The Dwarves
The Dwarves is a fantasy role-playing game with a strong story and tactically challenging real-time battles. 15 playable heroes, each with individual skills, are to be deployed cleverly. Take on superior numbers of orcs, ogres, älfs, bögnilim, zombies, dark mages and many more foes, to give them the low-down. Based on the bestselling novel “The Dwarves” by Markus Heitz you’ll experience a fascinating tale revolving around the coolest fantasy race ever: The Dwarves! Tactical real-time battles: You’re fighting hundreds of foes with just a handfull of heroes. You can pause anytime to tactically plan the next smart move. Crowd Combat: All creatures on the battlefield are rendered with physical complexity – that’s why the battles feel especially dynamic and “real”, and enabling a lot of tactical finesse.
Game Discussion
Steam User 15
*sigh*
Boy, oh boy.
I am giving positive to this one, but i am going to be darn' rought with it:
1) it took be about 4 years and 6 attempts to get through the game. I kept on giving up on it so many times.
2) the game can be finished in about 4-6 hours. it is SUPER SHORT (short game about dwarves? that's a grudgin')- aftergame credits took about 30 minutes. In this regard, that is just untasteful
3) How could you make combat weakest part of game that is fulyl focused on combat? There is nothing else in the game - no puzzles, no mysteries. no 'take/find/bring/sell quests'. fighting is clunky. Camera is abhorent. Bugs - sending enemy into locations you cannot reach, having you to take them down with long-range abbilites.... it was supposed to feel dynamic and fluent. But was not. Liteally the worst part of game was the combat system.
4) too many followers, that shined only in 3-5 min of cut scene screentime, but were so unintersting i never used them
5) there were no meangful chocies in the game - non affected end game. It was close to visual novel, for all the choices revolted around either gaining some extra gold or food...
6) gold and food which were all pretty much useless. the shopping system just didnt had place in that game. I had too much gold and too little shopkeeper, selling too limited merchandise, i ended up buying everything - food being conusmed on the go - but items? I close to never bothered using them.
7) huge map, 90% empty thought.
I could go on and on and on. The game feels rushed. The game feels as if all money were pumped into music and voice actors (absolutely amazing. strongest part of the game. really gave life to characters and scenes) which left no founds for game itself.
Then again. Concept is great and pleasant. story is actually nice. it could be easily prolonged, every quest could be spread into smaller side quests. Why did main antagonist did what he did? He gave mini speech at the end, but it wasnt enough! Companion quests - also none.
It was nice story. Nice 'book' if you could say so.
but this price? Never. look for 75%+ sale, and you still might feel cheated on your money.
Steam User 9
Combat is clunky and sometimes confusing.
And sometimes your guys feel weak,
But the game itself is very fun.
Story is engaging.
And there's dwarfs.
Steam User 3
Story is great, it hooks you right from the beginning
Game play needs sometimes to get use to. Pause button and position of your team is key.
Steam User 7
I've seen a lot of negative reviews about this one, and while its true that its not perfect, it's by far as worst as those reviews make it.
Yes, I'll start by saying that the combat is not easy to get used and requires quite a few pauses in between special attacks, but its so satisfying seeing tens of orcs and goblins flying all over.
Now, while the combat isn't wow, what this game shines is the story which follows the first book of The Dwarves Series(Just bought the first four books, so hopefully they will be as good as the game's story was)
So, just for the story and the gameplay that I got to enjoy, I'll recommend the game, but if this janky combat is not your jam, watch some youtube videos before buying it.
Steam User 2
First let's get the negative out of the way:
- A bit bugy, some errors in code here and there that interrupt the fluidity of the game's dynamics
- Once finished it does not invite much to replay
Now the positive:
-The battle sistem requires cunning and strategy over brute force.
-The events require exploring and resource mannaging
-It's a great way to tell an epic fantasy story
In general an entertaining game that can offer some very good hours of fun and wonder
Steam User 3
A great telling of the books, really funny and has some amazing moments. Only problem I encountered was the default positioning of the camera, because at times the game decided that the fight was less important than a tree.
I really recommend this, as it is a very fun experience full of typical dwarvish humor.
Steam User 2
This is a hidden gem but unfortunately there are a lot of annoying bugs.
The game is short but in my opinion thats a good thing. You can easily complete it under 12h.
The combat is a bit clunky and the progression is as deep as a puddle. But it was still satisfying to mow down hordes of orcs.
The story and narration are very good and definitely the best part about this game.