Qvadriga (PC) review"Qvadriga introduces some refreshing ideas that are nearly hamstrung by their execution." |
I never knew Qvadriga existed until the quirky indie game was offered as part of a recent Humble Bundle. I was intrigued from the moment I first saw it, but I was also completely broke. Then the title appeared again in a subsequent bundle, and I knew I couldn't pass it up a second time.
Qvadriga is an odd duck, one that you might see classified any number of ways. The obvious hook is that you get to race chariots around ancient arenas, so maybe it's a racing game? Except that label doesn't quite fit, because events play out in a turn-based manner by default. You're expected to decide whether to encourage your horses to move more quickly, or slow them down, or lash out at another racer's steeds, and you don't have to make any choices in a hurry unless you select the "dynamic" setting. So maybe it's actually more a strategy game. But then you're expected to use your winnings to set up four "teams" with the best possible equipment, and to hire specialists who can keep everyone in top form as you traipse around a map of Africa and Europe, growing more famous with each hard-earned victory. So... maybe it's a management sim?
No matter how you finally decide to sort it, Qvadriga is different from a lot of other stuff you'll likely find on the Steam marketplace. Sometimes that's good and sometimes it isn't.
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Staff review by Jason Venter (January 30, 2016)
Jason Venter has been playing games for 30 years, since discovering the Apple IIe version of Mario Bros. in his elementary school days. Now he writes about them, here at HonestGamers and also at other sites that agree to pay him for his words. |
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