Arete: Battles of Alexander appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Arete is 78 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Arete User Reviews

Name: Arete: Battles of Alexander
Rating: 4.7 (24 reviews)

Arete: Battles of Alexander

Vasilios Kalpakoglou

Customer Experience

Positive experience69.0% of reviews

Neutral3.4% of reviews

Negative experience27.6% of reviews

~ Based on 29 written reviews from the US App Store.

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Arete: Battles of Alexander appears legitimate, with a few gaps. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Arete is 78/100.

Based on 78 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

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Bug zoom gets stuck

The game is simple and fun, but there is a bug where I cannot pan the field nor select units in the movement phase. Only action button that works is “Movement Done”…I have to restart the game every time this happens, not fun. Please fix the issue. Thank you.
Update: the developer contacted me to get this fixed. I will come up with steps to reproduce and send to him. Thanks for the prompt response, looking forward to get this fixed.

mart122436

10 days ago

Response from developer

Hi there. I’m not seeing this behavior and have had no other reports of it. There are two ways to zoom, with buttons or pinch (change in settings), but panning should always work. Can you message me through the contact page and I can try to sort it out?

Bug zoom gets stuck

mart122436

19 days ago

Response from developer

And he STILL WON’T increase Zoom

He said it doesn’t need be increased. Yet all the other triva they have added over the years. It dawned on me, he can’t. He doesn’t know how. Or it’s a bad design that won’t let him. He’s got my money, why should he care?

Eriptron

5 months ago

Impossible to play on iPhone

The developer doesn’t know how to increase the zoom. LOL
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And you keep deleting my reviews like the low class individual you are. Even your screenshots prove my point. It’s too small on a cell phone. The markers are too small to read. Documented 15 years and counting of dropping IQs in the industrialized nations. Go ahead delete this review too. :-p

Eriptron

a year ago

Great app, simple simulation

This is an excellent app that I hope does well. Mobile is a great platform for hex and counter wargaming and this app perfects it. However, as far as wargames go, the systems are simple and draw inspiration from WW2 wargames such as Simonitch’s series and ASL. This makes the battles not feel quite ancient, as units are fluid and highly mobile. For example, on the battle of Issus, my strategy involved crossing the river with a flanking force and clearing a path, which my main army ended up backing over. This essentially meant that I ended up on the Persian bank with Persians attacking my lines from my side of the river. It was fun, but ancient armies weren’t that mobile generally. I like the Field of Glory system of movement as it allows both cool tactics like crossing a river but still feels like the army has inertia that needs to be fought.

Mallentadro

a year ago

Response from developer

Thanks for the great review! In the battle of Issus the river was fordable and within the game it does slow down units, more infantry than cavalry. There’s also a -2 penalty for being in the river during combat (ranged and close). This typically gives the non-fording side a turn or two to react and move and take considerable advantage positioning-wise. This to me mirrors historical accounts accurately, but may not mirror some other ancients wargames. Other battles, other rivers are different (even within the game).

Great Cardboard Feel

Great interface, fun game.

general education

a year ago

Love this game!

As an avid wargamer, I love this game. It functions well on both phone and tablet. It provides a great hex and counter wargame experience online and against AI. I also enjoy the online matches a lot! I can’t wait for more titles like this.

RomaCaputMundi91

a year ago

Response from developer

Thanks for the great review! Glad to see you’re enjoying playing online as well as playing the computer.

Top war game

This is a very well written and developed war game. High quality graphics and great replayability define this as a superior game. I look forward to future releases.
Well done developers.

Paul57var

a year ago

Response from developer

Thank you for the great review! So happy to hear you’re enjoying the game. More games to come for sure.

Impossible to play on iPhone

And you keep deleting my reviews like the low class individual you are.

Even your screenshots prove my point. It’s too small on a cell phone. The markers are too small to read. Documented 15 years and counting of dropping IQs in the industrialized nations. Go ahead delete this review too. :-p

Eriptron

a year ago

Great classic hex and counter gameplay

I love the classic feel of old school counters combined in a great UI that really lends to the atmosphere.

rpgfan2791

2 years ago

Response from developer

Thank you for the great review!

Great Game!

It’s totally intuitive and very much like a board war game. So glad I found this. I hope the developers will take on other subjects too. A big buggy but great!

SO STUPID!!!!!!!!!!

2 years ago

Response from developer

Thank you for the review! Note that older devices may have issues with pinch zoom so switching to button zoom will be more stable. If you’ve encountered any other bugs, please message me through the contact info so I can get it resolved. Thanks for playing!

Great game!

This is pretty much an old-fashioned turn-based war game, and anyone who’s played one will get into it instantly. If you haven’t played one before, the advantage of playing on an app is it takes care of all of the fiddly bits for you, it’s all very intuitive. Newbies just want to be sure to check the modifiers that make you stronger or weaker in combat. Leaders are also important in keeping your units strong. Rules and tutorial are very clear and helpful.

Very good system, I hope it is used for more games in the future. The only additions I can think of are maybe some sort of positive modifier for heavy cavalry charges, and also maybe a movement penalty for units that are not in command.

This compares favorably to the HexWar game on Alexander simply because it has online play against human opponents, which is always more fun.

TheDudeAbided

2 years ago

Response from developer

Thank you for the great review and excellent feedback! So happy to hear you’re enjoying it. The move penalty is a really interesting idea.

Old School Wargame, Great new game

I’m an old hex and counter wargamer, and this definitely sits in a slightly above low complexity game, on the order of Command and Colors Ancients, without the frustration that I hear so often from C&C players about “not being able to order all their troops because of not having the right cards”. There are definite command limitations, units in command get bonuses for attack and defense, but you can order everything every turn. There is chaos in that initiative is dice driven, so you could go last one turn and first the next, but that’s the fall of the dice. The mechanics are clear, the TEC available for view anytime, and it plays fast. The community is growing, and whether you play a computer or human, you will have fun. I’m on as “Wargamermike”, so hit me up for a game!

Wargamermike

2 years ago

Response from developer

Thank you for the kind words, Mike! You described the game perfectly. And another big thanks for being such a formidable opponent in online games. Arete players, if you haven’t played Wargamermike yet, find him ASAP. He’s tough to beat.

High Production Value

Just finished my first battle and was compelled to write a review. This is a game I have been wanting on iOS for a long time. I love hex and counter war games (Squad Leader, Band of Brothers) and this game scratches that itch. I was a little worried it would be hard to play on my iPhone, my eyes are not what they were when I was younger. I had zero issues playing the game or reading the text. The UI is outstanding and makes the play seamless. The game itself is a lot of fun and mirrors tradition H&C board games. Definitely the best $10 I have spent in a long time. Congrats to the developer for such a well made game. He will be getting my money for any future games he develops.

GrumpyAPMech

2 years ago

Response from developer

Thank you so much for this wonderful review! Makes me so happy to see fellow wargamers enjoying Arete, and especially happy to know everything is seamless and readable.

Unplayable iPhone 12

Update:
The zoom should go twice as far, at least, to be able to see the details of the Counters beyond seeing the Command Range and Movement Allowance values. The counters’ artwork is nice. Why hide it? Why are you opposed to making your game legible? Again, this is on an iPhone 12 just fyi
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what I said stands. It stinks on rhe iPhone 12. Period. Zoom is pathetic. You can’t can read the markers. What a crybaby. Go home to your mommy. I mean ‘seriously’. Font way to small and devs (yeah, right) aren’t good enough anymore to allow font sizes! The fact you’ve not seen adjustable font before shows how mediocre you are ss a so-called ‘developer’. Junk like this makes you wonder about their ancestry. Year after year, it’s almost exactly the same inferior apps.

Eriptron

2 years ago

Response from developer

There are 2 ways to zoom, one for older devices, and both go all the way into counter-level. I’m not aware of any game that allows you to change font sizes but I went to great lengths to make sure it’s as readable or better than other iOS board games. My game was tested extensively on multiple devices and I stand by the quality knowing all the hard work I put into it. It is in no way “junk” or “inferior.” Insulting my “ancestry” is just bizarre and makes me think this is a personal attack rather than an honest review of the game.

Unplayable iPhone 12

Update: what I said stands. It stinks on rhe iPhone 12. Period. Zoom is pathetic. You can’t can read the markers. What a crybaby. Go home to your mommy. I mean ‘seriously’. Font way to small and devs (yeah, right) aren’t good enough anymore to allow font sizes! The fact you’ve not seen adjustable font before shows how mediocre you are ss a so-called ‘developer’. Junk like this makes you wonder about their ancestry. Year after year, it’s almost exactly the same inferior apps.

Eriptron

2 years ago

Response from developer

Terrible & Unplayable iPhone 12

Zoom is a ‘joke’. I mean ‘seriously’. Font way to small and devs (yeah, right) aren’t good enough anymore to allow font sizes! Junk like this makes you wonder about their ancestry. Year after year, it’s almost exactly the same inferior apps.

Eriptron

2 years ago

Excellent

Very good classical wargame, with muances such as command, cohesion etc that make it much more interesting than other similar games one the App Store (eg Ancient Battle series).

PatSagor

2 years ago

Response from developer

Thanks for the kind words, Pat. So glad you’re enjoying it!

Great game!

This one harkens back to the day of the old analogs and they did a great job. I would love to see more of these please!

Lotekdog

2 years ago

Response from developer

Thanks for the kind words! Definitely going to be more in the future.

The PERFECT way to play a fast and fun wargame on iPad!

This game is brilliant... i'm already a fan of history tabletop games and wargames, I hadn't really dipped my toes much into this hex-and-counter style of game, but THIS is the perfect gateway game into this world! Very sharp AI Bots, super fun and tough challenges, lots of Scenarios AND a Campaign mode. What's not to like? Games fly pretty quick, on a flight or just sitting around you can play a few. Just amazing. If you're the slightest bit interested, GET THIS GAME!

joebyer