- Price$4.99
- CategoryGames
- First releasedMay 26, 2011
- Versions3 archived
- Installable3 of 3
- AvailabilityStill on the App Store
- Sellersmuttlewerk interactive
- Bundle IDcom.companions-game.companions
RequirementsCompatible with iPad. Requires iOS 4.0 or later.
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Report an issue- TOUCHARCADE REVIEW (****): "It's pretty rare to see an iOS strategy game that not only has a captivating story, sound gameplay mechanics, and challenging difficulty, but also manages to accomplish all this while not being a tower defense derivative. Companions manages to achieve all this and more, and leads to a great experience for those iPad owners looking to try out a real strategy game."
- GAMERS TEMPLE (96%): Companions drags together the best of bigger console titles (story, character, length) and the best of the handheld world (touch-screen controls, single iPad multiplayer) into one cohesive, extremely fun game. No joke: If you don't like the game after level 1 or 2, you probably just hate fun games. Download this one soon.
- iPHONE LIFE: "Companions makes good use of the iPad to give complete command over any melee situation, has a detailed storyline, and plenty of challenges to keep oneself immersed for hours!"
- FEATURES:
- PLAY the huge campaign with 10+ hours playtime - PLAY again with different party combinations - ENDLESS replay value (random drops, random enemies) - PLAY with 3 different classes for each race:
- Minotaur: Berserker, Gladiator, Bull - Elf: Assassin, Ranger, Archer - Dwarf: Miner, Draftsman, Engineer - Human: Light, Matter, Void
- IMMERSE yourself into the deep story line - ENJOY the 40+ skills - BUILD bombard, crossbow and scythe towers - LAY spike traps, stone traps and decoy bombs - GATHER 100+ items - GAIN 30+ unique items - FIGHT brutal boss mobs - SURVIVE gigantic battles - USE the tactical pause (20 or 60 seconds) - LISTEN to philosophical pest zombies - DEFEAT the really BIG DRAGON RAARTAARK - LOOK upon the great artwork - CHOOSE from 3 difficulty settings - CONNECT to GameCenter - GET 41 achievements - SCORE on the 4 single maps with leaderboards - AUTO and MANUAL save
- YOU ARE IN CONTROL!
Lead the four Companions to their destiny. Battles of epic magnitude await you on your way down towards the catacombs of Mentzel and the lava chambers of the volcano Eaneum. Hordes of evil and strange creatures with nothing but hatred and death in their minds will do everything in their power to stop the Companions!
Altland may well be thrown into another devastating war. You are the only one able to guide the Companions safely through the storm that threatens to engulf the world!
The dangers are potent and manyfold. MAY UROORG BE WITH YOU!
- SAVE ALTLAND!
Altland is in danger. The dark god Detexx is on the rise again, ready to plunge Altland into eternal darkness.
People are vanishing and rumour has it, that strange creatures roam the land. Unbeknown to each other our four heroes begin their quests in the catacombs of Mentzel.
You have to unriddle the evil plans of the dark god and do everything in your power to stop the "Hordes of Nether"!
Bundle Size Over Time
Ratings Over Time
| Date | Version | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2011 | — | — | 7 | $4.99 |
| March 8, 2012 | — | — | 277 | $4.99 |
From archived App Store listing data, captured by the Wayback Machine.
Archived Reviews
8 of 25I've really enjoyed this game, but after the second or third play through it gets stale very quickly. If there's no update soon I may just delete this app due to its low replayability.
A bit clunky, but overall good.
This is quite a fun RPG. Similar to PC titles that cost much more.
This game is a great homage to turn based RPGs like Baldur's Gate (one of my favorite games of all time). Decent story (though occasionally slightly awkward text), good enough graphics (isometric would have been nicer and easier to differentiate characters), interesting audio (character voices actually sound like foreign languages), good gameplay mechanics, and a decent UI (a couple things could have been streamlined, like making the inventory bag be the inv/char button as well). Picking up the controls takes bit of practice, but the tutorial is pretty good. My main complaint is with the pause timer. Games like this are meant to be paused for setting up tactics. Forcing the player to hurry through these decisions doesn't make sense - you don't get extra points or anything (except an achievement, but that's only if you play with the short timer). If it was multiplayer that would be different. For the long timer mode, there shouldn't be a timer at all. Otherwise fun game so far (only in the second level - I'm hoping the environments vary more after getting out of the dungeon). [Update] Got to the level with the dragon (not sure if it's the end?) and I've now lowered my rating for two reasons. One, the tile set never changed - always the dungeons. After a while it gets old. And second, the fight with the dragon is annoying. When he gets low on health, he keeps teleporting back and forth between two locations, making it next to impossible to kill him. I spent probably 30-45 minutes fighting him and never killed him. It's not hard, it's just annoying as hell. I'm done with the game. Besides Baldur's Gate comes out in a couple weeks - no reason to have this mediocre game anymore.
I must admit that I had my doubts initially, but the game has definitely grown on me the more I have played it. All in all, the game is very well done and the story becomes more engrossing as the quest progresses. My only complaint is that it very easy to lose track of all your characters when things become hectic which almost always leads to someone dying (a.k.a- game over). Other than that, I highly recommend the game for anyone looking for an intelligent strategy-based game.
Fun game with few flaws. Waiting for new expansion.
Good rts
It's nearly impossible to get your units to do what you want in real time. The developers know this which is why they added this "tactical pause" thing. Unfortunately I find that hack much too annoying.
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