Warbands: Bushido - Tactical M

A Google user

5 years ago

loads of warriors to play, develop their skills, work out some sneaky as tactics and issue special orders. warning - progression is slow, which makes for a longer term challenge, not a pick up and throw away game - spend your gold on new scenarios and minis/cards not levelling up as i first thought, that happens by playing anyway; no need to spend cash in the app version either. links to my steam (also free) version so can play at home and on my phone :)

A Google user

5 years ago

Great turn-based strategy, offering decent challenges for different skill levels, and the mini's&cards dynamic feels very nostalgic. Beautiful UI, but quite small; usable on mobile, probably better suited to a tablet. Unfortunately, about 20% of skirmishes are troubled by issues such as freezing (requiring restart), disruptive lag, and even units simply disappearing. However, will continue to play in the hopes that these issues get cleared.

A Google user

5 years ago

Good graphics, easy controls, and solid rewards/progression! Best thing about this game is that it's not at all p2w (although a couple of 1 month subs are money well spent), and there are absolutely NO ADS!! That's right! NO ADS AT ALL!!! Some minor bugs/inconsistancy issues during gameplay, and no in-game chat of any kind but, these are minor problems which don't make this game any less amazing. All in all, this game is easily in my top three of all time and will probably stay there. Good Job!

A Google user

5 years ago

I genuinely tried to like this game, it has a fantastic premise and a style that is just great and belongs in a game like this. I even paid for a months subscription which leads me to the few issues which award the 2 star rating. The subscription feels almost mandatory to stand a chance after the first few hours. The daily dust and gold make it so you will actually be able to get the warband you want, albeit after a few days. Otherwise it is an immensely steep grind without alot of luck. Please note however the subscription is VERY reasonably priced, and I would happily pay it to enjoy this game, this isn't an issue as much as a warning label, sub opens the game. Now the actual issues: - You can ONLY level up your units in PvP matches, there is literally no other way or mode that awards units experience. What this means is you will be going into approx. 20-30 battles with a subpar team, just to level the units you want up, and because you go in with a subpar team, you are at a disadvantage and so the inevitable higher defeats will make it even harder to finish. I would love for a way to level units without joining a skirmish, as by the 2nd day I was simply instantly surrendering the moment I encountered a human player, as it was just ten times easier to keep doing this until I fought the AI bots that I could outplay with a lesser team, just make this a mode to level units Vs AI. -The PvE scenarios are okay, except for two glaring faults. 1.) The scenarios give no experience or gold or any reward but a single 5WP unit depending on the difficulty you completed, green for normal, blue for hard and legendary for insane, fair enough. The problem and 2.) Comes in that ONLY THE LEGENDARY VERSION MATTERS. Especially above rank 10 where legendary units are so powerful, and arena only allows legendary units, so this is your goal. This is an unrealistic goal however as you have to complete insane difficulty to do this, which has you face all fully levelled legendary enemies, often at a huge numbers disadvantage, and if you fail, unlike the other difficulties, you can't just restart that checkpoint, you have to restart the entire PvE campaign, so you wasted hours for nothing due to one bad dice roll which kills your guy on the final level of the campaign. What is the point of unlocking a legendary unit when you literally NEED full legendary units already just to complete the thing, it is reverse progression since you will likely already have the unit it unlocks just to stand a chance. I would like to see checkpoints added or some kind of compensation reward for time spent like unit experience. Try doing the Samurai campaign on insane difficulty, where you are severely outnumbered, lose your turn to a fresh batch of enemies when the next wave hits, and enemy archers that just spawned always get the first shot before you can react, free damage against you, and not even a checkpoint to restart at between 12 waves of enemies if you mess up. This is just poor level difficulty design for a reward you will already have by the point you can do this. As a final note, the dust system for getting rid of spare units and orders and creating new ones is mercilessly slow, hence the subscription helping so much. Not only by the incredibly low dust amount given, but the fact that you are expected to level up these terrible units, which links to problem 1.) About it taking ages and not being fun, further salts the wound. N,o I do not want to take an inexperienced waste of a unit into 20 battles just to get 5% closer to crafting that useful legendary unit... I enjoy the game at times, but because of these poor design aspects I find myself hating and closing the game more often than I find myself having fun. If you download it, pay the £4 and get a subscription though and you should honestly get a bit of entertainment out of it before the hump sets in.

Marko Klincharov

3 years ago

Fun game, but has serious problems. Fix the dice roll probabilities. During many games, i found that either I or my opponent dominates in terms of successful rolls, while the other can't do anything. Add links to your instructions. Who's bright idea was it to add a book which you have to turn through page by page? Fix the UI. I can't find my experience, nor that of my units. Experience counter doesn't show up properly, I need to press and hold, but it appears where I'm touching the screen.

A Google user

5 years ago

The graphic is decent, although it reminds me more of a modern anime rather than samurai era Japan. The layout however is so cramped and the text is so small, i have squinted and still have problem reading them on my samsung s8 note. Game control a bit confusing as we have to drag cards over characters, which means we can accidentally drop it on the wrong character if it is close to the intended one. It would be better if we simply choose a character then choose (or not) a card, which would also allow a wider selection screen with much more readable text.

A Google user

6 years ago

This is an awesome use of the platform. A true miniatures game that is challenging and entertaining. It still needs to be expanded (more scenarios please, without paying for them....a full storyline would be nice) but what is here gives it decent replayability. The controls are a bit "clunky" too, but not so that it interferes with game play. So for, so good guys! Keep building on it and you might have the next runaway hit game!!

A Google user

5 years ago

This game got potential, really unique gameplay. But the dice doesn't actually random And that annoys me. At many fights in story mode, when the enemies number drop, suddenly it hard to get strike dice. Everything is expensive, but if you grind hard and long enough, you could get good fighters. It crashed often, if you minimize it suddenly got zoom in and you can't fight because the buttons didn't fit in the screen.

A Google user

5 years ago

i truly like the concept but the fact that you literally cant beat a single level when you start because either your out of time trying to figure out the controls and what the cards do and how to make them work, or the other teams characters are so much stronger then you its a pointless task. id truly love to see this game flurish as im a avid lover of strategic game play but the bugs right now are to much for me.

A Google user

5 years ago

Needs game balancing. Guns are too over powered, shooting through the unit in front of you should at least cause 1 damage. I don't know anyone who can shrug off a gun being fired right next to their ear. Even at range, marksmen have an accuracy issue, especially with guns from that era, no range penalty at all is ridiculous. there should be a moral reward of at least one if you successfully hit another unit, sometimes you roll no morale even after a crippling blow. One option for guns could be taking an action to reload. A 0 cost ability card to prepare the gun to shoot, same as fun rules, can't reload and move at the same time.

A Google user

5 years ago

Love this Im a huge heroclix player and when nobody is available to break out the minis this is a wonderful alternative. I wish that I when I held my finger on the ui it would enlarge until I tapped again cuz my fingers in the way and sometimes the slightest move will play the order card and waste your turn. I could see myself playing here and there but if this game received a sci-fi skin a la warframe I would schedule it in my budget.

Jim Davidson

3 years ago

I love the graphics and minis. They seems to have fixed the probably problem so the game is much better now. You can still have a run of exceptionally good or bad luck but now good tactics and strategy will win the game. It is challenging and the pvp aspects are fun to. Only complaint is having to buy new scenario packs, that just doesn't seem like a good deal to me, at least provide more information about what we are getting for our money or make them easier or cheaper to get.

A Google user

6 years ago

Played this game as a F2P player for a couple weeks. Was pretty fun, although kind of lacking in explanation and instructions. Good tactical base game and some decently fun scenarios. Unfortunately after hitting level 20 the game became very pay to win very quickly. Lack of login rewards or daily quests or something like that is pretty much going to make me move on to the next game. But, this should be able to keep somebodies interest for a couple days if they like turn based tactics.

A Google user

5 years ago

Amazing in many ways, frustrating in others. Took me 10 tries to figure out the level 3 training. Needs a more in-depth tutorial. Also, it would be nice to be told that your Warband does NOT regenerate between scenarios, so if you lose 3 members in a battle, you start the next battle with 1 fighter. Impossible. All in all, I'd try it again after a few tweaks.

Henri Hein

4 years ago

I really want to like this game. The concept is good and who can pass up Japanese style skirmishing. It is almost unplayable on the phone, though. I cannot see or read half the stuff on the screen, controls are clunky, there is no redo though the clunkiness leads to frequent misplays. The cards are hard to use, both because of hard to read and the clunkiness of the ui. Graphics are good, it is just the controls that are bad. Wish they would improve usability.

A Google user

5 years ago

great game all around. It has depth of strategy and customization without being overly complex. The support team was very prompt and helpful in clarifying issues. If turn based team tactics are your thing, I highly recommend this one. ... If the ui isn't working right for you, zoom in it helps a lot. Yes the guns can be powerful and have no range penalty (oddly), so take cover and watch your six when dealing with them. Some units have abilities that allow them an extra attack, or extra step or two of movement on a successful strike. Its really not so unbalanced, though the dice can suck at times.

Carl Holz

1 month ago

Edit: In a sad twist of fate, directly after placing a positive review, I haven't been able to connect to the server for two days. (Yes, I uninstalled and then reinstalled. Twice.) So, seeing as this game is currently literally unplayable for me, I'll be dropping my review to 1 star. Which sucks because I really enjoyed it. Ya know, while I was actually able to play. I'll check in again after some time passes. Hopefully, they will fix the issue. If they do, it's a 4 star or better game.