where you just go level to level and it gets harder and you have to keep everyone alive through randomized scenes and procedurally generated landscape.

Thoroughly enjoying RPG entertainment! Well balanced gameplay that keeps me excited to see what’s next... my only complaint is my thief has a bit of a hearing issue!

I love this, it’s complex and big and not too difficult to get into, etc. But it crashes a bit, and there are lots of minor glitches, such as getting a “danger” reading from exploring or far-sight spells when actually it’s just a treasure chest or gem.

Good old turn based RPG without any free-to-play nonsense. Easy to control on iPad. Nice story.