I haven’t beaten any bosses yet. (Key provided for review).
The Survivor genre is one of my favorite genres of games that I’m not particularly good at. So I’ve been playing a fair amount of Warhammer Survivors and despite the fact that I’m slowly getting better at the game, by the time I write my review up I haven’t beaten any of the bosses yet.
But I’m still having a lot of fun.
Warhammer Survivors has a pretty simple premise in nature; you spend a good 25 minutes getting swarmed by enemies as you kill everything that comes at you. All the while you’re trying your best to survive for the time limit of the map you’re upgrading your character, leveling up, and finding weapons and boosts on the field and upgrading those things.
Eventually you’ll come across bosses that can be killed for gold and additional upgrades. As you complete challenges you unlock different upgrades that have their own benefits that can then appear on the field, which in turn unlocks evolutions for your weapons that make them extremely powerful.
I like Warhammer Survivors because it has a lot of choice. You have two universes to choose from (Warhammer fantasy and Warhammer 40K) each with their own set of characters and weapons to unlock. I also like how the game is miniature themed, with the player unlocking stuff like glue and tape measurers that give the game a feel like you’re actually playing on a table.
And Warhammer Survivors is a hard ass game. You’re not expected to beat the boss on each level the first few times you play through, you’re really just going on suicide runs to get gold to level up your permanent stats until you can get good enough to survive long enough for the 25 minutes. I haven’t done that yet.
My only gripe with the game is that some characters are infinitely more useful than others. Perhaps I just need to get my unlocks up to get hold of the gear that makes them really powerful, but right now there’s a handful of soldiers and characters that are downright useless in my hands. Maybe it’s just a skill issue.
Otherwise I’m going to keep playing and leveling up and I’ll let you know how I feel after more time in game.
