
But, don’t let the simplicity put you off, it works in the game’s favour.Īs I play my Switch in handheld mode more than in docked, having a simple map made the game much easier and quicker to play through in short bursts here and there. You’re often given the chance to branch off and travel down a different direction, but there is ultimately only one way you can go as all side exits lead to treasure, more battles or new allies. Whereas in HoMM you would be traversing around an open area, moving freely until you entered combat, the Braveland games simply have a map which you move around, from point to point. As the game is essentially a mobile game, don’t expect anything too deep. The core gameplay and mechanics of the Braveland Trilogy are very similar within each of the three games.

I can’t feel threatened by that cute face! Reunite with your crew members, and hire more at the various Inns, as you take on the undead, evil pirates, and monsters who will stop at nothing to stop you finding the treasure. Finally, we take for the seas as we become a mighty pirate, yarrrr! On your way to discovering great treasures, your ship is capsized and you wash up on the beach.Venture through various magical lands as you pull together a group of allies as you take down orcs, ghosts, and other foul beasts. Next, we venture into the fantastical as we enter the world of wizards and witchcraft! As a new graduate from the Academy of Magic, you set out to prove yourself and engage in your biggest adventure yet.It’s your task to join up with multiple allies and seek revenge as you go from being a very weak and reserved individual, who is fueled by rage, to a strong and powerful commander who can command his mighty army. First, we have a tale of a humble warrior’s son whose village was raided.So, what are the three stories you’ll be engaged with? I’m not quite sure why as I’ve not experienced any overlapping story, but the game does get more advanced as you progress through each story. You can also choose to play whichever you want in whatever order you please, but the game does warn you that it recommends you play them in order. Each game is presented as a new story within the game, all running independently from one another with their own heroes, creatures, enemies, mechanics, and abilities. Let’s find out why…Īs you’ll most likely gather from the name, the Braveland Trilogy contains three games in one package. However, don’t let the visual design or what you ‘think’ the game is going to be like put you off, the Braveland Trilogy relit my love for this particular genre and are among my favourite Nintendo Switch titles I own so far. Although, the iOS and Android optimisations and ease of play are clearly evident in all versions of the games. The Braveland games may look and play like mobile phone games yet they were simultaneously released on both mobile devices and PC upon their original debut. Well, that was until I was given the chance to take a look at the Braveland Trilogy on the Nintendo Switch. Who is new in the genre of the lap strategy, which will certainly find joy, but for veterans it is then somehow too little content.What’s the last tactical SRPG you played? I’m not talking about games such as Phantom Doctrine or XCOM, I mean games like Heroes of Might and Magic (HoMM) in which you travel across a map and engage in single-screen tile-based warfare? It seems like this particular style isn’t very popular as I can’t think of any games outside of the brilliant aforementioned Heroes of Might and Magic series which actually use mechanics like this. However, strategic thinking is needed for the fights and I also liked the look.


You can tell the game in general the origin of a mobile games, as much slimmed looks like the menus. Each unit has, as we know it, different advantages and disadvantages, unfortunately, the diversity is much lower than in comparable games. We move from left to right on hex hexes to the opponent. Each unit type has a figure as a representative, below it is the number of individual units, so the stronger the unit is. The bouts, the main part of the game are turn-based. Part 2 and 3 are almost identical in gameplay, only the setting has been adjusted to mages and pirates.

In the other fields, we can usually recruit new units or buy items. We move from field to field with our hero, whose village was robbed by robbers, and in almost every field there is fighting. Braveland is a classic strategy game with round bouts like Heroes of Might and Magic.
