Turn-based Tactics

One of my friends has it but has only put 7 hours in to it. I don’t think he liked it enough to keep his attention

It's fun enough. There are enough different types of weapons and build paths that you can have a sizeable warband without having two people exactly alike that combat feels pretty fresh even after 20 hours. Legendary weapons spice things up further if you can take down the elite enemies in each new area.

The game does have a pretty slow pace, you have to grind your way through easier bounties to get money for gear and recipes. Your troupe has to rest daily and you have to feed, heal and pay all of your mercenaries. You will also have to learn and level professions on your characters because professions give actual combat bonuses in addition to food/materials/knowledge.

I've been playing co-op with my husband and it's been fun. We got the tavern DLC for some fun alternative gameplay if combat becomes tiring. If you enjoy turn-based combat, lots of it, and fairly gritty survival difficulty, you'll find Wartales fun.

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