Warhammer Quest is a new fantasy strategy RPG from Rodeo Games. It is a ported version of Games Workshop’s classic dungeon adventure board game that aims to recapture the essence of the original board game. It is now available to be purchased from the App store with an initial price of $4.99 and additional In-App Purchases.
Warhammer Quest takes place in the same world of Warhammer Fantasy games, where heroes form a quest party to adventure in dungeons, slay monsters and loot treasures. Unlike in the board game version, where each player takes the role of one hero and cooperates with others to win, you will instead have control of a party of heroes in this mobile version.
Basically, you will have access to a four-member party that consists of four character classes: Berserker, Dwarf, Elf and Wizard. The berserker and dwarf are for melee combat, while elf and wizard can attack enemies from a distance. It also provides additional three warriors Erzmagier, Trollslayer and Warrior Priest to purchase with each priced at $2.99. There are three difficulty levels based on how challenging the combat is and whether or not your warriors can be permanently killed. In each mode, you will take your hero party to adventure in dark and dangerous dungeon and complete quests.
The game features classic top-down view and turn-based strategy gameplay. Before entering a dungeon, you will be presented with a text-based narration like in a D&D game, which depicts the quest and the situation. When it is your turn, you can control each hero to perform actions like moving, attacking or healing. Tap on a hero and you will see there are some squares on the floor as well as some in-sight enemies are highlighted. The highlighted squares show where you can move this hero. The enemies highlighted in red means they are melee targets, and the enemies highlighted in orange means they are ranged targets. Each hero has a limited number of moves to make in one turn, and when there are no more moves left, you can choose to end this turn to replenish your movement. You need to beware of where you leave your heroes before ending a turn, as after you end a turn the enemies in insight will launch their attacks.
One stricking feature in Warhammer Quest is that if you hold your iOS device in portrait mode, you can have access to inventory and view your character information and stash, and if you hold it in landscape mode, you will be back to your adventure.
Between quests, you can go to the settlements, where you can sell the loot, level up heroes, offer prayers in the temple and do other activities. There are other instant events that might occur while you are in a settlement. For example, one of your hero might be thrown in jail for whatever he may or may not have done and other heroes have to bail him out. These lucky or unlucky incidents really make the game interesting, but if you are unlucky, it will cost you a small fortune of gold.
Rodeo games have done a great job making this port. It does manage to capture the essence of the original board gameplay, delivering a deep fun strategy RPG experience. The only disappointment is that it doesn’t have a multiplayer mode, and an important fun part of the Warhammer series is that each hero comes from a different player. The single player mode may be strategically deep, but it also misses something that can motivate players to keep the game playing longer without getting bored.
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