The Qaedon Wars - The Story Begins

This game was a real surprise. The graphics aren't the greatest, but sometimes you really just don't need fancy stuff to make a solid and enjoyable game. I thoroughly played through the game, replaying several scenarios and completing about all I could, and managed to squeeze out 40+ hours of enjoyment. That's a great rate for how much this costs. I dug around looking for more expansion and campaigns, only to be saddened none exist (yet?). I highly recommend this game. It's fun!

[quote][url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/32732116-IndieGems/]Follow our curator page: [b]IndieGems[/b] if you like and want to see more reviews like this one.[/url][/quote] [i]The Qaedon Wars - The Story Begins[/i] is a turn-based strategy game made by a husband and wife duo that's not easy, and thus is not casual at all. For people who love turn-based strategy and who want a challenge, I think you will have a good time with this game. There is no tutorial, although the game does come with a manual that explains what you need to know. If you have played other turn-based games, you can learn the ropes pretty quickly. There are 2 campaigns, each with a set of goals that are needed to complete the campaign, as well as some optional goals. In between missions you get to buy new units or resurrect fallen ones. You can choose among many classes and even combinations of classes. All the battles are turn-based, with enemy units hidden around the map, so you need to tread carefully. Each unit has one move and one action each turn. All units can level up, you can spend the points that you obtain rather freely, so you will be sure to be playing around with upgrade options. There is a lot of loot to be found as well. Though it is currently a bit of a hassel to transfer them to the correct party member. You have to stand next to them to give them an item. If you have a rather large party, this may be a bit tedious. The loading times can be a bit longer, so it would seem that the optimization could be improved. [h1]Graphics[/h1] It's a fairly traditional and basic look, for me that's okay for this genre, where gameplay is more important. [h1]Music & Sounds[/h1] There isn't much here, but what is there seems fitting for the game. [h1]Controls[/h1] The game is played with a mouse and keyboard. [h1]Pricing[/h1] The base price is a little steep for such a basic-appearing game, in my opinion, at €11.99. As of writing this review, there's a 50% discount, which is good. It would appear that there is no regional pricing as the price is also $11.99 USD. [h1]Gameplay Video Without Commentary[/h1] https://youtu.be/9gNcAkThK0A [h1]Verdict[/h1] [i]The Qaedon Wars - The Story Begins[/i] is an indie project by a man and his wife. It is not easy for sure. For those who love turn-based strategy games and who want to have a challenge, I would recommend it for sure. I am enjoying it very much myself. But for more casual players, I would not recommend it, as there are plenty of other games to ease your way into games of this genre. The developer is very helpful and tries to fix all issues that arise. I hope that they will add Steam Achievements, so more people will try out this nice little game. Overall score: 7.5/10 [quote]I received the product for free. I did not receive any compensation to write this review. The opinions represented here are entirely my own and were not influenced in any way.[/quote]

[quote][url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/6142328/][b]Like this Review? Follow The Cpt Froggy Club Curator Page for plenty more![/b][/url][/quote] You start the game with a story of the people of Qaedon being happy folk. Everything in their world was plentiful, food, trade with other kingdoms. Different races lived side by side and flourished, there had been no conflict in more than one hundred years. These days though things are very much different, ever since Eimonar the Archmage opened the first Rift. No one is quite sure why Eimonar opened the Rift, was it on purpose or an accident but what everyone is sure about is the fact it cursed Qaedon’s people and kingdoms. Creatures of nightmare emerged from the Rift and the people of Qaedon weren’t prepared for them. Few could stand against these creatures, the Great Houses rallied together for a while keeping the creatures at bay. It seemed the tide was turning until the Rift spat out the first Riftmage, then another and another. Qaedon was lost, the Riftmages opened more passages around Qaedon, the Undead returned after being absent for more than a millennium and formed an unholy alliance with the Beasts. Noble houses and Kingdoms fell one by one, the Dwarves retreated underground, Orc tribes and the Elves were powerless against these creatures. Many nations allied with Beasts to save themselves, historical hatreds resurfaced. The first to join the Beasts were The Venagrians followed by the Dark Dwarves, the Trevan Empire and other greenskin tribes. The last great house, The House of Jaroth finally succumbed in battle against overwhelming odds. There is a rumour though that not all the bloodline of Jaroth was lost, a child heir was carried away to the Southern Isles. This is where your adventure will begin … Selecting a new Campaign will give you various options on customising your game. The options for your game are Advanced Rules, Save and Load, Spells and Abilities, Trading, Healing and Training, Recovery Rates and finally Choose Your Hero. Under these categories are quite a few options to fully customise the game to your liking, such as in Advanced Rules you can change the AI Hit Point Bonus (-50% very weak to +100% making them very tough). Character Points on Level Up (Number of Character Points you’ll gain each time you level your characters up). Loot Quality, Maximum Deployed Army, Story Mode, Turn Timer and Unit Actions are some of the other options you’ll find under Advanced Rules. There really is plenty of choices when customising your game in these option settings, too many to post here but you’ll be able to play the game as easy or as hard as you would like. After you’ve sorted your game settings, you’ll then move on to choosing your Hero. There are twenty-one heroes to choose from, different races and class types. Armoran Spellbinders (Mage), Inquisitor Maior (Warrior/Clerk), Hairfoot Shooter (Rogue/Archer), Kellish Huntress (Archer) are just a few of the options you can choose from. Selecting a hero then the Customise button will take you to the heroes' stats giving you plenty of information on them. Attributes, Abilities, Movement, Combat, Inventory, Spellbook, Spellbar, Lore, Allocate Character Points with some also having subcategories. If you don’t like the looks of the hero, you can select Cancel to go back and choose another hero. Once you’ve settled on a hero and allocated the Character Points you can select Start Campaign for your game to commence. Once your campaign starts, you’ll have the option to choose from two storylines, Gang of Thieves and The Overlord are the first two storylines to choose from. You can select either storyline and then the Next button for information and the Objectives and Bonuses on that storyline. Selecting Begin from the Objectives screen will then take you to the game screen. The game screen consists of a hexagonal grid with various landscapes such as trees, plains, hills and various buildings scattered here and there. I decided to play Gang of Thieves, where I had to find six potential heroes to join me find somewhere in the area. You will have another hero start with you as you search for these new recruits and you’ll be placed somewhere at the top of the map. From here you must move your characters around to find them. You do this by selecting a hero, this will then show you where you can move that hero. The range of movement is determined by their stats, some move through woods better than others, but they may have less movements through swamps or other regions. You can change these stats with Character Points should you wish to do so. Once you have moved your heroes, you must hit the big green arrow on the right bottom corner to end your turn. It will then be the enemies turn; this might not happen if you haven’t revealed an enemy. If this happens it will then just go straight back to you for your next turn. Enemies are hidden by Fog of War and will only be revealed when you move close enough to them. Make your way to the various buildings on the map and hopefully you’ll find a new comrade. If you do find one, then they will join your group and you’ll be able to take control of them. Finding the new heroes was only part of the objective, after finding all the heroes I then had another objective to complete before being able to move on to the next area. After which I got a Victory screen saying congratulations etcetera along with any Bonus Items and Qaedi (currency) for completing the objectives. After finishing the mission you’ll be taken back to the world map, here you’ll notice a new region unlocked to you. Selecting the new region will then take you to the storyline options, again there are two stories to choose from. However, this time after selecting the storyline and checking the objectives instead of a Begin button you’ll find a Army Management button. Here you can Buy Units, View Units, Dismiss Units, Bank Equipment, Sell Items from Bank, Buy Items to Bank, View Item, Temple and training Grounds. Defeated enemies will sometimes drop Chests, these can contain various, weapons, armour, spells etcetera. You can then use these items to or customise and hopefully strengthen your hero's attacks and defenses. Any fallen heroes will also drop their equipment and items in a chest, just make sure to pick them up before an enemy does. If you do have a fallen hero you can resurrect them at the Temple, you will have two options of resurrection and both will cost some Qaedi. One option will resurrect you hero with full health while the other option will only recover twenty-five percent of their original health etcetera. If you choose to go with the percentage restoration of their health, you can regain full health by that hero skipping a turn or two. This is the same if your heroes are injured, they can regain health and mana simply by resting and doing nothing for a while. [quote]THE FULL REVIEW CAN BE VIEWED IN IT'S ENTIRETY [url=https://www.zeepond.com/zeepond-reviews/the-quaedon-wars-the-story-begins] HERE[/url] AS IT WAS TOO BIG TO POST HERE.[/quote] Positives + Plenty of customising of the game + Multiple storylines + Lots of information on the game, items, spells + Good story Negatives - Inventory Equipment is a bit frustrating - No achievements currently - No cards currently Recruit heroes to help you rid the nightmare creatures which threaten the lands and save Qaedon and its people. 6/10 [quote]Key provided by developer/publisher for review purposes via THE CPT FROGGY CLUB! Any opinions expressed are entirely my own! [/quote] [quote]For more reviews, great game giveaways and much more. 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A very early review... The game has a ton of promise but is at roughly 20% or less of campaign development. The engine seems to work well and is very reminiscent of Battle For Wesnoth. Each unit has it's own inventory, stats, level up capabilities etc... Tactical depth is a bit lacking but that is largely due to the existence of only 2 missons so far and well, how in-depth do RPG characters of Level 1 or 2 really get? Definitely looks at though it will be worth the price if you enjoy deeply statistical turn-based RPG combat. Give it a go.

Anyone that likes RPG's should love this game. Reminds very much of my very early day's of role playing with games from Dungeons and Dragons, Avalon Hill etc. ( before PC). Simple graphics, but a lot of depth to the characters. Well worth the asking price and an absolute bargain while in the sale.

I bought the game on sale. I was afraid to buy the game for a full price seeing very view reviews. The game is rough around the edges - mostly UI could use a lot of polish, however the gameplay is rather unique and I really like the setting. There's a lot of things you can customize, some really nice and unique features like unlocking expensive abilities from different classes for a hefty price. You also control a lot more units in typical tactical games. It is a mix of battle for wesnoth with something slighty similar to Baldurs Gate. I would call this Icewind Dale with turn based combat where you control a lot of characters. I'm really looking forward to the game. There is a huge potential - just more feedback and polishness is required!

I think I completed the game, at least to the point of seizing the port, ship and defending against the counterattack. I hit the green arrow, which usually takes me the next turn, campaign map, etc., but the game froze and disappeared. I restarted it but only got a screenshot of the port and ship with no characters, good or bad, at all. I think there are additional battles, but not for me, it appears. The buying, selling and transferring of items is sooo long and tedious a process, as well. Having said all that, I am a big fan of turn-based, tactical hex-grid games, like military chess, and felt that this game, once improved, would be great. But it is worth the money, and will give you hours of cool battles. So, in all, I do recommend this to others who like this genre, especially since there are so few good games of this type around.

challenging but fun

[b]Masa başından yönetim sağlarcasına oynayabileceğiniz bu oyunda; sıra tabanlı strateji içeriklerine temas edebilirsiniz. Oyunda yer alan eski tarz grafikler herkese hitap edemeyebilse de, içerisinde bulabileceğiniz birçok taktik ve savaşlar sayesinde, ilginizi çekebilecek parçalar bulabilirsiniz.

Das Spiel hat sicherlich viel Potenzial ... jedenfalls glaube ich das. Ich liebe solche Spiele ABER die Oberflä che beim spielen ist leider so schlecht gemacht das einem die Augen weh tun. Das meine ich wie ich es sage, so undeutlich und verschoben oder unleserlich das ich nicht mal Lust hatte die erste Map zu beenden da ich die Zahlen nicht erkennen konnte. Ich hatte gehofft hier sowas wie Fantasy General zu bekommen und halt mit ein paar Extras da hier viele Items usw. (upgrades) möglich sind. Leider muss ich sagen sieht Fantasy General hierzu aus wie das neue Spiel und Quaedon Wars sei schon mehr als 10 Jahre alt .... es ist wirklich mies.