Role of Hex
- February 20, 2023
- Verde
- 6h median play time
Get on Steam"Role of Hex" is a real-time strategy game where you defend your hexagonal base in an infinitely generated world. Expand outwards, explore, and exterminate threats across two planets and multiple biomes. With upgrades, specializations, and unique equipment, every run offers a new challenge as you adapt to the increasing horde.
PC
Windows
Reviews
- The game has a fun and engaging core gameplay loop, combining tower defense with roguelike elements.
- The developer is very active and responsive to community feedback, frequently releasing updates and improvements.
- There is a good variety of missions and upgrades, allowing for creative strategies and replayability.
- The game suffers from severe lag and performance issues, especially in late-game scenarios, making it nearly unplayable.
- Many systems and mechanics are poorly explained, leading to confusion and frustration for players.
- There is a significant balance issue, with certain towers being overwhelmingly superior, resulting in one-sided gameplay.
- story25 mentions
- 4 % positive mentions
- 84 % neutral mentions
- 12 % negative mentions
The game's story is minimal and primarily revolves around mission-based gameplay, where players engage in various objectives to earn upgrades and progress. While the progression mechanics offer a sense of achievement, the experience is marred by significant lag and randomness, particularly in longer missions, which can lead to frustration and a lack of coherent narrative structure. Overall, players find the gameplay loop straightforward but lacking in depth and engaging storytelling elements.
“Since certain missions and optional objectives give you certain rewards, you get to enjoy a variety of missions while farming.”
“The highlight is the progression mechanic, where you earn permanent upgrades by playing missions.”
“There's missions that require you to survive 25 minutes, but this new king lurker boss spawns at 20 minutes and most of the time seems completely overpowered compared to the enemies at that time.”
“A boss perhaps, some events (besides the waves), a goal to recover and hold a structure, maybe some sort of storyline, a goal?”
- gameplay20 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 35 % neutral mentions
- 15 % negative mentions
The gameplay is generally engaging and features a straightforward loop with a mix of quick reactions and long-term strategy, offering a variety of upgrades and mechanics that keep players interested. However, the experience is marred by significant performance issues, particularly lag, which detracts from the enjoyment and can make longer sessions frustrating. While the core mechanics are fun and creative, the dominance of one tower type leads to a somewhat unbalanced experience.
“The gameplay is straightforward and nonlinear with a good feel for each upgrade (both per round and meta) and a lot of creative wiggle room for you to play around with.”
“Gameplay is a good mixture between quick reaction tower placement and long-term decision making.”
“The highlight is the progression mechanic, where you earn permanent upgrades by playing missions.”
“After so long in development and so many patches and updates that supposedly fixed or improved the causes of lag, I have to say I see zero actual improvement in terms of gameplay experience.”
“A very fun game with a relatively simple concept and gameplay loop, unfortunately ruined by lag.”
“The gameplay loop is overall fairly simple.”
- optimization16 mentions
- 19 % positive mentions
- 63 % neutral mentions
- 19 % negative mentions
The game's optimization has been a significant concern among players, with many reporting severe performance issues, particularly in longer sessions, leading to frustrating gameplay experiences. However, recent updates have shown improvement, addressing some of the most critical performance problems, making the game more playable. Despite these advancements, ongoing optimization is still needed to enhance overall stability and player experience.
“In less than a month, he has not only greatly improved performance issues but also gone on to add content.”
“Its a new game and that's why I'm not asking for my money back, but I hope updates will fix this quality of life issue... update 1.1 wow, the update fixed a lot of performance issues.”
“The only suggestion I'd make is to increase the game optimization; I had one crash and one high-difficulty game where the damage calculations started to cause some very serious lag, but for $8, definitely worth the purchase.”
“While the gameplay loop is fun and pretty engaging, grinding for drops and such, it is horribly unoptimized, making it an absolute pain to play any games that go on longer than 12 minutes.”
“If it was optimized, I would 100% recommend, but unfortunately, that isn't the case.”
“The main issue is performance; this game spikes to sub 10 fps regularly, consistently even.”
- grinding8 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be tedious and poorly optimized, often leading to frustrating experiences, especially in longer sessions. Despite the engaging gameplay loop, the grind for upgrades and drops can feel overwhelming, particularly as difficulty spikes significantly after the 15-minute mark, making progress feel stagnant even after extensive playtime. While there are varied missions and rewards, the overall grind can detract from the enjoyment of the game.
“And when I say grind, I mean tedious, boring, laggy grind for 1000+ pieces of a level up.”
“While the gameplay loop is fun and pretty engaging, grinding for drops and such is horribly unoptimized, making it an absolute pain to play any games that go on longer than 12 minutes.”
“Even with several dozen hours of grinding meta progress, you will routinely get roflstomped, anywhere after that 15 minutes, out of the blue, by basic enemies... let alone if you're unlucky enough to reveal the boss.”
- graphics7 mentions
- 29 % positive mentions
- 29 % neutral mentions
- 43 % negative mentions
The graphics in the game are generally considered basic and simplistic, often leading to performance issues, particularly during intense gameplay moments. While some players find the visuals adequate for conveying gameplay, many report significant slowdowns and glitches that hinder the overall experience. Overall, the game is recommended for those who prioritize gameplay mechanics over graphical fidelity.
“The graphics are meh but the gameplay mechanics themselves are actually pretty fun!”
“Recommended if you value mechanics over graphics in your games.”
“Graphics are weak, and significant game slowdowns when too much is on the screen, to the degree that it's difficult to register mouse clicks and keyboard presses, which for a real-time game is a killer.”
“Besides some graphical and audio glitches, my most obvious complaints are the poor performance in late stages which can make them unwinnable as it's too laggy to place any new tiles down.”
“The graphics are simplistic, but just enough to convey what is going on.”
- replayability1 mentions
- 300 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The game is highly regarded for its replayability, thanks to a simple and user-friendly interface that encourages players to return for multiple playthroughs.
“The game offers incredible replayability with its simple and user-friendly interface.”
“Each playthrough feels fresh and engaging, making you want to dive back in for more.”
“The variety of choices and outcomes ensures that no two runs are ever the same.”
- music1 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The music in the game is described as impactful and resonant, featuring a limited but enjoyable sound that enhances the overall experience.
“The music hits home and, while limited, has a good hum to it.”
- stability1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 300 % negative mentions
Users report stability issues primarily related to performance lag in late-game stages, which can hinder gameplay by making it difficult to place new tiles. Additionally, the sudden appearance of upgrades without a grace period can lead to accidental selections, further complicating the experience.
“Besides some graphical and audio glitches, my most obvious complaints are the poor performance in late stages, which can make them unwinnable as it's too laggy to place any new tiles down.”
“The lack of a grace period when an upgrade pops up is frustrating; if you're clicking to place down a building, you can inadvertently select an upgrade if it appears unexpectedly.”
“The game frequently crashes during critical moments, making it impossible to progress without losing significant time and effort.”
