Warlords Classic Strategy Reviews

by Gronti

I give one star in reference to the multiplayer functionality only. For the rest of the game, it's 5 stars.

With the removal of the Game Center app from iOS 10, creating, inviting and joining a multiplayer game among friends is an impossibly complex and utterly frustrating task.

It's fairly straightforward to create and send out invites to your existing contacts. The issue is if you're the invitee and trying to join.

You receive a text message with an invite. Tap the invite, the game opens to the multiplayer screen, ... and from then on your on your own. There's no intuitive path forward - a complete failure in the UX department.

A clever person might tap the Load Multiplayer button. This does bring up what might be your game, but then joining it causes an error or dumps you into a different game with strangers.

Very frustrating, but worse? Utterly no support from the developers. There is no specific documentation nor even a website. There's a Facebook page, but it's dormant with no luck getting a response there.

by Patito

Many know this game from the early days of computer gaming. The port doesn’t work the same as the original but it’s fairly close (most annoyingly, automated troop movements aren’t optimized to avoid conflicts).
I purchased WarlordsClassicStrategy a few years ago and it came with the classic maps from the original game. Since then the developer has chosen to lock all but three maps, which now have to be purchased separately.
I could understand charging for newly developed maps, thereby extending gameplay, but hobbling the game and forcing devoted fans to now pay for something offered free with the purchase of the game just a few years ago seems greedy.

by Nicknames Are Stupid!!!!!!!!!!

I already wrote out a long review but I’m not seeing it posted. I got to it from within the game which probably only hands it off to Apple if you rate them with 5 stars.

Don’t purchase this game. It is a waste of money. Your $4.99 used to be worth it and gave you many maps. Now they require you to pay for all but 3 maps. At least for now. What’s next? Pay for every single map? Pay for every single Hero? Pay 10 cents per turn? Based on the game makers behavior, I would not be surprised by any of those.

They are greedy and do not deserve our support. I understand that they need to make money which is why I was willing to pay for the game in the first place and pay for some of the extra maps. But this recent change is ridiculous.

They are stealing from us. Last month, our game purchase got us gameplay on 14 maps. Now our purchase only gets us gameplay on 3 maps. Where is our refund for what they deducted from our gameplay? It’s like buying a car, driving it around for a month. Then the dealership coming and taking the tires and requiring you to pay extra for them because they decided the tires were not included in the original purchase.

by Bffhdjemjs

One of my absolute favorite games growing up and WarlordsClassicStrategy holds true to the original. The problem is that there's no option for me to see the battles and the big issue is that when I'm attacked, the battle screen doesn't launch, so I don't get to watch my defenses. With how fast it goes, there are times I don't even realize I was attacked. If that could be "fixed" it would make this game 5 stars. It would also be cool to be able to buy production. Other than that, this game is great and nostalgic.

by Kazahof

This is still a great game. My daughter scoffed at the old school interface/graphics and thought it would be easy. Not so much, huh? I would support improving the UI a bit—though I know nostalgia probably drives 95% of sales therefore change is fraught. Also, while I do love there are more maps with this version, I want more still. And why can’t the AI use navies? That’s always bugged me.

by Way Harder Than It Needs To Be

I loved this game when I was younger. My brothers and I would sit around the old desktop playing this for hours and hours. I like that the Warlords II Deluxe maps still incorporate the fixed army options in each castle and require you make navies like in Warlords I. We actually used to play a customized version of the game a friend of my dad’s made which played almost exactly like the II deluxe version on WarlordsClassicStrategy. I am grateful someone took the time to make WarlordsClassicStrategy, my but is the AI players are fairly dumb. For example, they never create navies, ever, so on any map with much water they are incredibly easy to outmaneuver. I would give this 5 stars except that the reason I got WarlordsClassicStrategy was so me and my brothers could play it together again, but for the life of me and after much google research I can NOT figure out how to create a game and invite people to it. There just isn’t a way to do it, at least not one that makes any sense. That was the main draw and I can’t do it.

by Drinebold

Great to see Warlords back in all its glory. Diplomacy is missing, but I'm not sure there was much point of it in the original game anyway. My only gripe is that I'd like to have the option of seeing the battles between enemies, and even more importantly, the battle screen when *I'm* being attacked. Not sure why the developers left that part out. But otherwise it's all the fun of the original.

by C_edwards406

I grew up playing this game on the Mac for hours and hours as a kid. It’s great to see that this game has been revived and pretty much the same as the original. There are so many more maps to play, so exploring worlds other than Illuria is nice. I would give this game 5 stars, but there are a few elements of the original game that are not available in this version. These include: 1) no option for enhanced gameplay so armies can be produced faster than normal, 2) there is no option to view all battles (either com vs com or human vs com), or opt to see only battles that involve your armies, making it less obvious which forces survived or didn’t survive battles, 3) the difficulty settings for the computer are either knight, lord, or warlord, missing the Baron setting in between knight and lord difficulties, 4) you don’t get a report or text box after capturing or losing a city of how much gold you won/lost, and 5) when you conquer all other enemies, you cannot really explore the rest of the map as the ‘End Turn’ button is grayed out, meaning you cannot rest and regain movement (this is probably a glitch more than anything, but it makes it deflating somewhat when you do win). Other than that, the game is great and the added graphical and musical fanfare to battles is a nice addition.

by Shimshamalakazam

Thank you to all those involved with development of my classic favorite warlords!!!

I have always loved the simplicity of warlords games, that's cause they truly catered to there players. I was amped to give five stars but unfortunately the text or font is so small I can't read it. I searched for options to enlarge words, but there aren't any. Luckily I'm familiar with setting up a game and figured it out through trial and error.. Still and this must be said... this is a keeper😀

by Abraveb

Time n time I lose a battle where the strength rating heavily favors me yet I lose. How does a hero with firesword companied by 2 giant units lose tp 2 units of elf archers out in plains? This battle left 1 computer elf archer. I had another hero close by so I attack the single elf archer only to see another hero die. In summary 2 elf archers defeat 2 heroes one with fire sword accompanied by 2 giants out in the plains not in the Forrest. SERIOUSLY FLAWED

by Splusmer

I loved the original DOS versions of Warlords, and this iOS version just continues the love—it’s got the great, addictive gameplay I remember and has a graphics style basically identical to the originals yet still somehow easier on the eye. The team behind it continues to make improvements small and large, and I continue to say, “Oh, maybe one more turn....” :)

by Michael J 1235764

I spent way too many hours on this game and I would highly recommend it there is a button that lets you buy heroes which is a little annoying but it is not forced on you or anything, it’s just a button in the corner kind of a weird thing to gripe about but it’s really the only annoyance I had and thinking about it, I guess I don’t really have good reason to either since it is just for people who want to and it isn’t really encouraged at all

Anyway the game is great I highly recommend it

by Flagginwagon

risk,archon,heroes of might and magic all combined in one game.
it takes a little time to play, which doesnt bother me. If you’re looking for a 10 min timewaster this ain’t it.
for me replay value was pretty good. ive played it on and off for many years on non ios platforms. it has some 16 bit charm to it, so ifyou like a vintage/retro fantasy wargame, this may be a good choice for you.

by 2 Generations

It was so great to find this blast from the past that actually worked better than the original and then introduce it to my kids. They were hooked which shows the original power of this game still stands strong. Thank you for making it live again.

by No Qualms

I’ve been a fan of Warlords since it came out in the 90s and I consistently play it today thanks to it being on the iPad. It seems like the programmers have upgraded the maps to allow the more advanced (Warlords 2 for the old school players) creatures like dragons and demons to be available. Please continue to upgrade and add more maps.

by Omnipsy

A predecessor to Civ, Warlords was a solo/multiplayer game that had all the addictive qualities of todays games but without the graphics fluff. Keep it simple principles and you have a game that friends will enjoy destroying each other at over and over again. Thank you devs for bringing this one back to life.

by Ken N.

Warlords was one of my very first favorite computer games when I was growing up, and I was really happy to see it get ported to the iPad. Game play is great and I have enjoyed many hours of game play.

I do have one very minor complaint. The sound effects in the game do not seem to be linked in any way to the volume controls. If sound effects are turned on in settings, then they are just as loud if my volume is on very quiet or very loud. I assume this is just a carry over of a port of this game from when it ran on PCs with much less sophisticated sound options.

by Mean Bean 77

Mr. Konstantin Slichnyi,

Why am I required to repurchase the maps? If this is a glitch please resolve as I was able to redeem a few maps couple weeks ago. Otherwise, the cult followers, the majority of the players, will surely go elsewhere and WarlordsClassicStrategy will sadly die. If you need to generate revenue then release the map editor for single purchase or subscription so that maps can be crowdsourced and shared with players. Thanks

by Poppa D 79

This is a classic! I remember as a child playing this with friends or alone against the computer, either way it was a lot of fun. There is an option in game to switch between warlords I, II, and III graphic styles which is absolutely awesome. What a great TB strategy gem, there will definitely be more hours sunk into this one. Thank you for the port to iOS!

by IowaGnome

This is an amazing port of the original game. Fun to play and lots of replay ability. I spent too many hours as a kid waiting for my computer to run through a single turn. Playing this game gives the same thrills, but much faster. Lots of options (old units, new units) and replay-ability is off the chart.

Active designer and new features and maps added and being worked on. Buy it already!!

by UrsusK

If you’re looking at screenshots and think this might be that classic turn-based 4x fantasy game of conquering cities and sending heroes on quests, it is! It’s endlessly replayable thanks to many new maps that come with the base game as well as online or hot seat play. Worth the price and unlike the pay-to-play cripple ware of too many current mobile games.

by JeremyWh

This is the original Warlords game from 1989! Although now it comes with 12 additional maps! Great game, easy to learn, easy to play for hours. AI is decent, but not super smart. But you can let AI get +1 for all troops, and that’s a good handicap. Great for pass and play. Also has internet multiplayer, but that can be a bit fiddly to set up. Works well when set up.

by Warlord Knight

I like the simplicity of this game, and the fun aspects, stories and control you have, making completely custom battles. I would like to see more unit variety, but more skins more importantly, maybe custom or new maps. But so far I love it! Randomly generated maps also sound cool, maybe with custom texture packs. Either way, I’ve put maybe 30 hours into This game, it’s worth the small amount for a lot of fun while you’re on your phone!

by HarveyColorado

I have enjoyed playing this game since the 1990s, I just wish the developers would take the time to create a few new maps, maybe a portal that would drop you on another continent or some kind of twist. It’s getting old playing the same maps time and time again.

by Nomrakram

If you ever played the original, this is exactly the same. Also, the paid version is worth it. The free is ok, and is just the original. But the paid versions adds some cool maps and a few have the unique troops like in warlords 2. I am very happy and I look forward to anything else the developers release!