Hero Siege

Beautiful pixel art wasted on microtransaction hell

Classes, class skins, fomo, supporter pack, legacy season pack, inventory space, subscription, pet skins, lootbox key
First thing you see when you open up the game is the skins they are selling, such a shame

Since when was Hero Siege a Diablo knock off? Is this the first time in the gaming industry that a moderately well-liked game has literally had its core mechanics and actual game genre changed so completely to become something different through a series of updates? Maybe there are other examples where this has happened. Admittedly I came back to Hero Siege quite some years after playing it a lot the first time around when it was an enjoyable, goofy but addictive wave-based action-survival game. Now it is literally Diablo. But I love ARPGs, and I am finding a lot to enjoy in this Hero Siege Mk II.

Why did the developers go this route? Why not release a knock-off from Hero Siege that will satisfy ARPG fans, but leave the original intact? You'd please fans of the original, and maybe get some new customers who might not have purchased the original but love ARPGs and went for the new one. Then those new customers may also have been inclined to buy the original wave-based survival game. The original "Hero Siege" didn't need any new content or updates and didn't really need to be further supported, it is now basically a ten-year old game, and I don't think many gamers would expect updates for a product that old. The new ARPG version - let's call it "Hero Looter" - could receive the most attention from the developers, obviously, but you're not upsetting your existing fanbase of the original. Yes I know you can roll back the game to its original roots, but it's just strange how this one product has mutated over time instead of receiving if not a direct sequel, then a spinoff, like what those Steamworld games do.

Unfortunately the predatory tactics used by the developer in wringing a few extra bucks out of fans is pretty shameless and despicable - want new characters, new missions, new skins, extra storage space? Give us those $$$ for every little microtransaction, suckers. But you don't need any of the extras to enjoy the base game. It's obviously not as polished as a Blizzard effort, but this is a nice ARPG distraction from that landmark series as well as stuff like Grim Dawn, Last Epoch and Path of Exile. It's a bit janky, but there's lots to like here. It actually feels more like Chronicon than anything. So this gets a thumbs up. A confused, baffled thumbs up.

Hero Siege is like if Diablo and a bag of popcorn had a baby. It's fast-paced, it’s frantic, and you're always one misstep away from being completely overrun by monsters—who, by the way, really don’t want you to live. You’ll be slashing, casting spells, and dodging projectiles like a caffeinated squirrel on a sugar rush, all while your loot pile grows bigger than your ego.

It’s the kind of game where you think you’re invincible, then a giant spider the size of a house appears and you’re suddenly in full-on panic mode, spamming every skill you have. But hey, that’s half the fun, right? Plus, there’s always more heroes, more upgrades, and more loot to get—because what’s better than becoming an overpowered machine of destruction?

10/10, would recommend if you love chaotic, monster-slaying madness with a side of loot greed. Bonus points if you can survive long enough to see the next ridiculous boss who’ll make you rethink your life choices.

The game is a fun little diablo clone

like the new game style too

Feels like you're playing a Diablo rouguelike. Great so far, though I've only played for a little while. It's definitely one of the best I have played in the genre. 4.5/5 for me.

this is not the game i remember, all these dlc's?. anti cheat in local single player game?. the micro transactions, seasons?, subscriptions why the hell?, my god. no 4k or 1440 support? do i need to edit a ini file or something?


take some steps back and look at what you've done, and listen to the community.

i only think it's worth it on a sale of 90% off. and only get 1-3 dlcs of things you want after some time playing. it's really not worth full price and would only be made a little better with friends. it feels like it's made by ea or ubisoft. the devs don't care, as long as they get $$ they will keep doing this.

A fun diablo-like, I enjoy it.

The game is a fun little diablo clone. I stopped playing because of how unbearably trash the loot filter is.

Make you use some 3rd party anti-cheat software to play a single player game.

Has Easy Anti-Cheat. It is a kernel-level anti-cheat. Do not download.

Microtransaction hell, I'm surprised this game isn't published by EA. They even removed local coop, probably so more people buy into this fucking trashy game.

Everything is monetized and the game is terrible now.

gud

People hate cause it's way different from how it used to be. It was a really great game, but this one is too. It feels like it has significantly more direction now

fun ARPG with a new season every few months

Despite what other reviews say about p2w I'd argue its in the same realm as PoE p2w wise, instead of waiting for a stash tab sale you wait for the character class sale which happens every so often

Season 5 looking like a banger as well

It was a great fun very dynamic game. Sometimes ago. Now its very slow pace diablo-clone with tons of micromanagement. Also played it on a mac and after a while mac support was just dropped. I have this game in Steam library now and cannot delete it.

очень странная игра, за 500 часов в игре не упала ни одна ангельская вещь, что очень огорчает
интерес к игре угасает, пожалуйста, поработайте над шансом выпадения ангельских вещей
мало интересного контента и разнообразия в игре.

Kill mobs, get stronger, kill more mobs, but stronger ones, good game

Scratches the nostalgia D2 itch

Why does the game always crash when i click on "Hero Level" tab on the Talent/Skill Menu? Devs, help!

Still better than Diablo IV

wtf where is the coop split screen modus for 2 Players? I can't find it anymore?! is it hidden somewhere??? wait... whhhaaaaaaat?? All my games are deleted? Not really guys!11!!!

I really like this game for a kind of chill rouge lite game but when I went to look at the other day, the game was no longer available on Mac, even though I had been playing in on a Mac since I bought it. Very disappointed that I won't be able to play this, and there was no warning that the game would no longer be supported for Mac users.

I don't understand, I swear this game was quite different years ago.

Hero Siege

Classes

DLC/Microtransactions

Game Information

Campaign

Difficulty’s

Loot/Items/Etc

In-Game Journal

Loot Filter/Highlight Filter

Conclusion/Thoughts

это просто невозможно играть
раньше было интереснее
сейчас это играть нереально по нескольким причинам
плохое управление, геймплей разрушен, нет адекватной расстановки управления на геймпаде
и притом знаю когда было перед 2.0 все было интересно по кайфу

Strange Finland Dev Refuse Success...

A lot of hate is levied at this games monetisation and changes but I honestly don't care too much about these things but what I won't accept is horrible game design.

For clarity Ive played alot of games and after playing as the fire mage I have to say this is the worst design of a fire mage I have ever seen in a video game which is crazy because there is so many good designs already to copy from. On top of this enemy mobs are lifeless zombies that give zero positive feedback to the player when defeating them.

But for me the most horrific issue with the game and is so so common these days is devilishly awful boss design. It just not fun full stop. I was a shock to me that this game even has a hardcore mode given the servers are totally the worst Ive ever played on even though Im inside europe. You can expect 100+ ping while you try to dodge insta kill mechanics my last death is the perfect example of what Id called an unforgivable.

I mastered the bosses moveset and actually died to move stacking in which the game for classic arbitrary difficulty adds stacked instakills. Now because my character has never ever faced needing to dodge/jump further than the already generous jump I did not have a move that can go from 1 side of the map to the other side. Not only was I set up to fail Im not sure it would have even made much difference given the boss collision blocked where I would have needed to diagonally jump to. Now many games can be forgiven for mistakes but this game is 10+ years in the making so the fault is on their mindset at this point.

Overall this game has reminded me of prior cases in which you get an incredible game dev artist that carries a game to be sold far more than it should of. That is because this game really isnt that special, it has the same awful loot system from the worst of diablos bad monetisation and terrible gameplay with bosses that will make you sigh in disappointment.

Its all so tiresome at this point this game could fulfill a needed role for 2d pixel diablo but instead its just a total mess and I can promise you based on the philosophy present this game is never getting fixed. What you see here and what you hear in terms of complaints are all real and are NEVER going away so buyer beware if you choose to buy this game. I 100% do not recommend you buy any classes before you test the game at least up til level 50.

My journey through the dark depths of steam for hidden gems continues and sadly this game just isn't good not worthy of your time, maybe replay POE if you get that ARPG itch gamers.

This has not been the original fun Hero Siege that it was years ago and I'd recommend to avoid giving money to these devs, unless it's on sale for under €0.99 or someone gifts you a key that they found written on the back of a burning dumpster in Brooklyn.

When the game first came out, it was really fun and refreshing. A few years later they changed it completely into a diablo-like game, which wasn't really cool to suddenly find that all your progress is erased and the game is completely different than what you paid for, but still had some of the old fun elements and options in the Settings menu.

Today, they've further changed the game and completely monetized almost everything they can, made the menu a bit worse and more limited.

Like, get this s**t for example - they frickin monetized the option for the loot auto-pickup with loot type preferences and turned it into a "companion" DLC for 4.99€. You don't get any lower than this in life, I tell you that.

The devs apparently don't even know that in this universe it's actually possible to create a separate iteration/version of the game and call it Hero Siege 2 or 3 or Ultimate D2 Copy-Pasta Edition or whatever else they wanted. They didn't have to ruin the perfectly fun game we had all those years ago. Severely disappointed in their lack of brain activity, honestly.

feels like a Phone game with all the microtransactions and the shop. there's even a monthly subscription. maybe the game is ok later in, but the in game shop getting spammed in my face had a bad first impression. wouldn't recommend

good roguelike game

Fantastic game milked to death by overly focusing on DLC. There seems to be an emphasis on "how can we squeeze that little extra out of people".

The game is a great little ARPG. If you're looking for something with a Diablo 2 vibe, great pixel art, and crunchy skills, it's fun.
The game is old, and the dev has made certain things DLC purchases, which I don't hate. I bought the class I wanted and had a good time.
However, if you're playing coop, there's a glaring problem my girlfriend and I couldn't get around.
Your ally AOEs use the same danger-warning circles as bosses.

Meaning, during a boss fight, when the boss is about to do an AOE, the visual warning it gives you is the same one used for your ally abilities.
There's a setting to change the opacity of ally abilities themselves, but the danger ring shows up fully regardless of that setting.
There is no way to hide it.
If this setting changes, we'll come back and play the game.
But as of right now, bosses are unplayable with multiple players due to not know what circles are hostile and what are friendly.

look the games pretty fun, honestly feels really niche. i get it supposed to pay homage to D2 or something, but man devs for real why the hell we copy pasting the potion mechanic, and cube crafting system, and runes.... like these are unfun mechanics that only hinder the player experience. you need to streamline the gameplay. i dont want stop my gameplay to manage these stupid systems i already have ptsd from D2 from. like the game gives you a ingame loot filter so its clear someone there knows what QoL is. if we gunna copy stuff just copy the POE potion system. furthermore on a similar note, LET ME CHANGE THE GAME FONT, is that a plus, is that a minus? let me stop my gameplay once again to squint in and read this god awful font. i know your going for the D2 thing but for real the game gets a ZERO in accessibility. the AI is janky aswell, both player merc and enemy ai get stuck on things. and look the list goes on, both positive and negative. even though im gunna keep playing for now, i would not recommend the game as its in a weird state and i guess subject to change completely at any moment, if you have to try this game wait for the sale, and just get the base game. it comes with 8 characters more than enough to experience it for yourself.

A cool game wha I have bought in steam sale

Where do we begin even?

At first this was a pretty good rogue lite game, around the mid-2010s and people had fun, coming back into it I saw that it started to attempt to look like one of those many Diablo clones. Come 2023 the devs for some god forsaken reason decided to cut local co-op for reasons unbeknownst to mankind.

Diablo IV is greedy, but this game somehow outmatched it in that prospect.

You are charged real time money for the barest of minimums, like extra stash, extra character slots and all that shit. The season rewards need to be paid for and there's no free stuff, this is for a game that you paid for by the way, not one of those free-to-play but pay-to-win types.

I can take all of that, that's all fine and dandy as long as my partner and I have a game that we can enjoy, but with LOCAL cut off (We have two PCs and we play this game without interference from LAG or TIMEOUTS) before we also got to enjoy split screen coop, but now.

F**cking hell, we live under the same roof and we have to be ONLINE to even play it together.

FREQUENT DISCONNECTS TOO WHICH RESETS OUR PROGRESS EACH DAMNED TIME, LOSING BOTH LOOT AND WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE MANAGED TO CLEAR.

THIS GAME AND ITS DEVS ARE GREEDY SONS OF B!TCHES CHARGING YOU FOR EVERY ACTION BUT THEY CAN'T EVEN FIX THEIR OWN SERVERS, WHY NOT ALLOW LOCAL AREA NETWORK COOP? HOW STUPID.

This game became so much worse when they did their "2.0" revamp. So much worse. It won't close properly or integrate with steam correctly half the time, they wiped all your previous characters and work and the UI is now centered around straight cash grabs even showing stuff you've already bought in steam as being on sale and shoved in your face. They also changed how every class plays, removing a lot of things in the name of slowing down the crazy pace the game used to be. But that was what made the original game fun. Now its just a grind, everything moves so much slower.

Also why add BS Easy Anti-cheat to further junk things up when you have no competitive scene, modding scene or anything else of the like.

I hoped they fixed things when I came back here but nope. Still buggy mess with no changes except adding yet more pointless shit to buy and not fixing any problems or streamlining things.

Paying a subscription just for a cabin? This reason alone is good enough to say no. Such a great game, such a dumb micro transaction. Get rid of that!

Microtransactions aside it's a great game but it's not for me.

tragic devs thought they knew better then the community. Now they're the only ones playing it. Games far past its prime and completely been milked dry. Don't let the 80% off sales work on you. This game is not worth the hours grinding to the end game. Keep your time and get a bag of skittles you'll be less disappointed.

This is the most "meh" ARPG ever played. While the art style itself is ok-ish, the gameloop kinda monotonous after a while... but the most offensive thing about this game is the the microtransaction... My god if i didn't know any better i would guess this was made by EA... just buy a cheese burger and a large soda instead of buying this, getting a heart attack is more thriling than playing this

It's entirely theologically satanic. There is nothing good about this game, except the movement! But, they even failed the movement mechanics with the way the worlds are designed. I got stuck in an area where its clear I should jump over some water but my character wouldn't do it.

impossible to tell what you're looking at no matter the resolution, feels thoroughly mediocre, insanely bad controller options. there are better games to play.

Too much content spread around, easily cheesable, non-existent optimization since a while ago, and the multiplayer side is always online even if you are doing solo content so it can easily lag and kill your hardcore character
It has a lot of fun mechanics, but the studio seems to need to rework the game every year or other year so they become more and different with each iteration.

Not the same game I played. By the time you read this, probably won't even be the same game I reviewed about it not being the same game I played.

I was a huge fan of the gamen then they changed it totally.
It's way less fun.

This game is a lot of fun! Very similar to the Diablo ARPG series.

Great ARPG! If you like Diablo 2 or Path of Exile this game is a great alternative

Servers seem to always function poorly.
This game is bit of an oddball.
2/5

This game is just BORING. At no point was my character in danger of taking significant damage, let alone dying. The game so closely mimics Diablo 2 you're better off just playing Diablo 2. The easiest monsters drop amazing loot and I got a "satanic" level item in the starting zone. I guess if you're a player who likes walking around and collecting loot (you don't really have to fight to get the loot the enemies die so easily to any attack) then it's the game for you. I just found it very dull.