Valefor

This game is great and so addictive, i just keep jumping into the game! it took me a while to get hold of the mechanics and even longer to work out how to upgrade characters (still haven't managed that yet!) would defo recommend any fan of auto battlers and dungeon crawlers to pick this up. Here is my First Impressions video for Valefor https://youtu.be/FxG2n5zX8yo

I do not recommend this game at all. This game heavily uses AI art assets and not even all that well. The gameplay is stiff even for an auto-battler.

There is a deeply strategic gameplay loop that mostly involves randomly combining items for stronger heroes, armor and weapons. The PvP is really interesting too, since it's all asynchronous. If you want to leave in the middle of a battle, go for it, there's no timers, no rushing, no actions you need to take. Basically each round you win you get a new random assortment of pieces of a weapons, or armor or even another hero. It's your choice which items to keep, and which to sell. You can then buy items at a premium, in a store that is random, and you can pay to randomize it again. It becomes a game of odds and min/maxing specific hero combinations with specific weapons. The randomness in this game makes you think about how much you want to go for a specific build or another. Even some rounds prevent you from say 'making warriors' so you might need to change up your strategy. You might not get the drops you need to do what you wanted so you need to adapt. It really just becomes a matter of winning enough, early enough, and building up a strong enough army to be promoted to the 'next tier' of PvP. This style of randomness is nice, since it can be heavily mitigated through strateg…

full of bugs

Reviewed for Startmenu.co.uk https://www.startmenu.co.uk/home/review-valefor-match-three-rng

Fun autobattler with fairly typical mechanics. One disappointing aspect is that the campaign mode doesn't have a repeatable endgame battle that uses your built up forces. This means that you probably wont be able to try out multiple endgame teams in the same campaign.