Goblin Storm (2017)

As the developer makes various claims in their presentation of Goblin Storm (GS), decidedly to help persuade prospective buyers to purchase the game, I thought it appropriate to address the claims made. "Goblin Storm fills the void between grand strategy and battlefield tactics." ummm...not so much. In fact, not at all. In order to fill such a void, one would have to place a game in between grand strategy and battlefield tactics. Goblin Storm does not reside there. GS is more like Panzer Corps or Panzer General in a fantasy setting but with no career or campaign mode. You purchase your units for the stand alone battle about to occur, you place them, then you fight. It doesn't matter if units survive or even if you win or lose - each battle is an entire entity by itself with no connection to previous or susequent battles. Thus, Goblin Storm is entirely battlefied tactics. "Will you build a mighty kingdom and lead the armies of men to stand against the storm or will you command the goblin hordes in their quest for wealth and glory?" Sounds awesome, doesn't it? Conjures up grand strategy and and nation building and campaigns and ongoing battles to stave off the evil go…

It's a very interesting and fun game, I honestly feel a little bit bad for giving it a negative review. However, there are a couple of problems. First of all, it crashed on me 2 times during my 4 playthroughs and I lost 2 of them. Not fun and the crashes were random. Second of all, (and this is my biggest gripe with the game) there is no manual and the information on game mechanics is lacking. The tutorial explains the super basics, the tool-tips help a little bit but still not to the point where you know how to use them. What's the difference between attack and march? How are odds calculated? How is damage calculated? Why the hell did my units run away? Mechanics of control zones? How does scouting work? How do levy's work exactly? Why can't I click those levy buttons on the bottom at all in any of the towns? etc. etc. on practically every mechanic in the game. You're just left guessing which you shouldn't be at all in a strategy game. Also the price is too steep for the amount of content right now. Once a manual gets added I'll change this to a thumbs-up. Dev suggestions: Make a manual Add an event log for every impulse in the replay like "Goblin horde fought humans at X an…

The game is a wargaming labor of love. Check it out as its pretty cool. The developers seem to support the game.

CRASHES WHEN I PLAY CRASHES WHEN I TRY TO CLOSE IT DOWN CRASHES WHEN A TURN ENDS SIMPLY PUT CRASH SIMULATOR (not normally this angry but this is one of the only games that has played up this bad, also every time i boot it up ... if i can... my internet security goes nuts for some reason also never open this game with another app running it will freak out and crash the whole pc)

Way too rough on the edges right now but with a potential for a superb game. At the moment all the basics are missing, no manual, bad UI, no tutorial etc, etc. If taken to a professional studio might be turned into a gem one day. I'm giving thumb up for a potential alone.

I have never been quite into stradagy games till i played Goblin Storm, most stadagy games i play i feel rushed by a timer but not in this game. This game allows myou to play at your own pace and you are able to really think out your moves. If you want a little challenging twist, set the beast option to wilderness. The beast will somtimes throw a curve ball into your plans and you will have come up with a different strategy. Only thing missing is the beat mode that has beats chasing you accross the map...... I really recomend this game to anyone to strategize at their on pace. Another plus is the Devs are on top the bugs as soon as they brought to attention and are willing to help with any issues you might come accross.