First of all, I'm following this project since a few years now. I'm really glad that the game finally was released on steam. As a fan of the Disgaea games I really love this game. In it's current state the game can be played for some hours. It is fun to play and to be honest, paying 3€ is a great cost-benefit ratio. Pro / Already working features: - Campaign with 50 Maps (+ alot of additional Dungeon Maps) - Good Performance - Different Classes with different skills/roles - Good balance (playing for around 4 hours now, didn't found any unbalanced classes yet) - nice music and graphics - low price - nice game mechanics (equips, skills, training, etc.) - local coop / multiplayer (couldn't test it yet, but it works) - early access is estimated to last around 12 months. That's a good time frame to collect feedback and improve the game Con (which needs to be added/improved) - options to set up the keys. currently you can use an xbox gamepad or your keyboard - but the assigned keys can'...

I really wanted to like this game as there are not enough Ogre Tactics type of games on the PC but in the end I cannot recommend it. The controls are awful and far too fiddly. I have used a combination of controller and keyboard to move and attack. Games like FF Tactics on the GBA got it right many years ago, this is inexcusible. The graphics look nice, the characters are your standard, thief, wizard, birdman, healer, archer etc archtypes which is nice, except thats who you are fighting all the time. There are no unique enemies. There are no descriptions for most of the spells and their effects. Some could be common sense but then you don't notice the effects that you would expect. Again this is inexcusable. Some of the attacks don't make sense. With archers I use the 'god Arrow' special ability exclusively. I don't run out of mana and I can attack enemies easier than the standard attack. It doesn't seem any more powerful than the normal attack. Yes the game is less than...

Okay, so, I played this for a little bit. Let's start with the Main Menu. The first thing I saw the moment I opened the game is a screenshot of a game controller showing the button mapping. That was very confusing since I did not have a controller plugged in at the time, taking the hint I plugged one. The next thing I saw once I closed the controller 'help screen' was a super confusing Main Menu with 12 options to chose from: [Quick Battle], [Knowledge Base], [Campaign], [Multiplayer], [Parties], [Map editor], [Achievements], [Options], [Keyboard][Credits], [Exit] Usually a developer would always put the thing he/she wants the player to touch first on the top and preselected with the cursor on it. So I naturally selected Quick Battle. Immediately I'm thrown into some sort of skirmish mode, being a bit confused I went back to the Main Menu and started exploring each option. Here are my suggestions to the developer: Move [Campaign] to the top, put [Multiplayer] below that, followed...

Controller support only on a tactical game is nuts. Could be fun if had proper controls.

+Great game mechanics +Awesome style +Lots of potential -Keyboard controls and mouse is to awkward, Best guess is that on XBOX only the gamepad make sense, for PC without gamepad feels weird. Only play this game if you have a gamepad or you are willing to deal with a really awkward mouse and keyboard play-style.

The idea behind this game is great. Like a simpler FFTA. Bonus points for trying to make a game that was like it, and to some degree something the fans of the tactics genre could try to get into. But theres just too much going against it right now. -Crappy control system -Almost too simple of a game (only 4 characters at a time, cant switch jobs, no real story to be told) -AI is dumb - It was a good try but it falls short

Well, it's cheap and woukld be good but terrible controls makes painful to play. Beliver it or not, controls were designed for... comtroller. And while mouse and some keyboard support were added they were added poorly, missing basic quality of life features. Moreover there is distinctive lack o information in-game which forces you to either way discover things by blind trying (will Heal cure Sickness or Curse?) or search in separate encyclopedia. Nope, sorry, I pass. ***EDIT*** =>Charlie.Fleed: Heal was just an example. If you prefer, take SILENCE. You do not provide description for SILENCE, just info that skill has % chance to SILENCE the enemy. Yeah, sure - somebody who played a lot of rpgs etc. will have a general idea what it may do. But on the same basis somebody who played those games players will expect that you do not introduce elements that can't be counter on the very first battle and thus will expect that curses, illnesses etc. may be cured via Heal etc. All because the g...

I definitely see the 'potential' folks are talking about, but I just can't recommend it for now, especially as there seems to be a 'full release' quite near, and the game I played a bit didn't feel quite ready for that. A lot of little simple stuff right off the bat - missing descriptions for skills/mechanics, the graphics are kinda all over the place at times with effects/characters, no ability to change the direction that the D-pad on your controller moves the cursor (some people prefer Disgaea directions, others FFT), Fullscreen just gave me black screen with the still-tiny game in the center, so it was kinda hard to see, movement and selection was kinda wonky feeling, there was no indication of the nature of battles right off the bat.. the first one in the 'Campaign' was two NPCs versus eight of my characters, who obviously wrecked them. Not really challenging or fun at all, so why? Also the 'campaign' is really just kinda all randomized stuff, rather than an actual story and all...

Nice party turn-based tactics! Multiplayer and a single player sandbox are already enjoyable along with a map editor. The difficulty options should allow casuals and hardcore gamers to find what they seek. Hartacon Tactics is stable (Single Player experience only), not a single issue so far! You start by recruiting your first 6 units and travel on a nod based map. As time passes, the base level of enemies rises. You have to clean a few dungeons around the world, so time management is key. Will update as the game evolves but right now Hartacon Tactics looks like a steal to me for that price tag and a true successor to the old Turn-Based Tactics of the 90's.

Uninspired, badly or not at all explained turn based "tactics" game with little to no visual attraction. The skills and attacks feel unimpactful, the classes are generic and bland. On top, you get awful menuing and terrible controls that interfere with each other (mouse position overrides controler inputs). This genre is filled with better (if more expensive) games, so do move to another title. Into the breach, Codex of Victory, Chess. For a one man team, it is quite an achievement, and it could give you a quick tactics fix. But its competition even within this price range (even some free browser games) is unbelievably huge, and sometimes of much higher quality. Follow my curator at https://store.steampowered.com/curator/28337205-Fair-Minded-Witness/