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• gamedeal user

  Dec 23, 2013

  If you want a fun story and don't care much about strategy or buggy graphics and awkard controls, this game is for you. However, if you like strategy games (as I do) stay away. The combat is heavily (and I mean heavily) based on luck, and can be frustrating to anyone who expects a strategy game to be based on strategy and tactics.
• gamedeal user

  Jan 11, 2014

  I wanted to like this game. I really did. The over the top parody involving a self-loathing hero, a self-adoring tag-along who thinks he is a stereotypical babe magnet and is in fact a stereotypical babe magnet, and a plethora of stereotypical babes sounds like a real winner. Trouble is, this parody tries to push every aspect of the game and genre only to feel as if it is a parody of itself when jokes fall flat or are taken far enough to no longer be funny. Meanwhile the gameplay is hindered by poor camera positioning and a system where battles drag on well beyond the point of enjoyment. The general ideas and foundation of the game are solid enough, but the execution leaves me underwhelmed. If you are not a strategy RPG fan, this game really has nothing to offer. Otherwise, it comes down to a matter of personal taste.
• gamedeal user

  Oct 5, 2015

  Pros: +Cliché moments and references to movies and games. +A lot of humor and adult references (if you know what I mean, wink wink). +Tactical RPG (similarity to those of Final Fantasy Tactics, XCOM, Silent Storm, etc.). +Bright and colorful – rather detailed on some locations with the general environment. +The storyline fits the game and does so perfectly with the supported humor and complaining from your fellow party members (humorous complaining – if that makes any sense). +Custom Keybinds. +Music fits nicely with the game. +Graphics in my opinion are okay. I believe they could have polished it up more, but it wasn’t bad where I would quit a game on graphics alone. Cons: -UI could use some polish. -Controls at times may feel wonky when moving the character at the same time when moving the camera (The game tries to pull you towards the hero when you’re trying to scout ahead of your movements). -A linear storyline -Not a lot of RPG elements (not a lot of spells, certain amount of armor/weapons, no manual stat gains – done automatically). The game is supposed to be a fun, goofy experience about a hero that is to save the kingdom from an evil sect. Sounds like your typical storyline for a RPG, right? Well… it is! I believe you could call it a parody to other TRPGs out there and they’re doing it in their own fun way (which I approve). The bantering between certain party members and towards you is comical (I’ve had my outbursts of laughs, not going to lie). The game isn’t to be taken seriously. If you are jumping into to this game and hoping for a serious TRPG, well, you might be disappointed and rant with a negative review on why this isn’t your cup of Joe. If you come in here knowing that this is a parody to other TRPGs, have a sense of humor, wanting to find humor in a title, then this game should fill your shoes. The battles aren’t rememberable, but they do the job. At times you may even question the actions of your party members and throw a rant at your monitor, but that is perfectly normal. I’ve had my fair share with the ditzes and a directional figure. I’ve also had the occasional crash, but it didn’t happen till after a 5 hour or longer gameplay session; I’m assuming a very slow memory leak…? If you save often then this issue won’t be an issue – besides, who doesn’t save often on a RPG anyways? Overall, this was a nice game to stumble onto and I find the humor and cliché moments very well done. I don’t see a lot of TRPGs and if you’re trying to find one yourself, I would recommend buying this one when you can!
• gamedeal user

  Nov 11, 2014

  Grotesque Tactics, developed by an indie German studio by the name of Silent Dreams in a joint venture with Headup Games, is a turn-based strategy game in the same vein as Final Fantasy Tactics, Tactics Ogre, or any of the other hundreds of games with "Tactics" tacked on to the title. But let me clear the air here: unlike the aforementioned games, Grotesque Tactics is bad. Not "bad" as in Big Rigs: Over The Road Racing bad, but more like "all I wanted for Christmas was a Nintendo 3DS but all I got was a Nokia N-Gage" type of bad. You know, the type of disappointment you get when you are hyped up on all the good things, but are let down on every level. The plot is nothing to write home about. There are no plot twists, no overly-emotional scenes, nothing. Just you and your party against an evil empire. You play Drake, a drop-out from the Glory Military Academy. By a stroke of luck, the very fact that you were the only dropout in the history of the academy has saved you from death in battle at the hands of the Dark Church (the aforementioned evil empire). Being mopey and emo (and yes, the game makes use of "emo" way too much), Drake finds the courage to fight back against the Dark Church with the help of the Semidivine Holy Avatar, the stereotypical "I'm better than you, and women love me" beefcake of the game. Together, you and Holy scour the world rescuing maidens, recruiting party members, and completing side-quests. Like I said before, it's nothing to write home about. On that note, I should mention the writing. I'm guessing Silent Dreams hired a 16-year old high-school dropout to translate the game for them, because even though the game has had an extensive grammar overhaul for the English version, the writing would make even a first-year college student cringe in terror. Grammar and spelling mistakes abound, and any hint of humor the game wanted to convey has been lost due to the horrid translation. For example, Candy, one of the three maidens you rescue and recruit, constantly says "Hihihihihi" instead of "Hehehehehe" or *giggles*. The only thing that would make that worse is if Navi from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was put in the game and constantly said "HEY! LISTEN!" every ten seconds. But even then I would have fond flashbacks to my time playing an infinitely-better game. Grotesque Tactics just makes me want to punch babies. And then there's the humor. I'd like it to be known that humor is NOT universal; it is purely subjective. Unfortunately, the game is billed as a parody of other great games. If anything, Grotesque Tactics is a parody of computer game designing. There is a difference between parodying a game and simply referencing a game, and Grotesque Tactics references the hell out of other games. The humor is extremely in-your-face, much like playing an interactive version of the Meet The Spartans movie. While it's not as ham-fisted as UnEpic, at least UnEpic is a good game. The entire cast is a tragedy upon game design. The main character is an emo who isn't really emo all that much except in certain combat situations, the supporting character is the stereotypical knight-in-shining-armor with sunglasses, the rogue is a goblin who joins you because you killed his buddies, and various other travesties. Oh, and if any reader of this review is black and you want to see how German game developers portray black people, play this game. The only way the token black dude could get more stereotypical is if he had fried chicken in one hand and purple drank in the other. Yes, this is what Silent Dreams considers a parody. Sad, is it not? From the moment you boot up the game, you can already tell you're in for a world of hurt. The pre-game loading screen features Holy Avatar and the three maidens, but the whole thing looks like it was made in Poser. Then the game starts and the Poser-like art is replaced by anime character portraits. Holy is pretty much the douche of the group, while the three maidens and other female characters are in various states of undress. Let's not forget that while you are rescuing said maidens to recruit them, they are screaming about getting their clothes torn off. The character interaction, combined with the almost-ecchi artwork makes me believe that this game is the lead designer's attempt at a VERY bad self-insert fanfiction rather than a clever satire of RPGs. And finally we come to the meat and potatos of the game: the gameplay. As I've said before, it's a clone of the various Tactics games you see or have seen on the market. Turned-based strategy on a battlefield with positioning. Nothing new, so let's move into what makes Grotesque Tactics stand out from the crowd (other than the sad attempt at German humor). The really big thing about the game is the Obsession system. The game flat-out tells you in the tutorial that this is a limit break (I'm guessing Silent Dreams' thought process was "LOLOLOLOL! I MADE A FINAL FANTASY 7 REFERENCE! LAUGH, PEONS! LOLOLOLOL!"). Each character has their own way of increasing their Obsession, from hitting stuff (Drake) to getting hit (EVERY SINGLE PARTY MEMBER). Each Obsession does their own unique thing, but more often than not it involves the obsessed party member attacking another party member. West goes berserk, attacking anything in range (friendly or not), the maidens and the angel simply attack a party member, the goblin rogue blinds everyone in a radius (again, no thoughts to friendly fire) and warps to Holy, and Drake buffs nearby party members' attack rating but at the cost of halving his attack rating a few turns afterwards. Drake is obviously the most benefitial of the party, but that's not saying much considering everyone else is geared toward screwing you over. Inside combat, you control all characters in order based on their agility. Outside of combat, however, you can only control Drake while the others automatically follow him. This works out fine, except for one major game-breaking bug that was the straw that broke the camel's back for me: Afflictions aren't removed once combat is over. In the battle leading up to getting the mage party member, West went berserk due to his Obsession. I ended combat right next to a treasure chest in a narrow 1x1 area in the forest with West blocking the only exit in or out. Since he was technically still berserk, he refused to move, and I cant move through party members. Needless to say, I was stuck and had to reload the entire damn mission. Have I told you yet how much I hate this game? And lastly, I come to the deal breaker: the camera. Or, rather, the automatic camera panning. Any time there is dialogue or a character is moving, the camera will pan to that character. This isn't such a big deal if the damn thing would actually CENTER on said character. Instead, it trails behind a moving character. Trying to manually compensate for this means your camera goes out of whack and ends up 50 feet in some random direction. Again, this wouldn't be such a big deal if we could turn automatic camera panning off, or if movement outside of combat wasn't in real time. Alas, no on both accounts. This will, more often than not, lead to clicking the wrong square or giving you a fit of nauseua.
• gamedeal user

  Mar 30, 2014

  Definitelly not as bad/buggy/dump as i expect. I regret 1$ fo McPixel more than 5$ for this. For sure not for everyone, but if you have sense of german/sexist/"politically not correct" humour you can find it funny. +funny +special abilities of your heroes (with good chaining they are able kill each other even in battle "for sure you are going to win") -buggy (according to the forums im really fortunate that game crashed only once and 2-3 times i got stuck in combat mode) -unbalanced (final battles are insanely tough comparing to regular ones) -cant keep pace whole the time -default camera is evil (or is it game design?) -more loot, better RPG elemnts would be nice -start of each battle/pathfinding - all members of your group have avatar on the map, turn-based battle begins when someone of your group stands on field in area of sight of enemy, BUT during first round only heroes who have been seen can make their turns. so, thankfully to "good pathfindig/game mechanics" you can start battle with your healer and rogue agains 4-5 enemies, which means instant death for both of them. average small game, satirical turn-based RPG.Dont expect too much and you will enjoy it.
• gamedeal user

  Aug 31, 2020

  [h1] Information / Review English [/h1] Grotesque Tactics: Evil Heroes is a released tactical role-playing game that was developed by Silent Dreams. [h1] Gameplay / Story [/h1] The young recruit Drake fails the exam for the military academy. He is denied fighting for his proud kingdom of Glory. Humiliated and frustrated, he wants to throw himself into the throats of brutal mushrooms. But then Drake realizes that he is not the only one who wants to take his own life disappointed. He meets the last, depressive remnants of the royal troops, who return seriously injured from an all-important battle. From the very battle that Drake was denied. One of the survivors is the most famous human hero: Holy Avatar. The arrogant knight in shining armor tells how a suddenly emerging sect destroyed the entire royal army. The Land of Glory is being overrun by the creatures of the Dark Church. Before the population finds out about this and panic breaks out, a troop should be recruited as quickly as possible to fight back the Dark Church. Since all the heroic men in this country have been killed or seriously injured, only shady characters remain in the high-security dungeon. They found the Evil Heroes! Grotesque Tactics: Evil Heroes is a tactical role-playing game in which you control up to ten characters, which you collect in addition to the main character Drake, through a series of areas, dungeons and battles. The game is displayed in a "top-down" perspective; The player always sees what is happening at an angle from above. To advance in Grotesque Tactics, the player must explore areas and fight enemies frequently. By defeating opponents and completing quests, he collects experience points for all participating characters, which lead to higher levels with a certain number. With new levels, the characters learn new skills and the use of new equipment and increase their combat attributes. The main starting point of the player-controlled group is a village called Station Wish, where the group can get new quests, heal fallen comrades, rest and buy healing potions, better weapons and armor. These are required in order to survive the increasingly difficult battles. For example, the character Holy Avatar learns an area damage attack that allows him to attack multiple opponents at the same time. [h1] Pro [/h1] + Humor comes first + successful combination of RPG and strategy elements + tactical battles + easy to learn + solid role play + Achievements [h1] Contra [/h1] - History doesn't make sense - sometimes annoying NPCs - undemanding quests [h1] Conclusion [/h1] Grotesque Tactics: Evil Heroes offers you a successful combination of RPG and strategy elements. Wouldn't buy it for full price, but wait for a sale. [h1] Information / Review Deutsch [/h1] Grotesque Tactics: Evil Heroes ist ein erschienenes Taktik-Rollenspiel, welches von Silent Dreams entwickelt wurde. [h1] Gameplay / Geschichte [/h1] Dem jungen Rekruten Drake misslingt die Prüfung für die Militärakademie. Es wird ihm verweigert, für sein stolzes Königreich Glory zu kämpfen. Gedemütigt und frustriert will er sich in den Rachen brutaler Pilze stürzen. Doch da bemerkt Drake, dass er nicht der Einzige ist, der sich enttäuscht das Leben nehmen will. Ihm begegnen die letzten, depressiven Reste der Königstruppen, die schwer verletzt aus einer alles entscheidenden Schlacht zurückkehren. Aus genau der Schlacht, die Drake verwehrt geblieben ist. Zu den Überlebenden gehört der bekannteste Held der Menschen: Holy Avatar. Der arrogante Ritter in glänzender Rüstung erzählt, wie eine plötzlich auftauchende Sekte die gesamte königliche Armee vernichtet hat. Das Land Glory wird von den Kreaturen der Dark Church überrollt. Bevor die Bevölkerung davon erfährt und Panik ausbricht, soll man schnellstmöglich eine Truppe rekrutieren, die die Dark Church zurückschlagen kann. Da alle heldenhaften Männer in diesem Land gefallen oder schwer verletzt sind, bleiben nur noch zwielichtige Gestalten im Hochsicherheitskerker übrig. Sie gründen die Evil Heroes! Grotesque Tactics: Evil Heroes ist ein Taktik-Rollenspiel, in dem man bis zu zehn Charaktere, die man zusätzlich zur Hauptfigur Drake im Laufe des Spieles einsammelt, durch eine Reihe von Gebieten, Dungeons und Kämpfen steuert. Das Spiel wird in einer "Top-down"-Perspektive angezeigt; das Geschehen sieht der Spieler stets von schräg oben. Um in Grotesque Tactics voranzuschreiten, muss der Spieler Gebiete erforschen und häufig gegen Feinde kämpfen. Durch das Besiegen von Gegnern und Erfüllen von Quests sammelt er für alle teilnehmenden Charaktere Erfahrungspunkte, die mit bestimmter Anzahl zu höheren Leveln führen. Mit neuen Leveln erlernen die Charaktere neue Fähigkeiten und den Umgang mit neuen Ausrüstungsgegenständen und steigern ihre Kampfattribute. Der Hauptausgangspunkt der vom Spieler gesteuerten Gruppe ist ein Dorf namens Station Wish, in dem die Gruppe neue Quests erhalten, gefallene Kameraden heilen, ausruhen und Heiltränke, bessere Waffen und Rüstungen kaufen kann. Diese werden benötigt, um die schwieriger werdenden Kämpfe zu bestehen. So lernt zum Beispiel der Charakter Holy Avatar eine Flächenschadenattacke, die es ihm erlaubt, mehrere Gegner gleichzeitig anzugreifen. [h1] Pro [/h1] + Humor steht an erster Stelle + gelungene Kombination von RPG und Strategie-Elementen + taktische Kämpfe + leicht zu erlernen + solides Rollenspiel + Errungenschaften [h1] Kontra [/h1] - Geschichte macht keinen Sinn - teils nervige NPCs - anspruchslose Quests [h1] Fazit [/h1] Grotesque Tactics: Evil Heroes bietet dir eine gelungene Kombination von RPG und Strategie-Elementen. Würde es aber nicht für den vollen Preis kaufen, sondern auf ein Sale warten.
• gamedeal user

  Apr 8, 2017

  At first, I was enjoying this game's ridiculousness. The plot is silly, the dialogue is contorted and the atmosphere is pretty absurd. I think this is all by design. However, after about 6 or 7 hours (over several days) of this, the game really started to wear on me and I'm having trouble finishing it. Each encounter has just become more of the same repetitive grind (which the characters even joke about) and I no longer care how the story ends ... I imagine the good guys win. This game helped remind me of what I don't like about low-end RPGs.
• gamedeal user

  Jan 19, 2016

  Overall Iliked this game. It was the first game with such unique approach to RPG/tactical games. sometimes it was tiresome visiting the same locations in later parts of the game, but it wasn't that bad :) Unique abilities of our party companions forced one to stay on ones toes and think about their placement on the battlefield.
• gamedeal user

  Jun 30, 2015

  This game has plenty about it to love. I can tell that Silent Dreams really put a lot of care into developing this game. It is a humorous game for sure. The characters personalities are both realistic and mildly absurd at the same time. The art style may be somewhat cutesy in places but the backgrounds really set the apropriate moods for each stage. I thought that the artwork was truly beautiful. It may not be the most challenging game in the world but some parts were hard enough to take multiple trys, revising my strategy each time. The story was like a fractured fairy tale with dark humor that made the game a reason I will always be a fan of the people at Silent Dreams.
• gamedeal user

  Apr 1, 2021

  I tried playing it in 2021 and now it crashes every 5 min on W10.