MASSIVE CHALICE
Double Fine Productions · 2015 · Strategy, Turn-Based, Turn-Based Tactics, Fantasy, Tactical
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About MASSIVE CHALICE
Key Features
- Bloodline Genetics - MASSIVE CHALICE features an innovative Bloodline system that allows the player to marry heroes together to produce children. The Bloodline system uses a randomized genetic code for every hero. Their children can end up with the best (or worst!) gameplay-impacting traits of their parents.
- Permadeath - The heroes in MASSIVE CHALICE age over the course of the timeline and eventually pass away. This forces the player to engage in the beauty of permadeath and always juggle an imperfect party of heroes with which to do battle!
- Bloodline Relics - If a hero has fought valiantly enough when they inevitably pass away, their weapon has a chance to become a Bloodline Relic. This powerful Relic can be passed down to any character of the same house in order to carry on the legacy of the fallen hero!
- Long View Strategy - Because the war lasts 300 years, players need to take a long view of their strategy. Decisions have to be made dozens of years in advance and long-term planning is incredibly important. That 3-year-old toddler is going to grow up to be your most reliable melee fighter sooner than you think!
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Players appreciate the game as a solid turn-based tactical strategy foundation with good art direction and music, but consistently note it feels incomplete and barebones compared to its genre peers like XCOM. The main criticisms center on tedious mechanics (particularly the marriage/bloodline breeding system), lack of content depth, no updates in a decade, and ultimately limited replayability—making it only worth considering if found at a steep discount.
It's basically XCOM in a different setting but very lackluster. I can only describe this game as a pizza with no toppings, it has the foundation of the genre but nothing else. It feels like it is still in early-access, I'd say that it has a lot of potential but it has had no updates for a decade.2 found this helpful
Underrated game. Should be "very positive".1 found this helpful
original backer to this dogwater product.
Surprisingly good, I like that it's not deep at all.
A fun turn-based tactical strategy game with eugenics(?) An integral part of this game is arranging marriages to breed stronger soldiers. Its weird but... pretty cool. *I don't have many hours on record here because most of my hours were spent playing it on Xbox when it was a free game.
Wish I could do an in-between yes/no as that is where I would put this game. I played and completed this game previously about a decade back via Xbox live and remembered enjoying it. The music and art direction are great. Gameplay, however, is a mixed bag. I wish there was more emphasis on the actual combat rather than the uninteresting bloodlines/trait mechanics. Ultimately found it unrewarding and tedious my second time through. If you find for super cheap, not a bad Xcom type. Otherwise there are better ones out there.
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