Mage Knight: Destiny's Soldier (DS)

Reviewed by Kit

I think we're going to try and do more short midweek reviews. This way we'll get through games faster. It's an idea anyway, we'll see how it goes. So here's a short review on Mage Knight, a game based on a tabletop game.

Story: Basically the world is at war and destiny has picked a warrior to save it. You pick one of five characters to have as the hero, and they are either melee, magic, or ranged. As you progress through battles you'll earn respest. The higher your respest, the more people will want to help you. It's not particularly amazing story. 3/5

Audio: It's not bad music, but there's nothing spectacular about it. 3/5

Graphics: Again, good, but not great. Still you can tell different characters easily enough. Characters all have special face portraits too that look good. 3/5

Gameplay: The battle system takes some time to get used to. Not because it's particularly difficult, but you are only allowed certain number of actions every turn, and movement and attacks count as separate actions. It takes a few rounds to get used to deciding who should move and who should attack. After each movement you are allowed to face your character in a certain direction. Your back is where you're weakest, but if an enemy comes up to you, you are given the option to readjust your characters. Troops for you army can be bought in towns. You can only take a certain amount into the battlefields. There is a help menu that can be opened at any time, which is very useful. 3/5

Replay: There's no real benefit to replay. You could chose a different hero, but it doesn't make a difference. 1/5

Overall: The game wasn't particularly fascinating. The battle system wasn't difficult, but it was a bit, not overly complicated, but more than was necessary. It's not a great game, but I'm sure there are some that will find it enjoyable. However, I would probably recommend you pass on this. 2/5