Puzzle Tactics

I dont want to take a piss on the game for no reason, it seems amaurish and I know trying to develop a game of this genre can be hard, in fact I decided to buy it without expecting much from the screenshots just to give it a chance but the game is worse than I´d imagined, it not only looks boring but it plays boring, there are no stories, no characters, no scoring system, just pieces and scenarios, there is no character progression, no keyboard support and the UI is just bad, the last part is important, I may have been able to enjoy what little there was if at least the controls werent so badly implemented (you have to click on a piece and then select move before clicking on the tile you wanted it to move, for example) The tactical scenarios arent bad but without progression and without chance affecting any outcome (it is a deterministic tactical game) there is no tension, and the game doesnt make up for the lack of rng in any way, the IA is particularly bad, and as a puzzle game it ...

It's a very good idea for a difficult minimalist tactic game. But now realization is poor. All in game is very slow. E. g. move and attack must be on just left click without any menu.

A simple puzzle game using turn based strategy game mechanics. It is a short game ( 20 levels / I beat it in 2.3 hours ), starts simple, ends with more complex levels. No tutorial, but the game is easy and straightforward to use, whenever they introduce a new unit, the level is setup in an easy to understand way. If you like puzzle games, then this game is well worth it's price content wise. If you're looking for a strategy game, fire emblem/advance wards clone, or a game with a story, then you'll be disappointed. There are some things I wish were different about this game : -only mouse controls, they work fine, but you can't use any thing else such as the escape button. -There is no cancel/go back options. if you move a unit, you can't move it back, so if you click on the wrong square, that's it, you can't move a unit to check if it's in range for attacks, you have to measure it every time. in games like Fire emblem, and advance wars, where damage, and reactions are randomly genera...

Puzzle Tactics is a 2D minimalist hybrid of a block placement/pathing puzzle game and a turn based tactical combat game... which is not nearly as cool as it sounds. To take a turn based tactical combat game and relegate it to the level of an Adobe Flash Sokoban ripoff takes extreme levels of dumbing down... to put it another way, this isn't making puzzle games better, it's making turn based tactical combat games worse. Each puzzle level gives you a select number of units and you need to kill off the enemy units by making the right moves. To ensure this acts more as a puzzle game, RNG isn't a factor... again, a great example of why this game concept just doesn't work. Because, you know, you could be playing a turn based combat game like the Banner Saga or something. Or this. Decisions, decisions. From a technical perspective, the game doesn't meet basic minimum requirements that most PC gamers expect as standard. There's no option to change the resolution and no useful graphic...

Nice little puzzle game. Turn-based, comparable to chess. Difficulty is easy for adults. Maybe challenging for children. What the game lacks is keyboard control (you can't cancel menus with Escape) and a zoom feature. Would be nice to have. Hope to see some extra maps soon. Perfectly playable under Linux through Wine. Thank you for programming this one!

Very simple, pleasant aesthetic. No explanation of how to play, but it's easy enough to pick up. Definitely worth a dollar. 8/10 EDIT: I had no idea what I was talking about. This is not worth a dollar. Do not buy this game. 0/10

Got for 39p on sale. Requested refund. Not even worth that.

Not much to say. It's a fairly simple and straight-forward tactical game. Each of the 20 levels gets a little bit harder than the last, but not by much. There are a variety of different units (warrior, archer, mage, necromancer, protector) each with slightly different abilities, which require a little bit of thinking and tactics to complete certain levels. However a very effective tactic in many levels is simply kiting the enemy. It feels like this game is just someone learning how to program a basic game. Because the graphics and overall UI/UX are not great, and could be easily improved, but it gets the job done. Overall, the game doesn't have a great deal of depth or replayability, but it is easy to learn and a good way to kill a few hours for a dollar.

Very cool take on a turn based strategy game! There are some cool features and different mechanics and the difficulty isn't out of control which requires perfect movement. Overall great grab for the price. 9/10

Great game for a buck. This game captured my undivided attention for 2 hours. It was rather easy (mainly due to dumb AI), and the UI was a little clunky .... but hey, it's only a dollar!