But be careful! Your best friends will always stand by you, but these neighborhood kids are fickle if you forget to play with them because you’re focused on this fort of yours, they may well find their way to another person who is willing to treat them with respect. Naturally, you’re competing against your rivals to build up these forts, so you may need to recruit even more kids to your cause. You’ve got your best friends, of course, but you’ve also recruited local kids to your cause with two things that are irresistible to up-and-coming builder children: toys and pizza. In Fort, you play as kids trying to build the best fort in town. What I’d read the rest of this review for is the normal setup and gameplay, but also some thoughts about what makes it different from SPQF, and why I think those changes are by and large for the better. Either way, let’s be real here: this is an update and upgrade to a game that I just referred to as my “favorite standalone deckbuilder” if you’re looking for a harshly negative review, I’ll freely admit in the opening paragraph (a rarity!) that I really loved getting to play Fort. We’ll have to see, though, what they do next will this lead to more smaller-box titles? I’m not sure. It’s a great fit for them, though I’ll admit it’s a bit outside their Root and Vast pedigree, until you consider the asymmetry of possible playstyles available to you in Fort, then I think it makes more sense with their brand overall. But what company would want to pick up what is likely my favorite standalone deckbuilder? Oh, Leder would. Heard rumors on the wind that maybe, just possibly, SPQF was going to see new life. I’ve been waiting for this game for a long time. With its weak story, it’s not the best, but if you enjoy strategy games, this is one to try.Full disclosure: A review copy of Fort was provided by Leder Games. Overall, Fort Triumph is a solid strategy game. The battles were upbeat, and the downtime on the map was good enough to remind you that you were on an adventure. The music was probably the best part of the game. The text size was better when docked but still tough to read. I prefer handheld mode and tried the Switch docked to read the dialogue better. However, the text was a bit small to read on-screen. The avatars were fine, though there’s nothing to customize. The visuals were appealing, with pretty backdrops for each level. During gameplay, it would sometimes lag when I moved the characters. So, you can challenge yourself once you get the hang of the game. For example, you can turn permadeath on or off, and there are different difficulty settings. You can find battles that you can auto-play to earn experience points and items, find chests, or head to the next area to continue the main story.įort Triumph is a fairly short game, but there are many different ways you can play. Your band of characters has a certain amount of spaces to move before it becomes the next day. The map in Fort Triumph was a strategy on its own. You can upgrade them to have a lower cooldown. For example, some attacks have cooldown times. You also earn skill points in which you can upgrade their magic attacks or weapons. This makes them stronger in defense, attack, and health. With each battle, you earn experience points, and your characters can level up. Not to mention, you have to watch everyone’s health. You not only need to figure out which character is the best option to defeat the enemy, but you need to place everyone on the map carefully. Some attacks can only hit one tile away, while other attacks have a range of 14 tiles. There are many possibilities here since there are different classes, such as mages, for the characters. Then, when you can close enough to an enemy, you can attack. You control a handful of characters and can move them a certain amount of spaces on the map. The banter between characters was humorous sometimes, but it was overall pretty bland and repetitive.įort Triumph plays like any other strategy game. You got on quests and took jobs from other people. The story’s point is that you have a group of characters trying to make some extra money. I found myself skipping through cutscenes just to get back into the game. However, it didn’t do anything for me, and I was perfectly content to play through the game with or without a story. I felt as though the story was there to make the game seem more worthwhile to play. I enjoyed my time with Fort Triumph, but I have to admit that the gameplay was stronger than the story. With various characters and classes to choose from, the gameplay can vary greatly each time you pick up the game. Fort Triumph is a strategy, role-playing game published by ALL IN! GAMES.
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