Terrinoth®: Heroes of Descent

Good foundations, but I can't recommend it as-is. We ran our first playthrough on Nightmare for the challenge, and it showed how unbalanced the game is. Maybe 2-3 tense fights in the whole game, everything else a stomp, until an end-game boss that's just unfun and poorly tuned (with a bonus-damage gimmick that makes zero sense). We didn't finish it and had no urge to retry. Not helped by an AI that wastes turns walking into fire/poison, or a wound system that lets you revive endlessly since wounds cap at three with minor impact. Fights also blend together as bosses and elites are just bigger HP bars with an objective, nothing mechanically new. Bugs are a real problem too, even after several dev patches. The worst: losing control on your turn mid-game, forcing a restart or reload, sometimes even your save is corrupted and you lose a full level (1-2 hours on Nightmare). Also had enemy indicators vanishing mid-fight, missing spell audio/text cues, an item dealing extra damage to the wrong target, and a tooltip that's just backwards (like "can't be used below 50% HP" while it's actually the opposite). Playing with a guest is worse, as they can't see several key indicators sometim…

I played both Descent board games before and really enjoyed them, so I was excited to try Heroes of Descent as well. Overall, I had a very good time with the game. The combat was fun and felt well balanced. Even on the more challenging difficulty, the fights were always manageable without feeling too easy. I also enjoyed exploring the game and ended up collecting all of the collectible items, which gave me a good reason to fully explore everything. If you already like the Descent universe, I can definitely recommend giving Heroes of Descent a try. It was a fun experience from start to finish.

every fight is the same....

You encounter a system bug every 10 minutes of gameplay: the characters freeze and can no longer move. It’s difficult to finish the game under these circumstances.

Just a fantastic SRPG honestly.

Overall, I had a lot of fun playing, the combat mechanics are super fun and each fights are very enjoyable.