Powargrid

[h1] Tower defense type. Build some pipes and observe what've you built. After that build some towers and destroy enemy's pipeline system. Each action cost energy points. Turn based gameplay, slow pace and everything what can be bad it's in this game. [/h1]

Strategy is my favorite genre but Powargrid is just too annoyingly hard. The Normal mode is very punishing and there are parts of some levels where unknown information will cause you to fail a level your first time just on the basis of not having any warning of new contrived rules. The AI always plays perfectly and when it already has the advantage there are only a few key moves that can win any stage past the halfway point of the campaign. When retrying a stage you must watch any animations and click through dialogue so it takes awhile to even get to try again. The gameplay is very restrictive in that there is no option to sell or undo and you can only build over connectors not other buildings. Multiplayer does not work and several achievements are impossible to get. It's not a bad game overall I guess, but there's nothing I would recommend about it.

Was quite fun until one mission where the developers decided it's a good thing to get back on the player and hide the only chance of winning behind an elaborate decision how to play this game, without giving as much as a hint at what they are doing. If you don't play the style the developers *want* you to play (spoiler: [spoiler] Play a mission multiple times without going back to the main menu, in a game which doesn't have a save game mechanic and crashes every now and then. [/spoiler]), you have no chance of advancing in the campaign. You have no chance of even *recognizing* why you don't have a chance of advancing in the campaign. Deliberately done worst game design decision possible. Strictly avoid.

fun strategy, silly dialog, 5/5

There is a mission where you need to destroy a bunker. But if you bring it to 1 hp it will just stay at 1 hp and cannot be destroyed. I assume developers intended alternative win condition, but you don’t get a new objective. The objective still says destroy bunker, which is impossible. I bought a strategy game, not a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ guessing game. Not telling the player what to do is horrible game design.

Charming little strategy game.