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Hex Commander: Fantasy Heroes

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88%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, grinding
88% User Score Based on 1,260 reviews

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Hex Commander: Fantasy Heroes is a single player and multiplayer economy turn-based strategy game with fantasy, economy and dark fantasy themes. It was developed by Home Net Games and was released on December 22, 2017. It received positive reviews from players.

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88%Audience ScoreBased on 1,260 reviews
story117 positive mentions
monetization45 negative mentions

  • Engaging and challenging turn-based strategy gameplay with a deep campaign for each of the four unique races.
  • High-quality graphics and sound that enhance the immersive fantasy atmosphere.
  • Fair monetization model; game can be fully enjoyed without spending money and has good developer support.
  • Some missions have excessive difficulty spikes, especially the Elven campaign and late stages, which can be frustrating.
  • Multiplayer and online modes suffer from connectivity issues and low player activity.
  • User interface issues such as lack of mission numbering, inability to skip or speed up enemy turns, and limited unit management controls.
  • story

    247 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game features a rich, engaging storyline across multiple campaigns involving various races, praised for its depth, variety, and strategic gameplay integration. While the story is generally well-received and immersive, players note issues like unnumbered missions causing confusion, difficulty spikes (especially in the elven campaign), and a desire for more content, expansions, and additional races. Overall, the story is considered a major strength, keeping players hooked, though fans eagerly await new missions and continuations to extend the narrative experience.

    • “Overall, a mind blowing story line and when you play it you will see how all the missions are connected to each other.”
    • “The graphics, the campaign, the units, the storyline - everything is captivating and very engaging to keep you hooked.”
    • “This game is the best strategy game ever made. The storyline and the contents are commendable.”
    • “The elven story is broken.”
    • “Also the elven quest line is a load of rubbish.”
    • “You are forced to play their stupid way and cannot upgrade anything without playing the next mission.”
  • graphics

    139 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game’s graphics are generally praised for being good to excellent, with many users highlighting detailed visuals, smooth animation, and appealing design that enhance the strategic and story-driven gameplay. However, some players feel the graphics could be improved or updated, and suggest adding options for adjustable graphical settings to improve performance on lower-end devices. Overall, the graphics are considered a strong point that contributes significantly to the game's engagement and enjoyment.

    • “This game has a solid story mode, graphics are great, perfect balance of challenging yet easy enough to comply after a few tries (in normal mode), no crashes yet, variety of units, great strategic gameplay, simple controls... I cannot recommend or rate this game highly enough... it's not pay-to-win and the ads are few enough to bear.”
    • “The graphics, the campaign, the units, the storyline—everything is captivating and very engaging to keep you hooked.”
    • “Strategic/casual gameplay, beautifully designed, stunning graphics and great narrative.”
    • “Graphics are poorly done and the game literally makes no sense.”
    • “I can't understand this game, its graphics are so bad.”
    • “Good game but poor graphics.”
  • gameplay

    52 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay is widely praised for its strategic depth, smooth controls, and engaging turn-based mechanics, offering a good balance of challenge and variety across factions and missions. Some players appreciate its polished graphics and simplicity, while others suggest enhancements like counterattacks, army splitting, additional units, and expanded campaigns to enrich the experience. Overall, it is considered an addictive, well-designed strategy game with room for further content and gameplay refinements.

    • “This game has a solid story mode, great strategic gameplay, simple controls, perfect balance of challenge, and a variety of units. It's not pay-to-win and has very few ads.”
    • “There is great strategy and tactical gameplay with no brainless auto play, a ton of mission variability, and a myriad of different factions and units.”
    • “Balanced gameplay, simple controls, and a four-race campaign make for an incredible experience.”
    • “I really dislike the map layouts, the movement rates, the army setups, and basically everything else about the gameplay.”
    • “Just thought the gameplay would eventually get repetitive.”
    • “Need graphics and gameplay improvements”
  • monetization

    51 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Reviews on monetization reveal a mixed experience: while many praise the game for fair, non-pay-to-win mechanics, reasonable pricing for in-app purchases, and few or no ads during gameplay, a significant portion criticize intrusive, frequent, and long ads—especially those appearing mid-battle—that detract from enjoyment and sometimes force players toward paying to remove them. Overall, the monetization approach is appreciated when ads are minimal or handled considerately but widely disliked when excessive or disruptive.

    • “Though above all the best thing about this game is that Hex Commander Games was so precise and timely with any glitch or mistake in app purchases; I have never experienced a faster or more polite response.”
    • “Everything about it is awesome, it's fully offline, free to play friendly, and has no ads.”
    • “I very rarely spend money on microtransactions and in-app purchases, but this one made me feel like it was well worth it.”
    • “But recently 30 seconds ads were added to force you to buy the ad remover... not good.”
    • “But the new ads will pop up in the middle of the screen where a dialog box is there making the game nearly unplayable.”
    • “Forced cash grab by making the 'grind' aspect of the game severely limited.”
  • grinding

    7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Grinding in the game is often described as tedious, especially in larger battles and at higher difficulty levels. While some appreciate that campaigns can be completed without spending money, many note that grinding or watching ads is necessary, with concerns about pay-to-win elements. Overall, the grind can detract from the experience, especially for players seeking more variety and challenge.

    • “90% of my time is spent playing easy missions I've already won by the 3rd move... tedious to move to troop story writing sucks after human ideas - harder modes available off get go.”
    • “No purchases needed to play, but expect a lot of grinding or ad-watching.”
    • “Hours of fun, but it tends to get grindy at higher difficulty levels.”
  • replayability

    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game offers strong replayability primarily through its PvP and skirmish modes, providing endless opportunities for repeated play. However, some users note that replay value may diminish without a sandbox mode or after extended play sessions. Overall, its competitive modes maintain lasting engagement for many players.

    • “Skirmish mode and PvP battles make this replayable over and over.”
    • “PvP and skirmish modes and replayability could go to a whole new level with that.”
    • “Endless replay value too.”
    • “Looks like a good game but without a sandbox mode, I don't know what its replay value would be.”
    • “Have replay value if you didn't play for such a long time.”
  • stability

    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game exhibits frequent stability issues, including occasional freezes and bugs, particularly in campaign missions like the goblin and dwarven campaigns. These glitches disrupt gameplay, resulting in a generally unstable experience.

    • “It's a good strategy game but like so many Android app games, it's full of glitches.”
    • “Glitch: there is a glitch in the goblin campaign mission called 'Source of Rain' where Lupis' dialogue freezes the game after turn 3.”
    • “Well, for passing time it's okay... but the dwarven campaign is buggy as hell.”
  • music

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Users praise the game's music for being very nice and complemented by a good soundtrack, enhancing the overall experience alongside the graphics and storyline.

    • “The graphics, music, and storyline of this game are really very nice.”
    • “Even has a good soundtrack.”
  • humor

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The humor in the game is described as light and enjoyable, with a comedic touch in the greenskin storyline featuring a humorous orc character. However, some frustrations with gameplay balance and AI detract from the overall experience.

    • “The best game, I love the Greenskin storyline with an idiotic orc who loves to crush enemies. It has a little funny comedy too.”
  • optimization

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game features good graphics and runs smoothly without performance issues. Users appreciate the current optimization but hope for further improvements in future updates.

    • “Good graphics, I've not experienced any problems with performance, and it has an original story.”
  • emotional

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Users find the emotional aspect of the game compelling and rewarding, with some feeling that in-app purchases provide worthwhile value, enhancing their overall experience.

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Hex Commander: Fantasy Heroes is a economy turn-based strategy game with fantasy, economy and dark fantasy themes.

Hex Commander: Fantasy Heroes is available on PC, Mac OS, Phone, iPad and others.

Hex Commander: Fantasy Heroes was released on December 22, 2017.

Hex Commander: Fantasy Heroes was developed by Home Net Games.

Hex Commander: Fantasy Heroes has received positive reviews from players. Most players liked Hex Commander: Fantasy Heroes for its story but disliked it for its monetization.

Hex Commander: Fantasy Heroes is a single player game with multiplayer and local co-op support.

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