DOFUS : Battles HD Reviews

I want to like this game...

Willy-nilly

I've played it for hours and I have to say it's incredibly difficult. I found myself playing the same level over and over again to try to find the right combo of heroes to use. It seemed like I was always wrong. Then I started stacking the summoners and began to finally win and progression was fun. Now I come to find out that the game developers patched the game to stop this very technique. I understand their reasoning but at least make the game a little easier so people don't have to resort to cheating or finding loopholes just to progress in the game. When I first read the reviews on this game it sounded like final fantasy tactics, which was a fantastic game. Well, this game is NOT fantastic and the only reason I played it so much was because I was determined to get good at it and to understand it. However, it's so difficult that the game developers should be paying us to play it. Not the other way around.

Wow

Thizzer

I'm starting to feel like a DOFUS for buying this game -_-

A fun but difficult style of gameplay

bureaucratwholovesmusic

I am really enjoying this game, which strikes me as the tower defense form of Final Fantasy Tactics. I am unfamiliar with the greater world in which the RPG takes place, but thankfully (from my perspective) there is very little in the way of roleplaying or cutscenes to interfere with gameplay, so the bizarre storyline can be safely ignored. I do share another commenter's critique, though, that some level grinding is required to survive levels, even pretty early on in the game. I would like to see the game designed so that one could strategize through them on the first go, without having to first repeat previously played levels and upgrade equipment before advancing in the game.

Imbalanced

Ubisububi

The only way to progress in the game is to spam the summoners or replay levels over and over again to gain experience. Now that they gimped the summoner, that leaves endless replays. I sure would like the chance to play the other characters but they are all ridiculously underpowered. Rebalance this game if you want anybody else to buy it because I'm not the only one who changed his rating after playing for more than a few minutes. What a shame...

Why osa update?

Coooool 445566778899

I'm glad I beat the game when you could use osa that couldn't summon tons of monsters to beat the boss but now it's impossible...

Good game, horrible mini-games

cgoodno

Dofus is a good combination of tower defense and RPG. Rated solely on the tower defense portions, I would rate closer to a 4 out of 5. You have 10 different characters that you can summon, most supporting one of four roles: tank, damage, heal, or support. Early on the game is fairly simple and gives you a chance to work out some of the common character combinations as well as where to best place each character. But, it quickly becomes more difficult to plan out combats since you will be faced with many rows of monsters that you won't have much, if any time to plan against. You really only can plan for the first waves. This will lead you to playing through a single wave multiple times, and a single level even more times depending on the number of waves. Best bet is to level up your different characters as high as possible by completing each level on each of the difficulties; easy, medium, and hard. Your safest bet is also to support a strong central defense with damage and tank support on the left and right of the battle field. The most annoying thing about the game are the mini games. Specifically the many ones that utilize the tilt feature of the iPad. From the complete lack of physical memory involved (all learning is visual based only, no audio or physical cues on how far to tilt) as well as some poorly designed elements due to certain monsters not being placed in the same spot each time. I spent half an hour trying to do just the second fairground level with getting all the presents and all I got was a cramp from trying to control the tilt of my iPad for too long. Really, really, really, really need an on-screen joystick alternative for these mini-games. Also, just as a note to others, the "spin the wheel" gamble gives a message making it look like you should try again due to a malfunction. Don't fall for it, it's just asking you to throw away more of your money on another spin.

Worth it

Cloakski

Don't get turned away by the reviews that mention the difficulty. Yes the game gets hard, but all the levels are repayable and you can go back to build up your strength and gear. You have to put some thought into which chars you use and how you place them. It's not a mindless game. Also, keep in mind that you can "sell" chars that are weak or poorly placed (if playing levels where you can't move them).

Not worth the grind

Adware alert

This was a 4 star game til I hit level 7. At that point, with the best gear I could buy, I simply couldn't advance, even on the easy level. I then began the grind to 8. Unfortunately that meant running the same board over and over again. After 20 runs, and the mind numbing boredom associated with grinding, I was only a third of the way to 8. At that point I realized the game simply isn't worth it. Buy something else.

I love the challenge

Das mike

I love the difficulty of the game at 3 stars. 2 stars makes most levels easily do-able... It's not nearly as difficult as everyone makes it out to be. You have to think to win, of course, me being a mega genius does make it a bit easier for me! Btw use the poison guys, they are my go-to units...

Decent game

Django_Z

The mini games are pretty awful. The artwork for the tilting game looks like it was done by someone else. And the tower defense is interesting, but not strategically great. The artwork for most of the game is superb though and as a whole the game has a fun, playful quality that I liked. I ended up playing it for quite a few hours, but in the end wondered if it was really worth it. I wish the game was as good as the artwork. Oh well, hopefully they will bring the main Dofus game to the iPad.

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