Armello

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Summary

Armello is a grand swashbuckling adventure that combines three styles of play; The deep tactics of card games with the rich strategy of table top board games, combined with a character role-playing system.

As a hero from one of the clans of Armello, you'll quest, scheme, hire agents, explore, vanquish monsters, cast spells and face off against other players, with one ultimate end goal in mind — storming the palace and becoming King or Queen of Armello. The Kingdom of Armello is as dangerous as it is beautiful, perils, banes and bandits hide around every corner and a spreading corruption known as the rot is leaving no creature untouched.

Armello is League of Geeks’ attempt to revolutionise digital board and card games, whilst providing players a rich world within which they can craft their own stories of epic adventure. The aim was to create a rich game full of backstabbing, close shaves, shattered alliances, ruses and empty promises - a perfect game to play with your friends.


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Armello Reviews & Ratings

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Review by faefantasia [user]
June 18, 2021

I really want to love this game. I really do. The gameplay is incredibly solid, the characters are very unique and surprisingly well-balancedI really want to love this game. I really do. The gameplay is incredibly solid, the characters are very unique and surprisingly well-balanced for the most part, the art style is absolutely gorgeous, and every game feels unique and interesting. There's a lot about this game that's genuinely amazing.But it's all dragged down by the game's awful, AWFUL connectivity issues. I can count on one hand the number of times I've played a game online and actually had it finish without the game breaking partway through. And by breaking, I mean that the turn timer just straight-up fails to work, and no one can make any progress whatsoever. I've literally just sat on the same player's turn for a full half hour without anything happening before finally giving up. I'd estimate about 70% of my games ended this way. The idea of seamlessly replacing a disconnected player with an AI seems like a foreign concept to the developers. And unfortunately, it's not just my connection - every single Armello player I've ever encountered on Xbox has encountered the same issue. Even getting a game to start is nightmarish - I've actually had multiple instances of the game just refusing to start despite all 4 players being present and ready. All of this is exacerbated by the total lack of local multiplayer - while this makes some sense due to certain game mechanics (hidden information, players being allowed to act when it's not their turn), it doesn't exactly help when your only other options are playing with predictable AI or attempting to play online only to run into a brick wall.Also there's a ton of DLC to the point where more than half the playable characters (and counting) have to be bought separately from the base game.I genuinely loved the games I was able to play to completion, and I desperately want to recommend this and give it a 9, but I can't in good conscience pretend these issues aren't there and don't drag down the game to the point of being nigh-unplayable.

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Review by tobivv [user]
April 24, 2020

Decent RPG board-video game, with very nice artstyle. The game is very RNG-heavy, and not only in battles, so you don't really feel the lossesDecent RPG board-video game, with very nice artstyle. The game is very RNG-heavy, and not only in battles, so you don't really feel the losses or wins are deserved.

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Review by Dagfinn [user]
September 22, 2018

A mediocre board game disguised by pretty videos and art.This game is incredibly random, there is no depth and no story, everything isA mediocre board game disguised by pretty videos and art.This game is incredibly random, there is no depth and no story, everything is determined by random dice rolls, there are no strategic choices to be made.There are supposed to be various ways to win, but unless someone has a lot of blind luck, the game time will run out and whoever happens to have the highest Prestige value wins.You constantly have to wait for all your opponents and NPCs to take their turns and that takes a very long time.The supposed RPG elements are non-existent.The videos and artwork are very pretty but they don't make a good board game alone.

100
Review by jaluk [user]
November 19, 2016

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Review by seabeeblue [user]
October 10, 2016

This game is to me what the clock is to civilization. Absolutely divine.Suck in your quick opinions. Anyone in the gaming industry shouldThis game is to me what the clock is to civilization. Absolutely divine.Suck in your quick opinions. Anyone in the gaming industry should study this game. Do not approach it to critique, but to learn. The balance is perfect, and anyone who would differ is just wrong.

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Game Information
Release Date January 22, 2015
Publisher League of Geeks
Content Rated E10+ (Everyone 10+)
Game Modes Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Player Perspectives Bird view / Isometric, Side view
Genres Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Quiz/Trivia, Adventure, Indie, Card & Board Game
Themes Fantasy
Platforms Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Android, iOS, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch