Battles of Norghan

The graphics are painful for 2005 and the UI hurts my head. Learn the hotkeys quickly. Also buy the game now when it is on sale for $5. I recommended it for what it should become - a nice tactical challenge as you build your team up. There are a decent number of weapons/armor/spells/units. With an army of 26, it should get interesting (I hope). Also is CheatEngine compatible in terms of "gold." I would never have the patience to play without the initial boost to build a decent/interesting army. After four hours of play, I've found this game has some frustrating issues, for me at least. Certainly not worth $10 full price for a 12-year-old game that looks 15 years old and an interface that is late 1980s. I cheated like heck and have three heroes and it takes me 30 tries to kill one little dwarf. Nothing is intuitive, like switching weapons. I think you have to just memorize the hotkeys or go fish. There's a certain threshold - I think 2 to 3 move points - where it's not enough to attac...

This game is great strategy, no game really like it out there either.....But ill leave gameplay (and the sort) reviews to others, I want to tell a story about the author of the game. Once, a LONG time ago, I bought this direct from its website. Years passed and a point in time was reached where I had lost the install file. I sent an email to the author that I had lost it, and he was kind enough to send me another copy. (through email no less) At the time I was hard up for cash and it meant a lot, I've re-purchased on steam to say thanks!

It should be first said that this is definitely a retro old school game. The graphics are only slightly better than what you would see in an 80's gold box game or 90's Master of Magic etc... So with that expectation properly in mind, I would very much give this game a hearty recommendation. If you're familiar and enjoy TBS and management games this is one of the better ones I've seen. If you're new to the genre or on the fence the dev has a free demo on their website that I highly recommend trying before purchasing. I purchased the Gold add-on which allows you to edit all the stat's of the units, which is fun to play around with. Game runs fine on Windows 10, just may require a reboot after install.

The first few fights you get into are either you getting destroyed by the enemy when they crit you or you doing no damage because their team takes no damage from anything other than a crit. I spent the better part of an hour trying to make sense of the tutorial and try to find a team that doesn't get one shot the second I go into combat.

Battles of Norghan is a hidden diamond in the rough. Team-sports-manager sim meets classic RPG; this game shines as a beacon of hope for gamers wanting deep immersion and old-school, brutaly honest gameplay without necessarily needing the best graphics. You won't like this game if you've never read a rulebook. You won't like it if you're used to adrenaline fueled, instant reward gameplay - and you definitely won't like it if you crave compensation for your in-game achievements. Battles of Norghan spits on your homebrew team's struggle and fortitude while setting you up, match after match, with intricately diverse AI team composition dynamics that test whatever creativity and nuance that you thought you might have cultivated. This is a game that values ultimate strategic thinking and crucial turn based reasoning to adequately combat the vastness of it's scope. You can recruit a bunch of scrubs that empirically might work (the classic warrior, mage, archer, priest) only to be butcher...

I remembered playing this game like ten years ago and was always looking for it because I forgot the name. Was more than glad when I found it on Steam during the 100 years of Finnish independence sale! What can be said about this game? It is a fairly well done gladiator clan managament and turn-based battle game. The graphics look dated, sure, but IMO also pretty charming. 2D ages well. Your first few tries will be met with certain doom until you have hammered it into your head that you really have to pick a good character AND have enough gold for adequate equipment. Once you get the hang of it, slowly getting other units, training them and getting better equipment is really fun, as are the battles. There are some very glaring downsides, though: The game was made for 4:3 resolutions and just stretches on modern monitors. Which makes the menus look really, really bad. The devs should fix this, but who knows if this game was even touched in the last five years ;) The combat UI bar on...

A solid game, I really like it. You manage a team of gladiators that you control in tactical turn based battles. You win money with these, and have to decide how to invest it: training, equipment, new team members. Graphics is a bit outdated, but the game concept is great. Many hours of fun for a good price.

First and foremost, this game reminds me of Mail Order Monsters which is why I like it so much Don't get me wrong, there is still a lot of refinement that is needed to make this game great but it is a great deal of fun I enjoy the simplicity of the concept of the game, but also the complexity of the unit growth and details Clean up the UI a bit to make it smoother and improve the AI and this game will be awesome

Good game if you are into old-school fantasy roguelike tactical games. Has an interesting concept and is executed fairly well for being made in 2005. I felt like the information of text was a little overloaded, but quickly found myself learning the ropes. My only complaints are: -Graphics are fine, the lack of resolution support leads to a lot of graininess and makes the text hard to read. -The UI is not self explanatory, and lead to my death. Would of been nice if the game explained you needed to put a checkmark next to new recruits to have them participate in battles. -Misclicks are easy to make and fatal like many others have stated controls aren't very polished All that aside, you should know that is what you are getting yourself into purchasing this. I do think the un-discounted asking price is steep, but I found this game fun and inspiring and hope to put some more hours into it in the future.

I was pleasantly surprised with this game. Good game and good price for 5 $