Archon
Reviewed by Ty Massei
Graphics: 1.5 out of 10
Sound: 1.5 out of 10
Gameplay: 1.5 out of 10
Hardness factor: 7 out of 10
Overall: 1.5 out of 10
Graphics: The graphics are very bad, though not quite Atari quality. Everything
just looks so stupid and there isn't enough detail in how characters work.
They could also move a little better.
Sound: The music is very bad. It's annoying and boring and really doesn't
really fit in with the game very well.
Gameplay: A different sort of strategy game. It's set on a chess board
(and a lot of the pieces are in duplicates like chess and there's a front
row of pawns, like in chess) and it's a strategy type game, but once you
get into a battle or a Mage uses an element on you, you go into a really
horrible overhead battle game. Your character can only attack once every
3 or so seconds and the light guys are usually a lot weaker than the dark
are. It's just so boring and the dynamics are poor.
Hardness factor: This game could be easier. It just seems like the AI of
your enemy is a bit too much and it's hard to learn the game (especially
without an instruction manual).
Overall: 1.5 out of 10. A really bad strategy board game. Did I mention
this game is boring?