Adrian Burrows
TheSixthAxisBattle Brothers Review | TheSixthAxis
Published 1/13/2022
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PS4 / PC / XONE / Switch - 4/27/2015
Battle Brothers
Battle Brothers is a turn based strategy RPG mix which has you leading a mercenary company in a gritty, low-power, medieval fantasy world. You decide where to go, whom to hire or to fight, what contracts to take and how to train and equip your men in a procedurally generated open world campaign. Do you have what it takes to lead them through bloody battles and to victory? The game consists of a strategic worldmap and a tactical combat layer. On the worldmap you can freely travel in order to take contracts that earn you good coin, find places worth looting, enemies worth pursuing or towns to resupply and hire men at. This is also where you manage, level up and equip your Battle Brothers. Once you engage a hostile party the game will switch to a tactical map where the actual fighting takes place as detailed turn based combat.
- Developer
- Overhype Studios
- Publisher
- Ukiyo Publishing
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76
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The critic average is 76 across 13 scored reviews, with a 29-point spread. That suggests a mixed critic response rather than a single clear read.
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Issa Maki
VGChartzBattle Brothers (NS) Review
Published 4/4/2021
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70
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Read originalKirstie Summers
Pure NintendoReview: Battle Brothers (Nintendo Switch) - Pure Nintendo
Published 4/2/2021
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80
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Read originalJake Hill
COGconnectedBattle Brothers (Switch) Review – Not Any Port in a Storm
Published 3/30/2021
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56
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Read originalChris Leebody
Cubed3Battle Brothers (Nintendo Switch) Review
Published 3/22/2021
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80
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Read originalCosmin Vasile
SoftpediaSoftpedia Battle Brothers Review
Published 3/22/2021
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85
+9 vs critic avg
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Read originalMatt Sainsbury
Digitally DownloadedReview: Battle Brothers (Nintendo Switch)
Published 3/17/2021
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70
-6 vs critic avg
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Read originalJoel DeWitte
Nintendo World ReportBattle Brothers (Switch) Review
Published 3/17/2021
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85
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Read originalJustin Nation
Nindie SpotlightNindie Spotlight Battle Brothers Review
Published 3/11/2021
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67
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Read originalJoseph Fonseca
Screen RantBattle Brothers Review: Excellent Game, Mediocre Port
Published 3/11/2021
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