Wintermoor Tactics Club

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  • Summary: Wintermoor Tactics Club is a story about surviving high school, with gameplay inspired by tactics RPGs and visual novels.

    It was hard enough for Alicia at the famed Wintermoor Academy before it erupted into a snowball war! Now her club's only hope is to transform from nerdy nobodies into    Wintermoor Tactics Club is a story about surviving high school, with gameplay inspired by tactics RPGs and visual novels.

    It was hard enough for Alicia at the famed Wintermoor Academy before it erupted into a snowball war! Now her club's only hope is to transform from nerdy nobodies into fantasy heroes. Unravel a reality-bending mystery. Test your strategic mettle against an avalanche of colorful characters. And don't forget to make friends!    … Expand

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  1. God is a Geek
    Sep 10, 2020
    75
    Wintermoor Tactics Club is perfect for newcomers to the genre, but doesn't offer much for experienced tactics players.
  2. Cubed3
    Dec 1, 2020
    70
    While the gameplay can be a little bit slow in Wintermoor Tactics Club, the battles are amazing and the story is very intriguing. It is a small, charming little tale that is very enjoyable and has obviously had a lot of work put into it. This title is recommendable to anyone that enjoys strategy table-top games like Dungeons & Dragons. It is wonderful when played on-the-go.
  3. NintendoWorldReport
    Sep 10, 2020
    65
    At the end of the semester, Wintermoor Tactics Club earns a passing grade for its accessible gameplay and charming story beats, but there’s red ink all over the Switch’s performance. If you don’t mind frequent loading screens and stuttering, consider grabbing this version for the portability, but playing on PC might offer a more enjoyable experience.

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  1. BusinessCat
    Jan 13, 2023
    9
    Great game. I love how it feels like friends gathering to play a dnd game. Even the characters take on the typical personalities that youGreat game. I love how it feels like friends gathering to play a dnd game. Even the characters take on the typical personalities that you would find when getting people together to play a tabletop game.

    The story is great. Top marks.

    The gameplay is good. It feels a little basic and easy at times, but you can challenge yourself to go for the “medals” but completing a level within certain parameters (you can repeat previous levels as well).

    My slight issues are that the load times when traveling between locations is noticeably lengthy and I wish there was more variety in the enemies, but it makes sense why not.

    I think if you like dnd or like tactics types of games or if you want a great short story then this is worth picking up.    … Expand
  2. LazyWolf0
    Jan 12, 2022
    9
    A great game, with such a lovely heartwarming story. Great characters, very believable. Writing in general is fantastic, and so is art design.A great game, with such a lovely heartwarming story. Great characters, very believable. Writing in general is fantastic, and so is art design.

    I think the difficulty is also spot on - early game eases you in and explains the mechanics, while closer to the end I felt quite challenged.

    My only complaint would be about the Switch port quality. The loading times become noticeably long after about 1h of play, and I had to quit the game for them to return back to normal, and game even crashed once.

    Other than that it’s a fantastic game, one of the best I played on Switch, and just so wholesome.    … Expand
  4. weasleye
    Feb 4, 2021
    8
    Pros
    Incredible Art work
    Incredible Soundtrack Incredible story that is lovingly crafted about era long since gone by interweaving    Pros
    Incredible Art work
    Incredible Soundtrack
    Incredible story that is lovingly crafted about era long since gone by interweaving highschool politics with high fantasy DnD

    Cons:
    Game crashed 4 times through out my playthrough
    Early game can be a bit too easy before the challenge ramps up towards the end.    … Expand
  5. koomdaddy
    Aug 16, 2021
    7
    The good:
    -A really wholesome game. Even though the cast of NPCs are caricatures they somehow still feel genuine and believable
    -Feels like    The good:
    -A really wholesome game. Even though the cast of NPCs are caricatures they somehow still feel genuine and believable
    -Feels like a love letter to not so much the game of D&D as much as the act of getting together to play it. There were so many offhand comments and asides that gave me cause to smile.
    -Although you get slight upgrades as you go on, you pretty much play through with the abilities you have from the start, and the increasing levels of difficulty require you to apply those skills in more clever ways.

    The bad:
    -The biggest thing stopping me from giving this a better rating is the poor optimisation for Switch. The load times between very small areas are off-putting, and hard to understand given what the Switch is capable of. There's a few times where you need to go back and forth between areas and it's a real pain because of this. Would love to see it get an update to help deal with this. Alternatively, I'm guessing that the PC version wouldn't have the same issues    … Expand