PC User Reviews

I can't say I've never been called a hoarder before, but this time felt different. I've found it's more respectable among society if you're hoarding wealth instead of copies of Big Rigs, even if you burn a town or hundred to the ground to do so. But besides reminding me of a horrific fact of human nature, HOARD also proves to be a fun little time waster. Keep in mind going forward, that I am basing this review off of my experience beating all the singleplayer levels of at least bronze ranking and proving myself over other AI dragons. I'm sure multiplayer is great for this game, and likely the point, but I only ever buy friends when they're on discount on Craigslist and, ironically enough, there weren't any fire sales on people at the time. So how does HOARD stack up as a singleplayer experience? Decent. What you'd also experience for a tenner at a gentlemen's club is my best comparison. You had a good time, but you'll deny it if your family asks. The idea is simple. All 3 game modes revolve around achieving a high score in some way. You burn towns, farms and wagons to collect gold. Princesses, knights, archers, giants, thieves and wizard towers add complications to that goal. At certain intervals of treasure collection you also level up and spend points to increase your dragons capabilities, and pick up powerups spread across any given map. On its own, this simple gameplay is fun for a while and solid enough to provide a challenge. Then, on certain maps, you add to the list of complications in your life when other dragons compete for that glittery golden goodness. Once again, it's another simple complication that won't add to your stress levels too much. That is, at first anyway. Early on, you'll wonder why the other dragons even bother. They seem unable to collect as much treasure as you can and, instead, spend their time fairly benevolently. They'll kill any thief they can get their fire breaths on, whether he be headed for their gold pile, or yours. That's cute. Soon enough however, you'll notice the other discrepancies. It seems strange to me that when you play the exact same map, with the same goal, using the same mechanics that AI dragons start off stronger than you. They level like you do, yet their base momentum and attack is higher than yours. While waiting for those early villages to spawn you might find yourself running away from the other dragon because until other villages spawn to distract his ADHD-stricken, flame-happy, special self he might just decide to murder you for his own amusement and what pitiful amount of gold you've managed to get a handle on so far. And you're likely not getting away if he does. This violent psychopathy of your multi-coloured friends doesn't seem to extend to each other, however. At least, not as far as I saw. Until you out-level them with your smarter-head-brain tactics, it seems it's stacks-on Qarren. This isn't much of a problem in the normal game mode simply titled 'Treasure' for some unknowable reason; I say, shrugging. But in the next game mode where you have to snatch so many princesses that the Me Too movement would simply break down at the thought of it, it starts to become noticeable as you don't have that extra time to make up for your early handicap. As while computer dragons seem unable to gather gold in any urgent manner, they sure do whisk away royal girls with swift enthusiasm. That's not concerning at all... The final mode is a survival one. Last as long as you can against knights and wizards and archers and claustrophobia without another dragon in sight. This is where the biggest problems lie. First let me say that the controls are quite fine. Not perfect, but perfectly usable. Except on keyboard. Don't do that. Get a controller. It's just constant screams of agony otherwise. Nonetheless, the dragon is very slightly slippery, but you should be able to handle him just fine almost immediately. Yet survival might test you on that. Most of the 4 maps rely on removing big patches of the board so you have very little manoeuvring room like a covid nightmare, and then filling those small spaces to the brim with knights and wizard towers. I found, like with much of this game, it's not so much about survival skills as it is luck. I don't remember this game's description mentioning bullet-hell anywhere. They must have forgotten that. But oh wait, bullet-hell games rely on pattern recognition and super tight controls and manoeuvrability. I already mentioned movement, but pattern recognition? "Bah" the developers say. Randomly spawn the wizard towers and let them all upgrade quickly into rapid fire obelisks of death that can snipe you from across the map. You'll find this game is absolutely doable to a gold standard, but it might take a turn or two for the RNG to give you a necessary hand. May the odds be ever in your favour. All in all, a rather pretty BOARD game aesthetic and nice music for a fun game best experienced for 5 minutes at a time.

Hoard was a pleasant surprise. You are a dragon and your goals are to collect gold and treasure, level up your dragon, kidnap princesses, burn castles, loot villages (or scare villagers to make them pay you tribute) and compete with rival dragons. Hoard is charming to look at and the game sounds beautiful. It looks like a casual game but there are some complex elements that can give you a challenging experience. Should you go after treasure? Or attack a rival dragon, risking a death and losing your score multiplier? Should you improve your speed, armor or attack? Your victory depends on all these strategic decisions you will have to make all the time. Hoard is at its best when played with friends. The main problem is that it lacks a local co-op option and the online co-op is dead. It’s a pity, really. A local co-op option could have turned Hoard into a niche classic.

Nice game. Fun to play with friends. Very simple, but becomes challenging when trying to beat the high score. Fly around, burn villages, upgrade armor, fire, etc. The game ran very smooth for me (i've seen some complain that it crashed). Also, i used a Game Controller for this one, and did not find controls bad - yes, your Dragon is very slow at the beginning, but if you concentrate on upgrading the speed, he'll be zapping through the map in half a second. Overall: Simple, Fun, at time Frustrating :) And USE CONTROLLER for this one!

Un petit sympathique où l'on ne ce casse pas la tête, les objectifs sont simple et à la fois amusante. Certes au bout d'un moment c'est répétitif, mais l'on ne ce lasse pas à essayer de mieux faire que ces amis ou jouer ensemble pour obtenir le meilleur score possible.

Everyone wants to play a dragon right? How about a dragon that turns like a knackered 1976 Ford Escort with a marshmallow steering wheel? Yeah, it's not what I imagined either. Also the game does not feel strategic, it feels like its governed by luck rather than skill.

Got the game for $2.86 in a Steam sale, and I am enjoying it. The game doesn't seem to have a lasting hold over me, but at 10 minutes a pop it's pretty entertaining. Simple controls, essentially a twin stick shooter where you play as a dragon trying to grab loot. I recommend playing it with a game pad of some sort. The game is all about score, there is no progression as any progress made on your dragon starts back at 0 the next game. In that way, it plays like an arcade game. The action can get a little frantic later on in a game when you are deciding what things to burn down. The graphics aren't amazing, but neither are they horrible. I think they work well for the game. I think the sale price might be affecting my judgement. I don't think the game would be worth more than $5, and the asking price is $10. But if you can find it as cheap as I did, it's entertaining for tiny bites.

Simple, brainless game. Fly around, burn stuff, steal gold, and ransom off a princess or two. It works nice with a game controller, but gets boring after about 30 minutes.

this game can easily keep you occupied for a nice amount of time. it has a fun and simple level up system that keeps the game moving forward. being a dragon, fighting knights, and kidnapping princesses could not be more fun.

Fun little game. I've found this game to be a great little time waster, if I have an extra ten or twenty minutes, but not the hours it takes to get involved with some games, I will start this game, eat a few knights, ransom a few princesses, collect tons of loot and generally be happy. This game is a quick fix, and satisfies the occasional itch I get for old-school type simple and fun games. The game is not intricately in depth, which is not necessarily a bad thing. This game is easy to pick up and intuitive, as others have mentioned, I would recommend playing with a controller vice keyboard, not an absolute necessity but it does make thing easier. This game did have bugs at launch (what game doesn't these days?) But they seem like they have been worked out because I don't have problems at all. Not super impressive graphically, not super in depth, but a fun little time waster that I have grown quite fond of.

The idea is great. The game itself is mediocre at best. The gameplay is way too fast and hectic for my taste, and a single game is rarely more than 5 minutes of playing. The fast gameplay doesn't sit well with keyboard control and I'll highly recommend a D-pad type controller. There is 4 different game modes, but it all boils down to the same: burn, kill and plunder. This game is good fun if you can't find anything else to do, but it gets old pretty fast.

Bought the 4 pack in the steam sale so it worked out as just over £2.50 each and I've got to say I don't think I've ever bought anything for £10 that is better than this. Great fun when you're playing it in a group. There are different upgrades you can take to benefit the team differently. Haven't played it solo but played a lot of multiplayer and its great fun. Had no problems connecting to people and am really enjoying it. 10/10 for the price I paid!

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Hoard is fun little game that lets you become the big scary dragon who burns towns, takes all the treasures and kidnaps princesses. For me the experience of playing this game was very positive. The game is very easy to understand, controls are intuitive and convenient, so starting to play right away is no problem. This game has some simple, but very stylish graphics. I mean, yeah, technologically it's nothing special, but the atmosphere and the way all the maps look like is just great. Hoard has pretty simple, yet entertaining game mechanics, so playing is fun. AI is not that smart, so after an hour or so switching to the hard mode is recommended, or the better option is to go and try yourself in the multiplayer game mode. It is a lot more fun, and also pretty challenging compared to the single player modes. Some bugs were present in the first version, but update was released recently and I can't find any of the bugs that were present. Overall, if you look at the Price/Enjoyment scale, you certainly receive much more than you pay for. 9/10 is what I give this game.