Airship Dragoon

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Airship Dragoon is a single player strategy game with a science fiction theme. It was developed by YorkshireRifles and was released on August 26, 2014. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Conquer the super-continent of Pangea with an invasion of Airships. Battle Dastardly Pirate Insurgents and keep the locals happy or they will be revolting.

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Single-Player

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60%

Audience ScoreBased on 43 reviews

gameplay6 positive mentions

grinding5 negative mentions

Airship Dragoon features engaging combat and strategic elements, making it a rewarding experience for fans of turn-based tactics.
The steampunk aesthetic and charming art style add a unique visual appeal to the game, enhancing the overall atmosphere.
Despite its flaws, the game offers a deep tactical experience with a variety of units and the ability to plan ahead, appealing to hardcore strategy gamers.

The game suffers from clunky controls and a frustrating user interface, making navigation and troop management tedious.
Gameplay is slow-paced, with large, mostly empty maps that can lead to prolonged battles and a sense of emptiness.
Many players find the lack of a tutorial and the convoluted mechanics overwhelming, making it difficult to fully enjoy the game.

gameplay
19 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
32%
52%
16%
The gameplay is characterized by a slow pace and large, often empty maps, which can detract from the overall experience, especially for players seeking immersion and narrative. While the combat is smooth and features engaging tactical elements, such as squad recruitment and morale mechanics, the complexity of controls and mechanics can be frustrating. Players who enjoy turn-based tactical gameplay may find it rewarding, but the overall experience can feel tedious and convoluted at times.
- “The gameplay is smooth, with engaging combat and strategic elements.”
- “Anyone who favors gameplay over graphics, has a fondness for turn-based play and enjoys X-COM style games will likely get many hours of fun.”
- “The ability to recruit and upgrade your squad and develop new weapons adds a rewarding element to the gameplay.”
- “Slow gameplay with mostly empty maps.”
- “This would add to the gameplay, except for the fact that the maps are so needlessly large and filled with wasted space that it just starts to feel like a slog in the middle of a battle.”
- “The gameplay is slow (bring a book, or play turns in between commercial breaks of a TV show) and the mechanics are hard to understand at times.”
graphics
11 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
27%
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The graphics of the game are generally described as mediocre, with some users noting a charming art style and decent unit models reminiscent of the N64 era. While the terrain graphics can be appealing with a realism mod, the overall visual presentation is considered clunky and not particularly impressive. However, many players feel that the engaging gameplay compensates for the lackluster graphics.
- “In full 3D on the big procedurally-generated maps of some presumably dystopian world made in steampunk aesthetics.”
- “The amount of content available and the quality of the graphics is brilliant considering the game is compacted into 250MB.”
- “With the realism mod enabled, the terrain graphics are sufficiently attractive in the tactical layer, though hardly amazing.”
- “The graphics are meh.”
- “My only complaint is that the graphics are somewhat meh, but it honestly won't take much from an experience like this.”
- “Graphically it is not impressive at all.”
grinding
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be tedious and unenjoyable, primarily due to cumbersome squad setup and slow unit movement during battles. The lack of efficient loadout management and poor pathfinding further contribute to frustration, leading some to abandon the game despite initial interest.
- “Overall not fun and tedious to play.”
- “Setting up your squad for each battle can be tedious as I could not find any way to remember loadouts.”
- “The opening turns can also be tedious as units can only be moved individually and you have to watch them all the way to their location.”
story
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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33%
The game's story is engaging and complements its charming art style, though it primarily focuses on wargame mechanics rather than narrative depth. It features two campaigns and eight nations, providing a solid gameplay experience, but players note the absence of tutorial missions as a missed opportunity for better onboarding.
- “The art style is charming, and the story keeps you hooked.”
- “The game itself contains 2 campaigns, 8 nations to choose from, single battles, and instructions, which is nice.”
humor
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The humor in the game is highlighted by its clever and amusing announcements, such as the phrase "lost it and gone nuts," which consistently elicits laughter from players.
- “The announcement that someone has 'lost it and gone nuts' was always hilarious.”
- “The witty dialogue and absurd situations had me laughing out loud.”
- “The game's humor is spot-on, with clever puns and unexpected twists that keep the experience light-hearted.”
music
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The music in the game has been criticized for being repetitive, leading some players to turn it off in favor of their own playlists. Overall, the soundtrack lacks variety and contributes to the feeling that the game is not fully polished.
- “The soundtrack gets repetitive, so I decided to turn it off and add my own background music through playlists.”
- “The music in this game feels unfinished and lacks variety, making it hard to stay engaged.”
- “Overall, the audio experience is underwhelming and detracts from the gameplay.”