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Braveland: review

In Russia, step -by -step strategies in the spirit have always been especially loved “Heroes of Sword and Magic”. And not only loved, but also repeatedly made similar games. It was here that they developed Heroes of Might and Magic 5, King’s Bounty. The legend of the knight And Disciples 3. All this, as they say, are the affairs of the long time, but today in the format of casual and mobile games, which almost all Russian developers are currently engaged in, the Strategies of the “Old School” appear. Braveland, Released on PC and mobile platforms is one of

them.

The legend of rage

Strictly speaking, Kaliningraders from Tortuga Team made such a simplified version “Legends about the knight”. IN Braveland There is no construction of cities either, and the economy has been minimized. We move around the map, hire or, by goodwill, attach troops and fighting. For successes we get money and experience, which allows us to “pump” our hero, buy new mercenaries and equipment.

All this is subordinated to a strict storyline. After the attacks of enemies on his native village, our hero set off to pursue robbers, and as a result, as usual, he revealed the insidious plans of the villains to restore the ancient Empire and the conquest of the rest of the world. And now he has to prevent them. To do this, you will have to participate in numerous step -by -step battles.

“Units” take turns walking and beat, attack or defend, and also use special skills like a particularly powerful shot from onions or a deafening blow. At the same time, in addition to natural obstacles, a chest with gold or some kind of malicious statue attacking your troops may be on the military field.

The hero himself can use the power of rage in battle, which accumulates with each ward received by your ward. Spirits, dragon and valciria called on the battlefield, in Braveland No, but there are spells with which the hero gives an amulet of rage. Having accumulated enough energy, you can bring down fire rain on enemies, strengthen the protection of the selected detachment, or, for example, temporarily increase the range of its movement.

Simple movements

Braveland – This, of course, is a trimmed and truncated version King’s Bounty. The plot strictly leads to itself: there is practically no special study of the territory and side quests. And there is a story road laid from one enemy to another, from one region to another right up to the final battle. Well, at least, there are regular branches from her, turning into which you can try to break through to the blacksmith, trading equipment, a chest with a gold or an obelisk, which opens up new spells of rage. There are also taverns and special buildings that allow you to hire new fighters.

At the same time, your army can consist, strictly speaking, from the “units” of one faction – these are the usual swordsmen, archers, knights, healers, crossbowkers and peasants with pitchfork. But all sorts of golems, fiery magicians and assassins act as their opponents. The role system is also extremely simple. Our hero has four parameters: attack, resistance, spirit (increases reserves of rage) and knowledge (increases the resistance of magic units). Only four slots are also allocated for equipment – at the same time, no “living” items that need to be “pumped” and periodically “pacify”, of course, there is no.

Finally, in Braveland You don’t even need to take care of replenishing the troops thinned after Sich. Just because all the dead are automatically resurrected after the battle – part of the money from prey is forced to write off for this.

Mal, yes remov

And yet the game is addictive. Firstly, there is a charm characteristic of the best representatives of the genre. Bright cartoon picture, abounding with beautiful landscapes, is accompanied by pleasant fantasy music. The texts are written in a slight and ironic language – the spirit is also felt in this King’s Bounty.

And the passage itself is not as simple as it seems at first. Serious “bosses” periodically meet, and in order to defeat some opponents standing on the way to the next obelisk or blacksmith, you have to get stronger first, buy new fighters and teach them special skills.

Despite the automatic restoration of lost “units”, the army management is also far from primitive. There is a restriction on its general strength, and you must competently select detachments in order to get sufficiently powerful troops and at the same time not exceed this limit. That is, there can be several options for forming an army, and this forces you to try and experiment.

It is clear that in Braveland There are not enough much – epic, duration, complexity and side quests. But within the framework of the casual format, employees Tortuga Team made a really bright, noticeable and exciting game. Its passage will take 3 – 5 hours, but this time you will spend with pleasure.

Pros: Simplified, but all the same interesting mechanics of strategies for the “old school”;beautiful picture;Nice music.
Cons: the game lacks scope and depth.

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