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 upgrades and customization options, allowing for different strategies and playstyles.
- The game suffers from significant performance issues, especially in late-game scenarios, leading to lag and crashes.
- The scaling and difficulty can become frustratingly unbalanced, with sudden spikes in enemy strength that can feel unfair.
- Graphics and interface design are basic and could use improvement, which detracts from the overall experience.
- story25 mentions
- 4 % positive mentions
- 84 % neutral mentions
- 12 % negative mentions
The game's story is minimal and primarily revolves around completing missions with a focus on grinding and progression mechanics. Players experience a mix of randomness and difficulty spikes, particularly after the 20-minute mark, which can lead to frustrating gameplay. While the mission structure allows for varied objectives and rewards, the lack of a cohesive narrative or engaging storyline leaves much to be desired.
“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?”
- gameplay19 mentions
- 47 % positive mentions
- 37 % neutral mentions
- 16 % negative mentions
The gameplay is generally engaging and enjoyable, featuring a straightforward and nonlinear loop with a variety of mechanics, including upgrade stacking and permanent progression. However, performance issues, particularly lag, significantly detract from the experience, making longer sessions frustrating. While the core mechanics are fun and creative, the game's optimization problems overshadow its strengths.
“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.”
“The highlight is the progression mechanic, where you earn permanent upgrades by playing missions.”
“Gameplay is a good mixture between quick reaction tower placement and long-term decision making.”
“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 received significant criticism, with many players 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 remains essential to enhance overall player experience and prevent lag during intense gameplay moments.
“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 it, 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 and the potential for varied missions, 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.
“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.
“Recommended if you value mechanics over graphics in your games.”
“The graphics are meh but the gameplay mechanics themselves are actually pretty fun!”
“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 diverse character choices and branching storylines.”
“Each playthrough feels fresh thanks to the random events and multiple endings.”
“I love how the game encourages you to try different strategies, making every run unique.”
- music1 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The music in the game is noted for its emotional resonance and catchy rhythm, despite being somewhat limited in variety.
“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 and make levels unwinnable. Additionally, unexpected upgrades can disrupt tile placement due to a lack of a grace period, leading to further frustration.
“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 trying to place a building and an upgrade appears unexpectedly, you can inadvertently select it without warning.”
“The game frequently crashes during critical moments, making it impossible to progress without losing significant time and effort.”
