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Battle Brothers is a turn based tactical RPG which has you leading a mercenary company in a gritty, low-power, medieval fantasy world. You decide where to go, whom to hire or to fight, what contracts to take and how to train and equip your men in a procedurally generated open world campaign.
Battle Brothers is a strategy, rpg and medieval game
developed and published by Overhype Studios.
Released on March 24th 2017 is available in English only on Windows.
It has received 24,329 reviews of which 21,455 were positive and 2,874 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam with a 50% discount, but you can find it for 9.25€ on Gamivo.
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Windows
- OS *: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10
- Processor: 1.2 Ghz
- Memory: 1024 MB RAM
- Graphics: OpenGL 3.3 compatible video card with 512 MB
- Storage: 1500 MB available space
- Additional Notes: Make sure your video drivers are up-to-date!
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Summary Battle Brothers is a fun and rewarding experience IF you are willing to invest time and effort. By time, I mean you'll probably spend the first 4 hours figuring out all the different scenarios that you'll encounter. By effort, I mean you need to learn from different guides explaining the game's systems. This is more of a planning and resource management game rather than a combat focused game. If what you’re looking for is casual fun, play on the easiest difficulty, because even normal difficulty will cause you problems if you don’t understand the systems properly. Check out CarveaHole, FeedingFriendly, and FilthyRobot on YouTube for guides. What to expect in terms of gameplay You would think that combat is the focus of the game, but its more like the "proof" if your plan works. Planning is a significant part of the game that reviews don’t talk about. [*]Determining the direction to go when exploring the overworld. [*]Checking each mercenary’s stats and spending skill points. [*]Equipping appropriate gear on your mercenaries. [*]Evaluating the risk/reward ratio of contracts. [*]Post-Battle analysis These are activities you will do A LOT, especially in the early-mid game. Skipping over these will hurt you in the long run. Resource Management is another significant part of the game that reviews don’t talk about. [*]Money [*]Gear durability [*]Food [*]Medical Supplies [*]Mercenaries These are resources that you have to properly manage, especially in the early-mid game. Resources are more important than combat. Certain enemies become irrelevant when your mercenaries are decked out with strong gear. If it sounds like a lot of information, that’s because it is, and we haven’t even talked about combat yet. The combat mechanics are based on dice rolls. You can really get screwed over by the dice rolls in the game. Risk mitigation is the best way to approach combat. Rolling for a 50% chance is exciting, but not a reliable way to play the game. This will lead to you not playing the game how you want. Want a mercenary to become a 2-handed axe wielder? Too bad, he will probably miss more than half his swings, and since he doesn’t have a shield, he’ll die after missing his attacks. Objectively speaking, spears and shields are the most reliable way for you to get out of the early game. Cool-sounding builds will only come online somewhere during the mid-late game. Reward The systems I’ve mentioned above do interlock in a satisfying way once you’ve gotten the hang of them. Struggling through the early game with your mercenary band and slowly building them up to defeat the late game crisis is an experience that this game uniquely offers. Cliche as it may sound, this game is about the journey, not the destination. The price for this reward? Learning the game’s systems through guides, and applying what you’ve learned through trial and error. Play on the easiest difficulty if you want to roleplay and live out the mercenary fantasy :)
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Really fun game, but... The only problem is there are so many anti-tactical things that stop you from being able to plan. "If bad luck makes your plan fail it wasn't a good plan" How am I meant to make a plan when I have no idea on the terrain, very limited troop placement, inconsistent enemies and task difficulties and vague mechanics. It's a shame because it's a really fun game and I would recommend it but the steep learning curve also comes with a frustrating realisation that the game is more shallow that you think it will be.
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It's... so good... SO, SO GOOD. You can really appreciate how well tought everything the more you play it. How you discover little strategies, and how to beat whatever random smuck wiped you out last run. Distinct enemies actually matter and play differently. Just in the same faction (Undead) you have. Skeletons, who always move last but won't tire out: They are all with shileds and will play the long game to eventually tire your brothers. Zombies: Easy to kill, but they are a lot, and I mean A LOT. They respawn if you don't decapitate them. Ghosts: Stand in the back and spam fear so your brothers flee. Without being able to control them, they're as good as dead. Die in one hit. The catch? You have to take the horde of zombies separating you WHILE they spam fear. Not only that, you have a fixed 5% chance to hit them with ranged, forcing you to go close. You see them, you die slowly and horribly... and then you learn. Skellys have shields? No matter, axes break them and flails ignore their defense bonuses. Zombies respawn? Not if you use cleavers, that always decapitate enemies. The ghosts make you unable to control troops? Go from 2 sides, since their attack is a kind of cone that can't hit everything at once. Also use the skill RALLY to give morale to your fleeing brothers. THE WHOLE GAME IS LIKE THIS. The bad: This game is NOT for everyone. Losing company after company hurts, specially when you started to like your bros. They can get permanent injuries, wich almost always means you have to dispose of them anyways. I wish we could treat them, even if costly. It's sad to have to push them away and you'll slowly de-humanize them, like disposable tools. I don't want to play like that man. The other problem is skills. While Bros are clearly NOT made equal, everyone has access to the same skill tree. Sadly, some skills are REAL bad in comparison with others. Some examples are Brawny, that should really give you more that what it gives, and that the best skill that you could pair it with, the light armor expert one, specifically states that doesn't apply. I think buffing these "low tier skills" would do marvels for the build creativity. The other is the weapon expert skills. You basically specialize your bro in one type specifically. The problem is that some weapons, like bows and crossbows, are usable in only certain scenarios (skellys are almost inmune to long range for example) and a lot of times it's best to just use the type of weapon the enemy is specifically weak to. This is kinda aliviated by the fact that you don't always know what's jumping at you in the middle of the forest at 3 am, but still. So yeah, absolute marvel of a game, losing is fun, buff ranged and low tier skills please. Fuck you Hoggart.
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This incredible game, despite playing for hours, the different events I encountered in every playthrough prove the level of replayability. The RPG elements are really high quality. In my last save, I saved my banner man from execution by the villagers, when I asked about his story, I learned that he was caught r*ping a watermelon. We fought side by side in countless battles in my band for months. We lost him in a brave battle against the Orcs. You are missed, Gero The Melon Mugger.
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Played nothing else for years! 5500+ hours in and still hooked. I wish for more DLC:s and official content other than mods. re-playability is great!
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Battle Brothers is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam.
Battle Brothers is currently available at a 50% discount. You can purchase it for 14.99€ on Steam.
Battle Brothers received 21,455 positive votes out of a total of 24,329 achieving a rating of 8.64.
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Battle Brothers was developed and published by Overhype Studios.
Battle Brothers is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Battle Brothers is not playable on MacOS.
Battle Brothers is not playable on Linux.
Battle Brothers is a single-player game.
There are 9 DLCs available for Battle Brothers. Explore additional content available for Battle Brothers on Steam.
Battle Brothers does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Battle Brothers supports Remote Play on Tablet. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.
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Developer
Overhype Studios
Publisher
Overhype Studios
Release
24 Mar 2017
Platforms
Remote Play
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