Game Review by Zachary Hensley
Game Rating = 4/5 Balls
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Honestly, when I downloaded the trial for ‘Battle of Tiles’ I didn’t expect much fun out of a game composed of tiles. I was thoroughly surprised when I started playing, though. Battle of tiles features a simple GUI, quick learning curve, and well composed game play.
If you are a beginner to the world of PC gaming Battle of Tiles offers “easy” and “very easy” difficulty settings, while at the same time offering harder settings for the more experienced player.
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Game Play: 5/5
The game play of Battle of Tiles is definitely the best feature of the game. You start out with a small battalion that you move across the screen with basic directional controls. Tile classes include: Knight, Archer, Elite Archer, Priest, Goblin, and many more. As you encounter enemies your tiles will automatically attack other tiles based on the range of the tile’s class. Example: You encounter an enemy 2 squares away, archers will fire arrows at it, but warriors have to be next to the enemy to attack.
After killing an enemy, experience and money is earned. Money is used to ‘purchase’ an enemy, basically turn them to your side. With a little time and patience, you can easily rack up a battalion big enough to destroy your enemies. The simplicity combined with all of these features make for a wonderfully amusing game that you can jump into and out of quickly.
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Graphics: 3/5
You can’t expect much with 2d games, especially strategic ones such as this. There are tiles and a scrolling background. Although the graphics aren’t as advanced as other games out there, they work together in a ‘puzzle’ manner that makes it almost eye candy to look at. It isn’t hard to follow and is very recognizable. It uses icons to display the classes of the tiles, which makes it very memorizable.
Sound: 3/5
There are few sounds to comment on in the game. The nostalgic background music doesn’t exactly ‘fit-in’ with much of the game, excluding the background graphic. The battle sounds, though properly placed, are also replayed a little too often. On a good note, the simplicity of the sounds do match the simplicity of the game.
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Creativity: 4/5
Tile games are almost always limited to puzzle type games. It is quite refreshing to see that change, thanks to Battle of Tiles. Using a ‘level up system’ is an old idea that has been proven to be a great add-on to any game, especially a game with classes.
Innovation: 2/5
Battle of Tiles doesn’t introduce any new features to the gaming community. The only real innovation is how it introduced tiles into a strategic battle system with level and class based systems. Other than that, the game is pretty much standard on the path of innovation.
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Overall, Battle of Tiles has many standard and creative features that makes it a must-have for anyone looking for something quick and satisfying to play. I strongly recommend buying this if it is possible for you to do so.
Overall Rating: 5/5.
System Requirements
Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista
1 GHz CPU
256 MB RAM
DirectX 9.0c
Bimboosoft created Battle of Tiles
