Warring States

Glad I waited.
Has enough depth to make it worth thinking about your actual maneuvers and unit choices for attacks, etc, ..
Has the ease of play I was looking for when I wan't a more relaxed gaming session.
I really like the Movement mechanics and substantial range of indirect fire.
I didn't think I would like the art style but I can see why it's OK now... Clear visuals, combat results and animations.
A pleasant game for simple tactical fun.

This is a straight up turn based hex strategy game, and that's not a bad thing. The game is good because it doesn't try to be something it's not. The devs concentrated on nailing the basics, and what you get is a well balanced TBS with units that compliment and counter each other well. Units have special abilities that can be used to great effect with intelligent positioning and timing.
It's not a game that will haunt your dreams. It lacks in variety and the story is a bit bland, but the mechanics are spot on, so hexy tacticians will enjoy it.

Ah, Warring States... I have quite a history with this game. Bought it as a part of the bundle back when it was in Early Access and really wanted to play, since screenshots looked pretty promising. The problem is – the developer was, like, ultimate slowpoke ninja grand master lv. 999999+ and at some points the game looked totally abandoned. I mean, TOTALLY. Up to the point when the store page promised us that it'll be released the last year. Like, you know. Timey-wimey... stuff. Naturally, when the game finally came out of Early Access, I expected it to be a complete disaster and launched it just to finally write something bad about it (because yes, I felt that the way the developer treated us, customers, deserved some bad reviews). But guess what? It isn't bad. At all.
I know, I'm shocked too. But seriously, I can't write anything bad about this game. Even though... I kinda want to. The worst thing here is that it may be a bit too unbalanced. Even though it looks very casual and all in all, gameplay is very limited, difficulty may be a bit rough here and there. Especially if you're up for a perfect score on all missions. But aside from that? It's totally fine.
Sure, there isn't much about Warring States. The entire game is just a series of small tactical maps (you can unlock them all if you want, since here and there the game still feels like a beta version and includes some features that feel like something from “work in progress” releases), some of which include more than one battle. You choose units to deploy (there's a certain amounts of points you can spend on every map), you choose where to place them and then it's you against your opponent (there's a single player campaign with a story and also co-op). Every unit type has its own weaknesses and special powers, there's a special power meter that you'll use for all of your forces, some missions include cities and points to capture, a-a-a-and... that's pretty much it. There's nothing else.
Like I've said, Warring States is a pretty basic game. And whether you should waste your time on it, or not is a very big question. Even the story here is way too basic and feels like a casual take on real historical events. Which means that there's no depth, or interesting complicated characters here. And with so many games to choose from in Steam? Let's just say it's one of those games that you can totally skip without missing much. On the other hand, it's a very charming little title, units are really nicely animated, while gameplay is... surprisingly addicting.
In other words, like I've said, I just can't give this game a thumb down. Even though developer treated the customers pretty poorly back in the days. It's a cute little tactical game for everybody who'll decide to waste a couple of days to beat it, or play against friends. Don't expect much and there's a chance you'll like it even more than it actually deserves. Dixi.

Only played for an hour, so this is a very early view...
So far its all pretty great, supprised how complete it "feels", the controls are all working as you expect, this is great as you can jump straight into the tactics... So far the tactic have been really good, you need to think carefully about what you are going to do else you do fail (I have failed twice on the first stage) and this is how a game like this should be...
Graphics are really nice and fit the period and the music is really excellent, not to much of it, but again like the graphics really fits all in...
So I would have to say so far its a double thumbs up!!!
Great price also, getting a lot here for you money, when did good games become so cheap??

Pros:
+Immersive: I'm not a fan of the Ancient Chinese theme (if that's even an accurate description) but I felt that I was actually a commander of the battle when I was playing. Something that doesn't happen very often for me sadly.
+Polished for an Pre-release game.
+Great battle mechanics
+Intuitive: At least for an avid Civ5 gamer
+Nice UI: Part of the reason it felt very polished
+Feedback/bug report on main-menu and built into the game.
Pre-release mentions:
-Transition between turns felt a bit sluggish. This I'm sure will be remedied eventually and it doesn't really cause any grief other than my screen occasionally jumping to a random place on the map (due to border-scrolling and the lag caused by turn-transitions). No big deal though just something to be mentioned.
-Short (I think). The campaign only showed 3 missions, I have not yet completed the third mission so I'm not sure if they're just hidden or aren't added yet. Again though, this is not a big deal as it is pre-release. I actually would prefer 3 polished levels instead of 10 buggy ones.
Cons:
None that I can think of aside from the pre-release mentions above which should be fixed and aren't really cons.

Very lovely style, music, geat tactics in use, easy to grasp and reminicent of games with the Bei and Zhang crew royally at each others throats while captaining such sweet little armies around the charming maps. Had very much fun, looking forward to playing this one.

10 / 10 Artwork. The is absolutely beautiful.
10 / 10 Soundtrack. Amazing. Although it's extremely relaxing. You might not want to try to play this one during an all-nighter :P
10 / 10 Gameplay. It's deceptively simple. Can you keep your simple more complex than your opponents simple? That will be the deciding factor.
This game promises nothing that it does not deliver. The price point is perfect.
I've owned the game for while now (admittedly I've been distracted by other shiny things recently), but I've noticed that the dev's deliver updates every week like clockwork. The few questions and concerns that I voiced on the forums were damn near instantly answered and alleviated by a developer's response. Who would have guessed - They actually care!
If you are a fan of strategy in any way, I think you'll find something to enjoy about Warring States.