Battle of Hořice 1423
Petr Šimůnek · 2023 · Action RPG, 4 Player Local, Arcade, Controller, Medieval
PC
Mostly Positive79% · 14
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About Battle of Hořice 1423
The story takes place in 1423 in Eastern Bohemia during a religious civil war. More precisely, before and during the battle at Hořice/Horschitz. Fight under the leadership of the legendary Jan Žižka from Trocnov and experience the hardships of battle in this era! You will experience several days before and after the battle during the game, and your tasks will be to prepare the army for the fight, gather intelligence, earn the support of locals, and more. The game consists of 30+ missions that start with a short historical anecdote that CAN BE SKIPPED. Each mini-game is simple with a unique challenge, such as collecting coins on the map, racing around the prehistoric racing circuit of Gustav Havel, or fighting enemy knights. Experience history from the front seat and help Jan Žižka win the civil war! You can play the game alone but also with your family or in a group of up to 4 friends on the keyboard/controllers. The game is well suited for kids, casual players, and playing with a girlfriend/boyfriend. You work together as a team, so it is OK if some of the players are beginners. I am a Ph.D. student indie developer. I have been developing the free2play franchise "Engine Evolution" for 6 years, and I have decided that I would like to try a different challenge. When the 600-year anniversary of this battle, which happened in my hometown, approached, I decided to capture this event in my next game.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Just a really nice, quick, simple game that also teaches you a bit about Czech history ♥ You can also play with up to 3 other people and since the controls are easy, you can really have fun with anyone!7 found this helpful
The main issue is that the core game loop is just not fun at all and is extremely repetitive. I played about half of the levels but got quickly bored after about first three. You collect X amount of some item by just following an arrow (no map either so you can't really plan ahead to optimize your route). After level 4 enemies start to spawn and you need to defeat them but the combat is not engaging nor satisfying. The promise to teach you about history also doesn't seem to get fulfulled much. I don't think as the game is right now there is target audience for it. I'd recommend adding more mechanics and/or reworking the core gameplay loop to something less repetitive and more engaging. On the other hand the simple lowpoly graphics look great and the dynamic angle of the splitscreen function is really sweet and I love it. I also liked that the enemies with more health get thrown away when you swing at them. This leads to some potentially interesting situations where you throw enemies across a fence so they now need to pathfind a longer distance. Now onto smaller issues that will likely get fixed until full access (so writing these down mostly for the developer): - Objects unload a…6 found this helpful
Splendid4 found this helpful
Easy game, you can play with up to 3 friends.
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