Heroes and Castles Review – Great concept!
App Type: Uncategorized
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By: Foursaken Media
Version #: 1.0.1
Date Released: 2013-01-17
Developer: Heroes and Castles Support
Price: 1.99
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Never thought I would see this type of a game! Heroes and Castles combines action packed first-person fighting, tower defense strategy and empire building gameplay into a single dense package.
There is not much of a story-line here. You are a knight and you just start fighting. Instead of recruiting other soldiers to fight alone and sacrifice their lives, our mighty hero takes the matter into his own hands and indulges in some bloody action. The main gates open and you are let loose into the field of skeletons and ogres. Whenever you need some help, summon the units & have a sip of some potions and you’re back on your feet. The devils take their attack onto the walls, but you wouldn’t let that happen, would ya?
Killing enemies and finishing waves will get you coins and you can repair you walls or build your town or upgrade your army with them. First, build a gold mine for constant supply of coins and things get a little easier. As time pass, you can upgrade walls to stronger metals, make better weapons with blacksmiths, start a battle academy and so on. Train archers, pike-men peons, riflemen, catapults, captains, giants and repairmen so that you have whatever it takes to bring down the monster army. Show them who’s the boss!
Coins can buy stuff as usual, while skill points can upgrade soldiers. Gems are required for unlocking more features and can be bought from the in-app store.
The animations are at par with any other fps games and the background score is well suited for the mood of war. Controls are straightforward and simple. The only downside to mention is that despite being a paid app, it has a pretty expensive menu for additional purchases. Other than that, I don’t see why you should miss this unique app.
Quick Take
Value:Medium-High
Would I Buy Again:Can't 'afford' a fair gameplay. So, no!
Learning Curve:Medium
Who Is It For:Mostly, action gamers
What I Like:The concept and graphics
What I Don't Like:Too expensive in-app store
Final Statement:Always worth a shot.
action -----FEATURES-----
CASTLE DEFENSE, STRATEGY, AND ACTION-RPG GAMEPLAY!
Take to the battlefield in an immersive 3rd person perspective, summon entire armies to fight beside you, and defend your castle to the death! Fight in the middle of a huge battle that you control!
UNIQUE, POWERFUL HEROES!
Level up, learn new skills and abilities, find randomized Runes and loot, and destroy your enemies with one of 3 unique heroes!
SUMMON HUGE ARMIES TO FIGHT BESIDE YOU!
Summon Dwarfs, Archers, Pikemen, Giants, Catapults, Mages and much more to aid you in your defense! Watch them battle the enemy right beside you!
BUILD AND UPGRADE YOUR CASTLE!
Build Towers, upgrade your castle walls, and build buildings to upgrade your units!
2 PLAYER COOPERATIVE MULTIPLAYER!
Team up with a random ally or one of your friends and compete in the GameCenter leader boards!
TONS OF ENEMIES TO BATTLE!
Fight against dozens of enemies on screen at once, from hordes of the Undead, to Orcs, Goblins, Ghouls, Siege Wagons, Trolls, Catapults, Mummies, and more!
ADVANCED GRAPHICS AND TONS OF FEATURES!
Incredible mobile graphics and lighting, iCloud saving, full iPhone 5 widescreen display support, and much more!
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Article By Roshan
From the first iPod Touch till the new iPad Mini, Roshan has loved each of his iDevices and has been busy tweaking and getting the most out of them. As a Med student from India, he splits his time between studying corpse and writing about his iOS passion. When not on the web, you could find him glued to TV Shows, movies or the bed! Recently, he has taken upon the role of an appreneur and is currently working on a revolutionary new app, Cyan for Facebook.
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