Make love... and war

Love n War: Warlord by Chance's review

• Developer: Reborn Entertainment

• Genre: Tower Defense

• Store: Steam

• Reviewed version: 1.0.3

• Censored: No

• Patch Needed: Yes, available as a free DLC

• OS: Windows

• Language: English, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified)

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When I saw Love n War: Warlord by Chance’s Steam page for the first time, I imagined the game would be a clone of their previous one, Hero by Chance, but I couldn’t be more wrong. The devs introduced so many changes to the game it feels different—in a good way—from its predecessor.

Pros

• The art is beautiful

• Its soundtrack is great, and the voice acting is good

• The game mechanics not only are better but also add a strategic element to the battles

• It’s very affordable

Neutral

• The story is fine as long as you don’t mind suspending your disbelief from time to time

Cons

• As good as the soundtrack is, some of its songs are way too short and get repetitive fast

Story

Love n War: Warlord by Chance is a side story that takes place around the same time its predecessor does. In this one, you’re a humble messenger who gets told by a mysterious woman that he’s the bastard child of the late warlord of Shun Sui, and he has to stop the civil war between his brothers to be able to inherit the throne. The story is decent and manages to keep a balance between serious moments and lighthearted ones. Sometimes you have to suspend your disbelief, though, but overall it does its job of justifying the action and the sex scenes in the game.

Gameplay

Where the game truly shines is in the gameplay. One of the many changes in the game is the addition of unit types. The mechanics around the unit types are done in a rock, paper, scissor fashion, so you have to think carefully about which unit to deploy instead of picking the strongest one available. In some battles, you send groups of soldiers that move in a straight line instead of single units with free movements. Every time you deploy them, you have to pick where you want to place them while keeping an eye on what’s going on on the battlefield, or else the battle can get out of control.

Another aspect the devs improved was the ambush segments. They ditched the old system in which you had to fight opponents whose value is lower than yours while, in the current one, you have to pick up to 5 different unit groups beforehand and fight enemies whose type is weak against your unit’s type.

Last but not least, they also introduced what I consider my favorite feature in the game; the heroes system. It allows you to allocate up to 4 heroes of each kind to help you in battle, with more of them becoming available as the story progresses. There are two types of heroes: active heroes and passive heroes. Active heroes are any of the girls who fight against you in each chapter, and they join you once their chapter is over. Also, they allow you to use specific spells when assigned, and you can level them up. In contrast, passive heroes are random characters that only increase your units’ stats or allow you to obtain more gold when you allocate them, but you need to meet some specific requirements to hire them.

Art

If you liked the art in Hero by Chance, then you’ll like it here too. It keeps the high-quality backgrounds and character designs from the previous game, and the sprites look nice. Most improvements in this regard are in the sex scenes; they added more variety to the scenes—featuring some light bondage and threesomes, among other kinks—while making them look as good as possible. Moreover, there’s a complete male model in them instead of just a dick going in and out. He lacks any distinguishable features, though, but it’s still an improvement.

Sound

The soundtrack is superb! It brings back a few tracks from the previous game while adding some new ones. They are nice to listen to, and they contribute to the atmosphere of the game. On the downside, some songs are so short they get repetitive fast; a problem this game shares with its predecessor.

Verdict: Great; worth every cent spent on it

Love n War: Warlord by Chance is an enjoyable game that fans of the series, or anyone who wants a solid tower defense for a few bucks, should have. Some aspects could be a bit better, but its price and overall quality are a big enough reason to give this game a chance.