Might & Magic: Chess Royale

1. Hurloon

   Dec 27, 2020

   9

   It is simple, it is fun. Really good entry point to the genre. Give it a try for sure.

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2. imabser

   Mar 24, 2020

   7

   tl;dr 7/10 it's lots of fun and needs no tutorial to get into it and has no microtransactions, but suffers from lack of progression. The besttl;dr 7/10 it's lots of fun and needs no tutorial to get into it and has no microtransactions, but suffers from lack of progression. The best autochess game out of the lot to get into if you are new to the genre hands down.
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   I have tried dota 2 autochess and League of legends autochess and the one thing that turned me off from those games is the personal level with how few players there were in a match and how long it takes to go through a match as well as the hefty complexity and learning curve. Losing sucks in those games, you just get pounded repeatedly for 10 minutes with no leeway if you suck or are just starting. You have to consult online guides and do research to even stand a chance.
   
   In chess royale, there's a 100 people and you're bound to be better than most of them. If you have any kind of familiarity with autochess this game needs no tutorial and has lots of quality of life features that make the gameplay flow easily, like showing openly and easily what synergies with what and alerting you clearly what units you already have on the buy menu so you can buy them for later combining.
   
   On the downside there's little or no progression in this game, you can unlock avatars, autochat phrases, and avatar borders and that's it... Nothing else really to work towards besides being number 1 in each match or getting involved with the leaderboards which appear to have no baring on skill but rather how much you play.
   
   The games go quick, with an early loss being around 5-10minutes and at 10 minutes being when 50 players are normally left and with 15+ minutes if you manage to get in the top 5.
   
   My favorite thing about this game is the fact that you can play and learn as you go, a huge turn off for me is when you have to do research to play a game, a little hypocritical since i play dwarf fortress, but most people don't have time or want to spend time learning how to play a game.
   
   Being able to learn the game and create your own meta as you go along the way is a truly special thing in online games that you see rarely nowadays and only if you are one of the first players. Normally hours after a game has released the perfect meta and way you should play the game has already been figured out by other players and you just feel like a chump not playing the meta. In other words, due to there being 100 players even in your first few matches you have a great chance of getting in the top 50 where as in other autochess games the other 7 or so players will just scrub the floor with you mercilessly.
   
   Anyways 7/10 I'd give this a 8/10 but it is on the Uplay launcher and im not dissing the Uplay launcher just cause it's not steam, I'm dissing it because the playerbase will be smaller because they won't bring it to steam. From what i've seen though it is on mobile so hopefully that will sustain it.
   
   All in all lots of fun.… Expand

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4. Serandis

   Feb 2, 2021

   4

   So - i reached the third checkpoint and i think i can make a pretty certain review for this one.
   
   I played my first 3 games wich you areSo - i reached the third checkpoint and i think i can make a pretty certain review for this one.
   
   I played my first 3 games wich you are forced to paly without any explaination.. luckily i won 2/3 games as first. Iplayed roughly 60 games and was #1 in about 51. It´s pretty simple, you go for Synergies, you find out what the strongest unit is and go for it. In the early-,mid- & endgame.
   
   It has no new invented mechanics for an Auto-Chess game. You have more depth in your Gold regulation and the Heroes are quite interesting if you can actually make them work after some levels.. but that´s also the weakpoint of this game. I opened my first scarlet chest and suddenly had enemies with even fancier heroes than i had. Some of thm almost oneshot my entire board before the fight started and so on..
   
   It IS pay to win, there is no doubt in it. When you play this game, you get the feeling that it´s only made for money. It´s unpolished and not thought through. It lacks statistics and you mostly have no idea about what´s actually happening. And ofc you don´t have to forget about some heroes being absolutely op.
   
   There is this one hero that makes your units have a 50% chance to dodge every incoming damage when a certain healthpercentage is reached. But sometimes 8 of my units do about 100 attacks in the last 15 seconds on the last single unit of the enemy and none of them hit wich makes it hard to believe that it´s just a 50% chance.
   
   No matter how good you think your hero is, there will someone be with an even greater Hero.. that you also have to pay for ofc. The prices are ridiculous and you feel betrayed with every purchase you do.
   
   It´s also layed out like every mobile game is. You can grab free stuff. The free progress system gives you some stuff, wich is nice. The pool to get a normal chest is 100/100 wich you get for a game and the refill is hourly & the poolsize low, so you actually miss a lot when you sleep. It´s an awful system for people who don´t have the time to access this game regularly.
   
   I love the HoM&M series but this game is - in my opinion - not worth having this name. It´s a fun game that you can enjoy if you actually put some money in. But i would not recommend it to anyone.… Expand

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5. Flemat

   Aug 2, 2020

   1

   After a week of play, here is the ONE major, fundamental problem with this game (speaking from experience, had played many similar auto chessAfter a week of play, here is the ONE major, fundamental problem with this game (speaking from experience, had played many similar auto chess games before):
   
   The game overall is nice, champions are kinda balanced. HOWEVER after a certain point...
   
   When I started playing, my 1st 3 or so games were trash (was forced to push the fight button). Then after I got the chance to read the champions and synergies, I came up with my comp, and with some luck, I quite often was able to execute it and got many 1st places in a row (mostly were AI a max of 5 people in 1 game i ever met, but usually 1-3).
   Then after some questing, farming, and some heroes leveling, and saving up 750 crystals, I was finally able to open my first SCARLET CHEST (best worth/value in my opinion). The problems came from THIS point onward. After opening the scarlet chest, were I also received my first purple(epic) tier hero btw., the game started to throw insanely overpowered AI-s at me. Where my heroes had 10-20 stats, their heroes had 20-30 with already active abilities. From this point onward
   
   ...it was NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE:
   - To do any quests (aka. farm) that required to win with my low lv. hero vs ANY of the AI heroes;
   - To place in top 50 were as before was always top 5
   - To actually play. AI will dominate you, and as for players: ONE, there are SO few, its not even worth mentioning that you will be able to beat them, since the chances that you will fight a player instead of an AI is minimal, and TWO the enemy player will be minimum 1 tier above you (on tier 3, i faced 4 sometimes 5 enemies).
   This basically means: ALL the other AI and ENEMY players, MIGHT have have a 10% damage, and WILL have a MINIMUM of 50% up to what I have seen a 90% HP bonus. So even if you have better synergies or even a higher tier cost/unit with higher base stats I was beaten. For example (last unit fights) MY silver 2 star gnoll lost vs a 1 star gnoll; OR my 1 star Behemoth lost to a 1 star ghost; etc...
   
   Another week has passed, and I'm starting to see some cheats/hacks as well. Some russian players had a full 3 star undead comp. Said SAME russian guy next game, had almost THE SAME 3 star vampire,etc comp, with a diff being that instead of 3 star ghost, had 3 star dragon. I mean doesn't anyone else smell something fishy/stink?! As i foresaw questing is a major pain in my rear, and not only if you manage to beat your odds, now you have 99% sure cheaters as well!
   
   Conclusion: Do not play good, in fact lose intentionally; DO NOT OPEN CHESTS EARLY (do not progress), or you kinda **** yourself. So then I have to ask the question, how is this fun?! Its so scripted, it hurts!
   
   PS: If you need to avoid opening chests early to NOT **** yourself, that means there is ABSOLUTELY no point in buying anything for cash, in fact you might just screw yourself even more, which will end in a "i need to spend more, to be able to keep up" endless loop I think. Who knows, maybe that was UBISOFT's plan. I wasn't intending to use the shop anyways, since buying coins already seemed POINTLESS. Crystals on the other hand...oh boy. Your call if you want to pump a LOT of money in it, so you can be the top of the slot machine. But be warned. If I (UPLAYER) will press the + button, you might face 90+ or so angry AI-s who will kill you, so GIVE ME MORE $$$!!!
   
   Yours: A "I will very soon uninstall this garbo" player.
   
   Score: 2/10
   Solid mechanics, true to the might and magic lore, well balanced units.
   Game breaking AI/matchmaking balance; unplayable after 20-30 matches / your first early scarlet chest opening. Had a solid 2 days worth of fun, and 5-6 days of misery hence 2/10 and not any higher even with all the pros, the cons is just TOO GREAT! RIP
   
   After week 2, score changed to 1/10
   
   Back to HoMM 3 ^^… Expand

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6. burrru

   Jun 1, 2020

   1

   This is a pay-to-win game. The rules are being changed every week or two. There are a lot of bots. The game crashes constantly.

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7. leoriela

   Sep 14, 2020

   1

   Opponent and I got 2 lives. I win the first game but opponent does not record the loss and still has2 lives remaining. I subsequently losesOpponent and I got 2 lives. I win the first game but opponent does not record the loss and still has2 lives remaining. I subsequently loses both games consecutively.
   
   The recent update has made the game pay to win as well.… Expand

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8. BigBossManXXXX

   Sep 12, 2020

   0

   This game only has it's name from our beloved franchise to offer.
   Practically all the rest is hot garbage impo.
   They should really investThis game only has it's name from our beloved franchise to offer.
   Practically all the rest is hot garbage impo.
   They should really invest time, money and effort into making a proper HOM&M game again!… Expand

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