Here Be Dragons

Gaming NexusRob Larkin

8.8/10

Apart from the humor, the well done mechanics, the unique presentation, the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh-water system, and public health, what have Here Be Dragons or the Romans ever done for us? My only real criticism is that while there is little to fault on that first go, the game does struggle to offer real replayability. It's an excellent strategy game. So play it once through for that good trip and let that be enough.

GameSpewDiggy

7/10

While it initially took me a while to get into, and the random nature of the encounters can sometimes be annoying, there’s a lot to enjoy with Here Be Dragons. Once the gameplay clicked, I was thoroughly absorbed; I began to relish each of my strategic victories and even enjoyed the dialogue more as I kept promising myself “just one more mission”. I’m not sure how well it would hold up to a serious strategy fan, but I was definitely considering my actions much more carefully than I would in most turn-based games. On the other hand, there is a clear barrier to entry for less experienced tactici...

Nintendo World ReportNeal Ronaghan

6.5/10

I still had fun with Here Be Dragons, mostly due to the art style and quirky satirical story, but the overall simplicity of the turn-based combat made it so dice rolls could easily sink your good time. This is a novel game, but go to it for the humor, not the technical gameplay mastery.

TheSixthAxisDrea Bunce

6/10

Here Be Dragons is actually a well thought out and detailed game, but the lacklustre characters and plot leave a lot to be desired. Mechanically the game is wonderful, the incredible enemies and art style working fantastically, yet Here Be Dragons falls short where it matters.

There’s a good number of levels and the challenge is stiff enough that you’ll be plugging at it for quite some time. Here Be Dragons is limited, though. It’s not as funny as it wants to be, claiming to be a satire, but failing to satirise anything, and it’s not nearly as strategic as it should be, since it’s more like a puzzle game that just happens to have dice rolls to potentially screw everything up. It’s enjoyable and the distinctive art style shows that the developers did want to achieve something unique, but Here Be Dragons needed a little more work on executing against the i…