Antihero - Digital Board Game

I wish that these developers would allow you to play a portion of the game before purchase. This has been in my recommended games for years. I purchased. I didn’t care for it. This isn’t an indictment of the game itself which appears to have great artwork, a very decent tutorial, & interesting elements. I just didn’t find it to be what I thought it would be. I’m not rating low because I was bored, I’m rating low because I had to pay to find out that it was boring. Also, the inability to customize the main character is always death to a game for me. We are not all white men.

A perfect digital board game—I can’t express my love for it enough. I can only pray that one day we may get more content, or maybe even a sequel game of some sort—even if it’s only spiritual.

Everything about the game from its art to its flavor to its play is great. But the campaign is extremely frustrating because the AI opponent is so overpowered. Rather than having an even, if asymmetrical, playing field, you feel as if your strategy doesn't matter because it's more of a case of having to do specific moves in a specific order to win. The AI opponent gets powers of the bat that might take you 10 rounds to earn for yourself which completely undermines the area control aspect. If the opponent can evict you in round two and you can't get that power until round twelve, why even try to control the area? It's unfair even to call it an AI because it doesn't have any intelligence. It doesn't change its strategy according to your moves. It just uses brute force to disable you. That is my least favorite kind of solo game -- one that acts like a random puzzle where if you don't make the right move in round one that will defeat the opponent, you've already lost. It's a shame because everything else is so cool.

The art style is evocative, the strategy is deep, the multiplayer is great.

This is quite fun and some of the levels are quite challenging and require a lot of planning to beat. The graphics, sound effects, and characters are fun and cartoony, and evocative of Victorian London (like a playable cartoony Oliver Twist).

Why are we forced to do tutorials on the hard levels? This messes with strategy, wastes turns, gives the AI opportunity to gain the upper hand. If you’re playing the hard levels, you know how to play the game and don’t need to be taught via throwaway turns.

Is this game still getting development? It’s the best mobile board game I’ve found and would love to see the community grow and game progress.

Loved it in steam but had the same problem, if you forget your password there is no way to reset it.

I’m a huge board gamer, and was honestly very impressed by the mechanics of the game. It’s sort of like Stratego meets Monopoly. My only complaint is that the game is too short, and even on Hard, is a little too easy (but that’s subjective). The campaign only has ten levels, and first few are just tutorial-style; probably only two or three levels where all units are unlocked. I beat the whole thing in under three hours, which is fine for just a few bucks. But even the Skirmishes against AI are pretty repetitive, and skirmishes against real players feels like Words With Friends—waiting for the other person to take turns means games last for days on end, and you end up starting so many that you forget what’s happening. I wish they’d made more levels since the game is wildly addicting. Also, the win conditions boil down to mainly the same strategy and is slightly unbalanced. Make a gang, protect the gang’s movements with thugs, rinse and repeat. Gangs are just so OP since they can clear out buildings, can generate up to 3 gold a kill, and can assassinate for victory points. Why even bother with other units when you can just spam and protect gangs? A fully stocked bank makes the same money per turn as a fully upgraded gang.

Thanks to the creator for this gem. Had a lot of fun. Would of given five stars had there been more depth to the characters and back story. Seems like you could add lots more ways to make the game more strategic and less repetitive by just adding a few new classes of characters with more unique buildings that provide different buffs etc. Youve got a solid game so far and to me the possibilities seem endless. Looking forward to any new games or additions from these guys!