Have you ever looked at a game and just instinctively known what to expect from it" I feel like the overall art style perspective and UI of Battle Hunters ($5.99) is a great example. Fledgling developer Phase Two Games has served up a pretty bulky RPG for its sophomore offering. For their first game of the genre, they have nailed the look and feel of a true hack and slash adventure. What it may lack in some expected frills and systems, it makes up for in overall game play excitement and a wide selection of characters to play.
Battle Hunters is a squad based RPG where you command a team of 3 adventurers plunging their way headlong into dungeons, caves, forests and swamps all in an attempt to stop and evil being from taking over the land. Yes a trope this old really doesn’t deserve to be pulled out of retirement but I don’t think we’ll ever stand over its grave and say what a great trope it was. No, in keeping with about 90% of the RPGs out there, you have a bad dude that needs to be killed deader than dead. Luckily many of the characters you can play as have clever designs that allow them to specialize in unique ways. When one of your characters gets low on health there is really no need to wait around or use healing items. Swapping another person into your team will let an injured teammate sit on the side lines and slowly heal. This means the more teammates you collect, the more healing your team can passively dole out.
The balance between the di...