Hero Emblems II

I saw all of the bad reviews stating how difficult this game is. I am an old school gamer and this game feels like older games did where you had to actually be good and had to put some effort into the game to complete it. I am 16 hours in and I have not found it difficult at all. I have not lost any fights or dungeons. Its not difficult, you just need to be smart. Upgrade your gear and skills when you get to new towns, Understand your characters and when to swap them into the team for the most benefit, set up your big combos for boss fights as you go through the dungeon, etc... The game has an adequate and appropriate challenge. I absolutely recommend this game if you enjoy match three and enjoy a moderate challenge RPG.

I couldn't recommend it. You might get a few hours of fun before the grind and overtuned difficulty cause you to waste hours for an inch of progress. Great potential and presentation foiled by a lack of settings and balance. I would suggest looking at Clash of Heroes, Puzzle Quest, Bejeweled, or Gems of War instead. +Music +Art style +Match 3 gameplay +RPG elements leveling, skills, equipment +Variety of characters/classes +Variety of enemies, board effects -Dialogue not voiced -Battle barks not in English -Lacking backstory -Autosave only, unclear saving -Frequent random battles -Awkward map -Unmovable blocks often prevent matching -No difficulty options -Severe balance issues -Very slow start story -Boss battles drag, frequent restarts needed -Extreme grind for gold/XP/equipment -Highly repetitive -Text/skill names often block portions of matching

re: complaints about the difficulty, it's not that hard. it's challenging & rng will mess you up sometimes, but most battles can be won by just playing carefully. HOWEVER- some battles will drag on & on.. it took me 15-20 minutes to beat one boss & that wasn't much fun, AND the battle music is a short loop so it gets tiresome to listen to during the fights that drag. otherwise I love it. beautiful art, good story, etc. just saying, the battles can drag.

This game isn't as difficult as people complain it is. It can be beaten easily once you know how to play it. At the same time, it isn't a game for everyone. The player is required to constantly study the board for several seconds (or even a few minutes) before each move, like in chess. The player is also required to spend time leveling up the characters and upgrading their gear, like in old-school RPGs. This game is only for people that enjoy the process of BOTH. The game punishes hard if you try to skip either of them. Because of the reasons above, the gameplay is destined to be long, slow-paced, and somewhat repetitive. However, it is a good game for its target audience.

its a really fun matching gane

[h1]Awful debuff mechanic and buggy endgame[/h1] TLDR; Just no, not even during sales or discount. Somehow I got bored, played for 33 more hours and finished the game while watching youtube, so that others won't suffer like me. Pros: - good graphic/presentation - good amount of match-3 gameplay with its RPG contents - not much choice / competition in this genre of match-3 + casual RPG Cons - stupid design for a mouse only game but requires keyboard to play - very bad quality of work, I got soft-locked during combat, this happened for about 10 times during late game, probably some bug caused by conflicting mechanics, I had to force shutdown the game to fix it - the balancing is terrible and disgusting, even after completing all side quests, certain mobs could easily kill your hero with debuff - leveling up is not worth the effort as it is designed to be always underpowered, for example, the damage dealt by one ultimate attack is weaker than a few combo attacks, lol - the debuff mechanic is more annoying than challenging, not only having many different types, but also having multiple tiers, which introduce unnecessary complexity for the enemy side - on other hand, there is no expla…