FOR THE HOARD!

Sorry. Looks interesting.

Good review....I look forward in hearing more of your input! I might have to friend you up

I also would like to hear more about the Co-op component. It's the only way I'll get my girlfriend to play. Age of Booty was fun until we started playing competitively and I have a feeling this would work similarly.

Sounds fun, but the $15 price point combined with a lack of a demo means I'm going to pass for the time being. Stupid $15 price tag.

Doesn't mean there won't be one in the future, though I didn't see a mention of one at their site (though their forums are all but empty).

I like the first line of the IGN preview:

I can get behind those sort of statements. Especially when I didn't think it was very fun to watch, but I definitely like the concept.

Oh, and Mr. Gazebo, there is already a complaint on their forums about the text size, so let's hope they decide to patch that or something. Also, nice use of "burninate" there. I approve.

Apparently it's coming to Steam in December, that's great news.

I'm retarded. I did two hours of overtime work this weekend and decided I could buy this. I don't understand what drives me to buy these games when I still haven't bought Mass Effect 2 ... and I loved Mass Effect 1 ... and it's been on super sale at Steam before.

So, anyway, this is definitely a fun little game. I put a couple hours in this evening and I have to say that the fact that most rounds last 10 minutes keeps things fresh. There a bunch of maps to choose from, which should also serve to keep things fresh in the future, for sure.

I like the level of strategy involved as it has that classic easy to learn, hard to master aspect to it, but as far as a sp game, I'm a little scared that each map is more of a puzzle to solve. Meaning, once you figure out it's trick (and in this case I'm talking about proper leveling of your dragon) you can dominate.

For example, the first map I played after the tutorial was a rather small map and I was the only dragon. This meant I was to rain down fire on everything and collect as much gold as possible. I ended up getting a bronze and was on the way to getting a silver, but then the time ended. I focused on how much my dragon can carry when leveling up (since you can carry more AND deposit faster), but now that I think about it that's not terribly useful on a small map as you're always pretty close to your home.

In another match, once again I was the only dragon, I chose a larger map and focused primarily on speed and then carrying weight. I got a gold medal my first time through without much of an issue. So, as you can see there might be a bit of a puzzle-like quality to the maps that makes them pretty easy to figure out.

However, this mostly goes out the window when you mix in more dragons ... and then humans controlling them. While DG was hesitant about pvp, I think it adds a layer or chaos to the game that throws the more bland, puzzle-like sp maps out the window as things constantly change. Wrestling control of a town away from an enemy or just flat out destroying it is fun. As is stealing princesses back and forth from each other's lairs. It's controlled insanity and it's quite fun.

My main complaints (the small text is absurd) are the puzzle-like aspects of some of the levels and it seems a little strange that you can't move when breathing fire, but that's a choice the devs made and I can live with it. I'm a bit wary, though, that with 4 dragons on screen some games may turn into sheer luck on who wins, but as of yet I can't really make that claim. So far the game is enjoyable overall, though the $15 price tag is a bit higher than I would've preferred to pay, but I'm having fun so not too much of a complaint here.

Well, you don't really read anything once you get done with the tutorials, so the text isn't all that big of a deal, if that's what you're referring to.

Edit: And they are working on a patch. I don't know who the second person posting in that thread is, but damned if he doesn't write well.

Interesting Review:

http://kotaku.com/5691949/review-hoard-will-set-your-friendships-on-fire

I think the patch mentioned earlier will help, but they need to do this asap or it'll get lost among all the other titles coming out this holiday season.

--Persistent multiplayer lobby: after you finish a multiplayer game, you won't get dumped back to the main menu. This will make it easier to play with the same group repeatedly.

that's a must and the bugs in preventing you from getting trophies...I'm all about the trophies

What is that and does it involve trophies?!

European release hasn't happened yet, but they're working on it.

The only thing keeping me from buying this game is my history of playing PSN games once or twice and then never again. Anyone want to talk me into it?

Edit: checkm-8, if you read this, might be a good idea to update the thread title since it's no longer just a PSN game.

This game deserved way better sales than what it got.

Well, it's available to pre-purchase. I had some issues even getting to the store page and then getting it to display correctly. 4 pack for $26.99. I guess I'm in as #3.