Risk: Factions
- June 23, 2010
- Stainless Games Ltd.
- 10h median play time
Builds on the classic rules while keeping their timeless charm.
"Risk: Factions" is a warfare turn-based strategy game with both single-player and multi-player options. Players can choose from five distinct factions, each with unique abilities, and engage in classic or objective-based scenarios. The game is known for its good story, humor, and tactical gameplay, but some users have reported bugs. The ultimate goal is to command your army, take risks, and strive for world domination, while competing against others on leaderboards.
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Reviews
- Fun and engaging gameplay with a humorous twist on the classic Risk formula.
- Offers both classic Risk and a modified version with unique objectives and factions.
- Great for playing with friends, providing a mix of strategy and luck.
- The AI is often unbalanced and can lead to frustrating gameplay experiences.
- Multiplayer mode is plagued with bugs and crashes, making it difficult to find matches.
- The RNG can feel unfair, with improbable outcomes leading to player frustration.
- stability59 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game's stability is heavily criticized, with numerous reports of frequent crashes, freezes, and glitches, particularly in multiplayer mode. Players express frustration over the game's inability to maintain a stable experience, often leading to interrupted gameplay and a lack of responsiveness. While some enjoy the core mechanics, the overwhelming consensus is that the game's technical issues significantly detract from the overall experience, making it difficult to recommend.
“Don't buy this game, it crashed years ago with promises of fixes. Just tried again tonight, 45 minutes into a multiplayer game - same issue, it freezes.”
“Game crashes and freezes way too often. It makes it borderline impossible to finish a complete long game, and there's hardly anyone online playing.”
“Graphical glitches galore, netcode so broken it can't even sustain a simple turn-based game without crashing and disconnecting.”
- gameplay32 mentions
- 34 % positive mentions
- 53 % neutral mentions
- 13 % negative mentions
The gameplay of the game has received mixed reviews, with many praising its unique mechanics and engaging elements that breathe new life into the classic Risk formula. However, players have also noted significant issues such as poor AI performance, frequent bugs, and unresponsive controls, which detract from the overall experience. While the game offers fun multiplayer options and interesting features, its balance and stability need improvement for a more enjoyable experience.
“Risk: Factions uses new gameplay mechanics from standard Risk in order to keep the game interesting yet still holds on to its roots as a world conquest game.”
“There are some really interesting unique forms of gameplay that cannot be found in other versions of Risk games.”
“That's the bad stuff out of the way, so now on to the good stuff: I love the factions, the animations, the cutscenes, the bonuses, and the overhaul of the gameplay which has defined Risk games for decades, breathing new life into it.”
“Awful RNG for a game that's mechanics are entirely reliant on it; a 15 can easily lose to a 5 multiple times.”
“Almost no options for different game rules or mechanics.”
“Counter-intuitive gameplay and very few options make this game hard to recommend.”
- story26 mentions
- 27 % positive mentions
- 62 % neutral mentions
- 12 % negative mentions
The game's story is characterized by a humorous and entertaining narrative, featuring quirky characters and a light-hearted plot that adds charm to the gameplay. However, many players find the story mode to be short, with only five missions, and express a desire for more content or longer campaigns. While some appreciate the creativity and replayability offered by the story, others criticize the ease of the challenges and technical issues that detract from the overall experience.
“This game was amazing; great story, the missions were all different, I didn't get bored playing them. Overall, I would give this 10/10.”
“The back-story for the four races in the game is rather humorous and well made.”
“An interesting take on the classic Risk, humorous story, but the classic game mode is also available.”
“You're not here for the story.”
“The story mode is decently challenging, but it only takes like maybe five hours to beat.”
“Wish the campaign was longer or maybe had some DLC missions.”
- humor18 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The humor in the game is widely praised, featuring hilarious cutscenes, witty writing, and amusing character designs that enhance the overall experience. Players appreciate the funny storyline and quirky animations, which add charm and replayability, although some feel that the humor can become repetitive over time. Overall, the game successfully blends comedy with gameplay, making it enjoyable, especially in multiplayer settings.
“The game has hilarious cutscenes and expressions as well as attacks.”
“Some of the cut-scenes had me laughing more than some 'comedy' games.”
“The back-story for the four races in the game is rather humorous and well made.”
- graphics14 mentions
- 21 % positive mentions
- 57 % neutral mentions
- 21 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game, released in 2011, are generally considered subpar, with users noting slight graphical bugs and limited animation quality reminiscent of outdated flash animations. While the distinctive art style and cute aesthetics are appreciated, the lack of graphics options and frequent glitches detract from the overall experience. Despite these shortcomings, some players find the visuals acceptable for a strategy game, especially given its low price.
“I love Risk and I adore the graphical nature that this one includes.”
“This version is enjoyable and has cute aesthetics.”
“It's Risk, with the classic version, unique artwork and maps thrown in; it does the job.”
“Not the best graphics, but the game did come out in 2011.”
“Campaign mode is quite interesting; it features some nice cutscenes that demonstrate the distinctive art style of the game, but sadly they're not as well animated. Think of a fairly 'archaic' flash animation, and you'll get an idea of what I mean.”
“Graphics are subpar and music is boring and repetitive.”
- music3 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 33 % neutral mentions
- 67 % negative mentions
The music in the game has been criticized for being extremely repetitive and lacking variety, contributing to an overall boring experience.
“The music is extremely repetitive.”
“Graphics are subpar and the music is boring and repetitive.”
- replayability3 mentions
- 67 % positive mentions
- -33 % neutral mentions
- 67 % negative mentions
The game offers some replayability through its unique characters, humorous storyline, and additional maps, but overall, players should not expect significant replay value. While it includes features like territory-based skills that enhance gameplay, it lacks the depth and variety typically associated with high replayability in board games.
“They made some cool characters, a humorous main storyline, a few additional maps, and a version with territory-based special skills, which adds some extra dimensions and increases replayability.”
“Risk factions is what Risk is supposed to be like: multiple maps, fun gameplay, and high replay value (like any board game).”
“Do not expect to get a lot of replay value out of it.”
“It feels like they only made an effort for basic functionality which works pretty well, but they made some cool characters, and a humorous little main story line, a few additional maps, and a version with territory-based special skills, which adds some extra dimensions, and increases replayability.”
- monetization2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The monetization of Risk Factions has been criticized as a blatant cash grab by EA, detracting from the overall enjoyment of the game. Players suggest that a free version with advertisements could improve accessibility and potentially increase the player base.
“Risk Factions is an abominable piece of EA cash grab junk.”
“Fun game, just doesn't look like it has a high enough player base... probably should make a free version with advertisements or something.”
- optimization1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 300 % negative mentions
The game offers enjoyable multiplayer experiences, but it suffers from significant optimization issues that detract from the overall gameplay.
“The game is fun when you're playing with friends, but it's just so poorly optimized.”
“The optimization is a mess; it ruins the overall experience.”
“I can't believe how unoptimized this game is; it lags constantly even on high-end hardware.”
- grinding1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 300 % negative mentions
Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be slow and repetitive, with enjoyable animations that become tedious due to their lack of a skip option.
“Cons: A bit slow... The animations are nice, but after seeing the same ones over and over again, without a way to skip them, it gets tedious.”
“Grinding feels like a never-ending chore, and it really detracts from the overall enjoyment of the game.”
“The repetitive nature of grinding makes it hard to stay engaged; it often feels like I'm just going through the motions.”
