Heroes of Dragon Age

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 9
  3. Negative: 2 out of 9
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  1. MacLife
    Dec 11, 2013
    70
    Heroes of Dragon Age is a generally entertaining romp through Thedan lore, but a lack of battle interaction and an overly limiting stamina bar blight the whole.
  2. 148Apps
    Dec 11, 2013
    70
    Part of a genre where every strategic battle title begins to look familiar, Heroes of Dragon Age separates itself with highly detailed artwork and gameplay to match. However, initial long load times and semi-auto gameplay might put some off.
  3. Gamezebo
    Dec 9, 2013
    70
    Heroes of Dragon Age is a decent collectable card game, though its poor stamina system and passive battles make it difficult to recommend to hardcore Dragon Age fans who enjoy the series for its action and exploration.
  5. Digital Spy
    Dec 10, 2013
    60
    With the game's focus so squarely on collecting character figurines, Heroes of Dragon Age will only really appeal to fans of the series. And once you get going, collecting and leveling up your figurines can become quite addicting. But Dragon Age fans should set their expectations accordingly before playing, because there is still a long wait until the next proper game in the series.
  6. Multiplayer.it
    Dec 14, 2013
    55
    Heroes of Dragon Age ends up being a game you can hardly say you’re actually playing, with its focus on in-app purchases and a gameplay with way too limited interaction.
  7. Eurogamer
    Mar 3, 2014
    50
    A little more faith in the player's ability to cope with deeper strategy and Heroes of Dragon Age would be a genuinely good game. Conversely, it would only take a few more turns of the micro-transaction screw for it to be intolerable. Strange as it sounds, this somewhat awkward middle ground actually represents huge progress for EA's freemium ambitions.
  8. Everyeye.it
    Dec 20, 2013
    50
    Several interesting ideas are not enough to make Heroes of Dragon Age a convincing Mobile title. Gameplay is practically nonexistent and a superficial implementation of features make it a mediocre title to avoid.
  9. Vandal
    Dec 11, 2013
    49
    The idea is good, but the implementation is not. At the moment, the game abuses the free-to-play model, so we can only hope for a future update of its gameplay and in-app purchases system.
  10. Hyper Magazine
    Mar 9, 2014
    30
    A greedy, nasty piece of work, based on a broken economy scheme. [Apr 2014, p.74]
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3.8

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 17 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 17
  3. Negative: 10 out of 17
  1. Texhnolyze
    Mar 1, 2014
    0
    Warning! Heroes of Dragon Age is a SCAM!
    THIS IS NOT F2P!!
    THIS IS P2P and P2W. A money hole! There are 10 areas. Each area consists of 5    Warning! Heroes of Dragon Age is a SCAM!
    THIS IS NOT F2P!!
    THIS IS P2P and P2W. A money hole!
    There are 10 areas. Each area consists of 5 "missions".In order to buy rare packs you have to collect crystals by mastering each mission. You can master each mission by completing it(defeating all oponnents) from 3(first mission) to 12 times (last 5th mission). By area 4 you are stopeed on mission 1 by a group of 4 rares!
    By that time i only had 2 rares! And i didn't have any a mage who could attack all enemies and stun them! I opened 30 something soldier packs and found only 1 rare(exluding the one you always get during tutorial!)!!
    Absurd!!
    This clearly means that you can not continue the F2P game beyond are 3!
    F2P players can only have one fight every 20 minutes!! More so the surplus of energy/stamina before leveling up does not add to you energy/stamina bar after you get another level. You lose it all!
    WTF!?
    You need strong(rare/epic/legendary) "figurines" in order to advance both in PVE and PVP. And you can only get them by spending REAL money.
    26$ to buy 10 packs that have guaranted rare! Back in my country 26 $ is 1/15 of the minimal monthly wage!
    I guess for the swiss who made this scam, 26$ is candy money!
    After some time it is impossible to master missions thus so not being able to collect more crystals! It get's to hard and you don't have enough energy and stamina for the grind.
    Game over for F2P on are 3.

    That's why this not a f2p but p2p + p2w.
    Read the review on RPGCodex yourselfs.    … Full Review »
  2. M8ass
    Jan 16, 2014
    4
    Heroes of dragon age is a bizarre attempt by EA to try advancing into the mobile market, and the concept "pay to win games" as they are knownHeroes of dragon age is a bizarre attempt by EA to try advancing into the mobile market, and the concept "pay to win games" as they are known to be called, its collection game, while also a rpg. You use your soldiers to travel amongst the map defeating groups of enemy soldiers that gets harder and harder until you cant progress any further. Its a game that rewards you for investing time into it, and punishes you for not doing so. In the end it comes to money, and how much you invested in it. There is a game play wall that appears abruptly and you can not pass it unless you either pay absurd amounts of money, once you done this you taken the first step towards damnation.

    Its not a bad game, but make sure you understand the concept that EA wants you to invest around 100, 150 bucks into this thing, and in my opinion you can get so much more fun by investing these into other things, like other games, a fun experience, or intoxicating liquids.    … Full Review »
  3. bobbythebrown
    Jan 4, 2014
    0
    Terrible excuse for a game. It makes the single-player quest impossible to complete without spending massive amounts of real money. Fights areTerrible excuse for a game. It makes the single-player quest impossible to complete without spending massive amounts of real money. Fights are repetitive and strategy counts for nothing, compared to the amount of money spent upgrading characters. It quickly reaches a point where spending hundreds of dollars is the only way to progress. Freemium games are fine, but in this case, the game is crippled from the start in order to gouge people.… Full Review »
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