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Talisman: Classic Edition

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72%Game Brain Score
graphics, gameplay
stability, story
72% User Score Based on 1,195 reviews

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Talisman: Classic Edition is a single player casual strategy game. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Talisman: Digital Classic Edition - the iconic Games Workshop fantasy board game

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72%
Audience ScoreBased on 1,195 reviews
graphics12 positive mentions
stability27 negative mentions
  • Great implementation of the classic board game, capturing its essence and nostalgia.
  • Offers a variety of playable characters and expansions, enhancing replayability.
  • Fun to play with friends or against AI, providing a mix of strategy and luck.
  • The game often favors AI players, leading to frustrating experiences for human players.
  • Controls and UI are clunky, making navigation and gameplay cumbersome.
  • Frequent crashes and bugs, especially after updates, hinder the overall experience.
  • graphics
    48 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The graphics of the game receive mixed reviews, with some players appreciating the aesthetic and board game feel, while others criticize the quality as low-resolution and illegible. Frequent updates intended to enhance graphics have led to performance issues, crashes, and a lack of noticeable improvements, leaving many users frustrated. Overall, while some find the graphics acceptable, many believe they need significant enhancement to match modern standards.

    • “The graphics are excellent.”
    • “Great graphics, which are as beautiful as the original artwork and are perfectly adapted for mobile.”
    • “The graphic style is consistent, although I'll admit it took me a little time to get used to, but on reflection it captures the feel of a board game very well.”
    • “Updates seem to make things worse, with the most recent one replacing some of the stock character graphics with broken black and white sprites.”
    • “The updates to improve graphics have not done anything noticeable to the board besides make it look like a resized low-res jpeg.”
    • “With low res graphics it's ugly and unplayable on my 10 inch tablet.”
  • gameplay
    33 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Gameplay reviews highlight a mix of experiences, with some players enjoying the streamlined mechanics and unique character interactions, while others criticize the difficulty, bugs, and tedious elements, particularly in spellcasting and online play. Many appreciate the game's visual presentation and the variety it offers, but there are calls for better balance and responsiveness in gameplay. Overall, while some find the gameplay engaging and fun, others feel it suffers from issues that detract from the overall experience.

    • “All annoyances were improved or eliminated leading to a fantastic gameplay experience!”
    • “Gameplay is superb.”
    • “Simply great, hours of gameplay, each session is different thanks to unique characters and hundreds of cards (just as normal board game version).”
    • “It's a great game, my only complaint is I wish developers would listen to the player base instead of trying to defend their mechanics. Maybe check the coding because it does seem to have unfair difficulty the majority of the time.”
    • “Decent port of the Talisman digital game for PC, but it seems to have brought in a number of gameplay bugs that are not present in the PC game.”
    • “The gameplay is boring and random, the graphics are almost illegible, and overall I didn't find it fun.”
  • stability
    28 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's stability is a significant concern, with numerous players reporting frequent glitches, crashes, and freezes that can render it unplayable, especially during online sessions. While some bugs have been addressed, many still persist, affecting gameplay mechanics and overall enjoyment. Despite these issues, some users still find the game enjoyable when it functions properly.

    • “The game runs great, and I love sitting down with my kids to play!”
    • “I appreciate how stable the game is; it rarely crashes or lags.”
    • “The performance is consistently smooth, making for an enjoyable gaming experience.”
    • “When it works... this game is so buggy it is sometimes unplayable.”
    • “Online play is so buggy at the moment; some of the bugs include the game crashing when trying to play online, the chat box not working properly, and not being able to rejoin games, that is if you can find a game on their barren servers.”
    • “Good, fun game but buggy even to the point you can't win the game.”
  • story
    14 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's story is praised for its epic fantasy theme and the ability to craft unique narratives for each character, enhancing the overall experience. However, some players have encountered technical issues with quest completion, particularly related to the warlock quests, which can disrupt the progression and access to certain areas. Despite these setbacks, the evolving story and randomness are appreciated, making each playthrough feel like a new adventure.

    • “Every game feels like a new adventure, a new story.”
    • “It tells a great story and has a number of expansions.”
    • “The game's fantasy theme really allows you to craft an 'epic' story for your character, and the fact that each character has different abilities really adds a lot to the game.”
    • “When doing the warlock quest ending, you get 4 quests, but if one of them is the one where you roll the dice, it messes up the system and doesn't recognize it as a completed quest.”
    • “With an incomplete warlock quest, you may not enter the inner region.”
    • “Completing this quest is impossible.”
  • replayability
    13 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game boasts impressive replayability due to its friendly user interface, easy instructions, and a wealth of characters and modes, along with numerous add-ons that enhance the experience. Players appreciate the vast amount of content, including a large card collection, which contributes to its longevity and fun factor. While the base game offers substantial replay value, some users note that it may be limited without expansions.

    • “Friendly UI, easy instructions, plenty of characters and modes for replay value, and several add-ons to purchase in addition to the game's dense contents.”
    • “Endless replayability.”
    • “Fantastic RPG-based board game, great fun and tons of replay value.”
    • “Without expansion, it has limited replay value.”
    • “The game is much more playable on a tablet than a phone, and it would be nice to be able to zoom in to the board.”
    • “While there is a huge amount of cards, the overall replayability feels lacking.”
  • monetization
    12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Users express frustration with the monetization model of the game, particularly regarding the presence of ads in a paid app, which they feel is unacceptable. While some acknowledge the option for DLC and in-game purchases, many believe that the game should offer more content upfront without additional costs or advertisements, leading to a negative impact on their overall experience.

    • “No ads, very solid, with an option for better graphics and sound or saving space.”
    • “No in-app purchases: fair, my title for this game is typical role-playing game.”
    • “Also, why are there ads in a game I have literally spent over $15 on?”
    • “Update: docking a star for the ads on the landing page - a paid app should not have ads - especially flashing ones.”
    • “Guys, come on, ads are unacceptable in paid apps.”
  • optimization
    7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's optimization has received mixed reviews, with users reporting significant performance issues, particularly when switching away from the app or not using Google Play Games. While the gameplay is generally smooth, recent updates have led to stuttering animations and overall slower performance, detracting from the experience.

    • “Lots of fun and runs smoothly for the most part.”
    • “Thanks for the online-only fix; however, performance seems to have taken a hit, and animation is stuttering a bit.”
    • “If you tab away or turn the screen off, gameplay turns into a stuttering mess when you come back.”
    • “It's not optimized for mobile gameplay and feels more like a PC version.”
    • “The game is great, but the last update really slowed down the overall performance.”
  • grinding
    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Reviews indicate that grinding in the game can lead to long-term engagement and character development, but many players find the experience tedious, especially with the addition of expansions that complicate gameplay. While some appreciate the digital adaptation for its social aspects, others criticize the user interface and mechanics as cumbersome, detracting from the overall enjoyment.

    • “They should have stuck with the base game; too many expansions just make it tedious.”
    • “The actual board game is pretty tedious to play.”
    • “Spellcasting - the UI in general - is excruciatingly tedious and requires an awkward queue mechanic even when casting reactionary spells.”
  • humor
    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The humor in the game is described as a mix of frustration and amusement, with players finding the unbalanced AI and random outcomes both irritating and oddly entertaining. While some appreciate the game's comedic elements and randomness, others express dissatisfaction with its mechanics, suggesting that the humor often stems from the absurdity of the gameplay rather than intentional comedic design. Overall, the game elicits laughter through its chaotic and unpredictable nature, despite its flaws.

    • “This is my favorite board game, not much tactics involved but funny as hell, lots of randomness.”
    • “Overall, Talisman is a funny and challenging game, at a much more affordable price than the original board game, and with the possibility of playing against characters controlled by the AI, which can be helpful.”
    • “Funny that it used to be buy the expansion and get all upcoming releases but now I gotta spend more for the latest addition.”
  • music
    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The music in the game effectively evokes nostalgia, reminiscent of playing the original board game with a spooky atmosphere. While some users noted that the music plays over a black screen, the updated background tracks have been received positively, being described as less annoying than before. Overall, the music enhances the immersive experience, despite some visibility issues.

    • “So like the original, it takes me right back to playing the board game with candles lit and spooky music playing on the hi-fi way back when.”
    • “The music plays and I can still interact with buttons, but I cannot see anything.”
    • “It is a black screen with music.”
    • “Updated background music is less annoying.”
  • atmosphere
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The atmosphere of the game is highly praised, with captivating graphics and sound that enhance the overall experience, even for those unfamiliar with the original board game.

    • “When I bought the prologue, I was uncertain whether I'd be into the board game atmosphere (I never played this game 'back in the day'), but it captivated me.”
    • “The graphics and sounds are good and contribute significantly to the atmosphere.”
  • character development
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Players express frustration with the character development system, citing a broken dice mechanic that hinders progress and forces reliance on fate, resulting in a slow and unsatisfying growth experience.

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2h Median play time
2h Average play time
2h Main story
64h Completionist
2-2h Spent by most gamers
*Based on 1 analyzed playthroughs
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Talisman: Classic Edition is a casual strategy game.

Talisman: Classic Edition is available on Phone, Tablet, Android and Mobile Platform.

The main story can be completed in around 2 hours, while the entire game is estimated to take about 64 hours to finish. On average players spend around 2 hours playing Talisman: Classic Edition.

Talisman: Classic Edition was developed by Nomad Games.

Talisman: Classic Edition has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked this game for its graphics but disliked it for its stability.

Talisman: Classic Edition is a single player game.