# BattleLore: Command — user reviews > 147 indexed App Store user reviews of BattleLore by Fantasy Flight Games, rated 4.00/5 from 16 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/battlelore-command/id931579459/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/battlelore-command/id931579459.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 8 · 4★ 4 · 3★ 2 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 2 ## What do users think of BattleLore? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🎮 Excellent tactical strategy gameplay with depth - 🎨 High-quality graphics and 3D animations - 🎵 Great sound design and voice acting - 📖 Engaging campaign with compelling story - 🧠 Mentally stimulating and challenging combat - 🎯 Faithful adaptation of the board game - 👥 Multiple game modes (campaign, PvP, AI, hot seat) - 💰 No aggressive in-app purchases - 🎪 Polished user interface and smooth controls - 🏆 Good replay value with branching paths **Cons** - 🎲 Dice rolls appear heavily biased toward AI - 💾 No mid-game save functionality - ⏱️ Battles take excessively long to complete - 🔄 No undo button for accidental actions - 📱 UI elements too small on smaller screens - 🌐 Online multiplayer is dead/non-functional - 🎮 Limited unit variety and customization - ⚙️ Overpowered AI with unfair advantages - 🔧 Game crashes frequently - 📜 Only English language support - 🎯 Restrictive lane-based movement system - 🔀 Rule changes from original board game - ⏳ No difficulty level selection - 🐢 Slow enemy turn animations - 🎪 Outdated app not updated for modern iOS **Commonly reported bugs** - Game crashes after defeating boss Ravos - App crashes when selecting units in certain scenarios - Crashes on iPad mini and smaller devices - Game closes when tapping blue flags on map - Crashes when grotesque ability is used - Force quit loses all progress with no save - Game crashes at level selection screen - Crashes on iPhone 6+ consistently - No sound on iPad Air - Game wedges in weird state with Lore menu - Crashes when app is closed mid-game - LAN multiplayer disconnection issues - Incompatible with iOS 8 and later versions - Storage space requirement mismatch in app info **Most requested features** - Mid-game save functionality (most requested) - Undo button for accidental moves and lore selections - Asynchronous online multiplayer - Difficulty level selection - Game state saving between sessions - Zoom capability for smaller screens - Additional campaign expansions - Play as the Uthuk faction in campaign - German language translation - French language translation - Russian language translation - Faster enemy turn animations - Terrain information display before movement - Top-down board game view option - Unit experience and progression system - Cross-device iCloud synchronization - Rotate screen orientation option - More unit types and factions - Pass and play local multiplayer - 64-bit update for modern devices ## Newest reviews (16 of 147) ### 2/5 — Nett umgesetzt mit Mängeln, keine Dt. Übersetzung, kein Speichern *2024-01-22* Es handelt sich bei diesem Spiel um eine grafisch recht gute Umsetzung des Brettspiels Battlelore 2. Edition. Es gibt eine Kampagne, die aufgrund von seltsamen Quests allerdings nur wenig Taktik zulässt und einen in bestimmte Spiel-Muster zwingen möchte, dies macht mir nur mäßig Spaß. Dafür hat man die Möglichkeit im Internet/Lan/gegen eine CPU oder zu zweit normal zu spielen. Dies funktioniert sehr gut und ist für eine App auch gut umgesetzt worden. Dennoch macht es nicht soviel Spaß wie das Original-Brettspiel. Was für mich als Gelegenheits- bzw. Toilettenspieler allerdings gar nicht geht, ist der Fakt, dass dieses Spiel bzw. die App die laufenden Spiele nicht speichert. Keine Zwischenspeicherung, keine manuelle Speichermöglichkeit innerhalb eines Spiels. Man kann gewisse Aktionen, die innerhalb des Original-Spiels wieder zurückgenommen oder bis zu einem gewissen Punkt geändert werden können, in der App nicht mehr zurücknehmen. Was mich am meisten stört, ist der Umstand, dass gewisse Fähigkeiten in der App anders behandelt werden als im Original. Es gibt beim Würfel keine Krone, mit der man diese bestimmten Einheiten-Fähigkeiten aktivieren könnte oder sich auch Entscheiden kann, diese Fähigkeit nicht zu aktivieren. Beispiel: Blood Harvester - Frenzy und Citadel Guard - Superior Tactics. Dies macht meiner Meinung nach die Wertigkeit der beiden Einheiten zu nichte. Zudem lässt das Spiel mehrere Machtkarten pro Runde zu, dies ist im Original so nicht möglich bzw. wird auf eine Karte pro Runde limitiert. Mein Fazit: Wer Battlelore alleine spielen möchte, das Original nicht kennt oder wen die kleinen Regeländerungen nicht stören und wer für eine Runde ohne Speichern 45-90 min. investieren kann, der kann ruhig zugreifen. Ansonsten eher nicht. Ich habe gemerkt, egal wie gut so Spiele als App umgesetzt werden (Battlelore, Zombies, Warhammer Quest, Terraforming Mars, Carcassonne, Monopoly uvm.), es taugt einfach nichts als App. Es kommt nicht an das Original heran, es fehlt die Kommunikation unter Spielern, man hat nichts zum Anfassen, nicht mal den Aufbau nimmt man selbst vor. Zudem spielt man Brettspiele, auch wenn dies geht, nicht alleine! Vielleicht bin ich mit 40 zu alt, aber Brettspiele gehören auf den Tisch. Mit Getränken, Snacks und lustigen Freunden. PS: 3 Sterne Abzug für fehlende Speicherfunktion, nur eine Sprache und kleine Unstimmigkeiten mit den Regeln. Das können andere für einen geringeren Preis besser. ### 3/5 — Multiplayer question *2022-06-15, version 1.2.2* I’m wondering if you can still play this game online? ### 3/5 — Not bad *2021-07-14, version 1.2.2* Not bad, it seems to be the board game all there just without the extra hardware such as actual dice throwing. But there’s no save function for mid battle and battles can take half an hour. That’s just a no go for mobile for me so unfortunately it’s a delete. Also hasn’t been updated for latest screens. ### 4/5 — Please add save feature *2020-07-27, version 1.2.2* I enjoy the game mechanics and just purchased this on 7-27-2020. I should have payed better attention to other reviews that stated no save feature was given. This really hurts the game and if any Devs read this please implement a save feature soon. All in all it’s a great game. ### 3/5 — Enjoyable but slow and occasionally glitchy *2020-02-09, version 1.2.2* The game is generally fun to play, but there’s no way to expedite opponents game speed in campaign mode and, without being able to save progress on half-played campaign levels, the game will occasionally turn off forcing to restart from the beginning of the level. ### 2/5 — Good but unbalanced *2019-07-14, version 1.2.2* Well made game with good production values. Enjoying single player but multiplayer has a problem. Whoever plays the bad guys can just spam 6 demon lords making them almost impossible to beat. This concentrates their force into fewer units meaning they can move a greater percentage of their army and attack with a greater percentage each turn. It also means that when they are hit they are less likely to lose a unit. There is no advantage to fielding an army with more units spread out. We have played each game type and in each case 6 chaos lords defeats whatever is sent against them. The roc warrior is not as strong. I have the board game and it only comes with one chaos lord. This should have been the limit set on the app too. ### 4/5 — Quasi quasi quello che cercavo *2019-01-27, version 1.2.2* Il gioco è bello nel suo insieme: personaggi, fazioni, unità e di per se non inventa nulla di nuovo prendendo giustamente spunto da Board Game quali Warhammer Fantasty. Ho giocato ancora troppe poche ore ma ci sono due aspetti che vorrei segnalare sperando di portare una segnalazione che possa essere costruttiva. Primo punto: Darei la possibilità di “manovra”migliore e maggiore dove ogni turno, ciascun giocatore, può muovere tutto l’esercito, mettendo magari 4/6 linee di movimento in più fra le due fazioni e ridimensionando magari i valori degli stessi così da dare creare un turno inframezzo ai primi scontri fisici dove integrerei con la comparsa di vere e proprie macchine da tiro (catapulte/cannoni) da fare da riempimento. Allo stesso modo ci inserirei un paio di potenziali Eroi per fazione fra maghi e combattenti che, sempre nella fase di tiro, possono scatenare le loro abilità. Secondo punto: La risoluzione delle schermaglie fra CPU e propria armata spesso non è bilanciata e questo può risultare alla lunga demotivante. Terzo Punto: Investite di più assolutamente nel gioco, nella pubblicità perchè questo è davvero un grande titolo con un potenziale di diffusione ampissimo. Il fatto che non ci siano giocatori online denota di come sia poco conosciuto nonostante ormai i 4 anni trascorsi dalla sua prima pubblicazione. Sono sicuro che con un pizzico di colore in più ed un pò più di dinamica data dai punti sopra citati il gioco sarebbe un MUST per tutti i giocatori di giochi da tavolo e NERD che ci sono al mondo... e fidatevi: siamo tanti. Complimenti ancora. ### 4/5 — Difficile ma appagante *2018-01-15, version 1.2.2* Premesso che la mia valutazione è positiva perché si tratta di un bel gioco di strategia fantasy concepito ad alto livello, ci sono alcune considerazioni da fare. La prima, manca moltissimo l’esperienza ed il miglioramento delle truppe. Per questo do quattro stelle e non cinque. Spero che col tempo questa mancanza possa essere colmata. Per il resto, si tratta di un gioco che va oltre gli schemi ordinari (vedi frozen front che secondo me è il top di gamma). All’inizio molto molto difficile da padroneggiare perché non si muovono contemporaneamente tutte le truppe dispiegate in campo ma soltanto quelle che servono in base alle scelte iniziali. Tutte sacrificabili in base alla situazione. Le truppe nemiche sono inequivocabilmente più forti delle nostre. A volte per disperazione si pensa che la cpu bari... in realtà tutto sta nel padroneggiare tatticamente il campo e soprattutto i lore, cioè i poteri speciali, che faranno la differenza tra la vittoria e la sconfitta. Bel gioco difficile e quindi molto appagante, superiore alla media ma che sente la mancanza di poter perfezionare il proprio esercito con l’esperienza. Andrebbe introdotta la possibilità di armare e corazzare meglio le truppe. Consigliato solamente agli hardcore gamers di tattica. Una bella sfida. ### 2/5 — Frustrating! *2017-11-21, version 1.2.2* The other reviews are correct. This game is ruined by a bizarre AI that has incredible luck while your forces couldn't hit a barn door from 2 paces. Very unbalanced game play that spoils what could have been a good game. ### 3/5 — Bitte mal die Downloadgröße anpassen *2017-10-24* In der Information steht 846,2 mb. Selbst mit 1,6 gb freiem Speicher bekomme ich eine Hinweismeldung mit zuwenig freien Speicherplatz ? Bitte mal die Information korrigieren. ### 3/5 — Super fun game but crashing issues destroys progress *2017-09-13, version 1.2.2* Specifically on the defense against the Ravo's war band one, whenever a grotesque ability is used to recover their health if they kill an enemy. The game crashes and dumps your progress so you have to restart it. Happened to me three times in a row now and is unable to progress past it ### 3/5 — O línea Games *2017-04-13, version 1.2.1* It has been imposible to find any one at the main lobby screen.¿Is there any one really able to play online¿ ### 2/5 — Dommage... *2017-04-05* Gros bug empêchant régulièrement de sélectionner ses unités lors du commandement ... seule solution : fermer l application et la rouvrir ...sauf qu'il n'y a pas de sauvegarde ... pour le prix ce n'est pas sérieux... je demande un remboursement ### 4/5 — Fast perfekt *2017-02-27* Diese Spiel macht extrem viel Spaß. Es ist taktisch anspruchsvoll, schön erzählt (tolles Englisch, dadurch auch etwas schwerer zu verstehen). Schön aufgebaut vom Anspruch (von Mission zu Mission spielt man neue Truppen frei, sodass es immer komplexer wird). Zu schwer finde ich es nicht bisher. Ich habe jetzt 8 Missionen hinter mir und habe bisher alle beim ersten Mal gewonnen. Man muss natürlich etwas strategisch vorgehen und auch Taktiken wie umzingeln (zum Pinnen), Terrains etc bedenken, dann geht es sehr gut (bisher). Den Punktabzug gibt es nur für die technische Kinderkrankheiten, die wohl nicht mehr ausgemerzt werden leider, da das letzte Update ja nun schon 2015 war. Mit Kinderkrankheiten meine ich die hier bereits erwähnten Dinge wie: - teilweise viel zu kleine Texte (ich spiele das auf dem iPhone 4s noch...) - auf dem 4s allgemein alles sehr klein - keine Speicherfunktion mitten im Spiel, sodass man immer wieder von vorne anfangen muss, wenn App geschlossen wurde. - keine Rückgängigtaste bei verklicken Ansonsten aber technisch super. Schöne Grafik, toller Sound, tolle Kampagne, bei mir erstaunlich wenig Akku Verbrauch, hätte ich absolut nicht gedacht. Sehr zu empfehlen! ### 2/5 — Gets boring fast *2017-01-13, version 1.2.1* It's cool until you play over 10 games :/ it would be better if wasn't turn based. It gets boring quickly. Needs updates :/ unless u know u like the game I wouldn't buy ### 2/5 — Complicated where simpler would be better *2017-01-11, version 1.2.1* The game has needless complications - for example limiting unit actions among 3 artificial channels that have nothing to do with actual combat tactics. And more of same throughout the game. You could take out 50% of the complicated rules in this game and it would become a 100% better tactical game. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Un jouable *2019-08-21* Ou je n ai pas de chance ou IA en a tellement que le jeu en devient lassant . 1 scénario joué le 2 éme impossible chaque lancés génèrent des dégâts pour vous alors que vous 95% des vôtres sont des échecs . Je ne sais pas si c’est un bug mais je pense mettre fait rouler. Si vous aimez ce genre de jeux acheter le en version plateau avec de vrais figurines et de vrais dés que l’on lance soit même . ### 1/5 — Too small on IPhone 5s *2018-08-08, version 1.2.2* If you have a small screen like on the iPhone 5s or earlier it's not worth playing this without a magnifying glass. It will ruin your eyesight. It is much better on an iPad mini or higher. Some zoom capability is needed for smaller screens or you need reading glasses. The game combat is frustrating. I play the he board game so I’m disappointed that the combat doesn’t reflect probabilities provided by the board game dice. ### 1/5 — Terrible. *2017-12-20, version 1.2.2* Terrible. Not worth the money. ### 1/5 — What the hell with the dice *2017-10-01, version 1.2.2* This game is good except the dice. Graphics good. Story good. AI good. Dice are awful. Unfortunately the dice is most the game. The last time I played I was protecting the cattle. Enemy goes first. There are five cattle to protect. Before I got a turn 3 cattle were dead. That is 9 his on 12 dice. My turn came. I had 8 dice. I got zero hits. This is every game. It is no fun. Too bad. The board game is awesome. This is just work. ### 1/5 — Costoso è sbilanciato *2017-05-08, version 1.2.1* Il gioco ha una buona grafica e un meccanismo ben fatto ....ma è troppo costoso è drammaticamente sbilanciato verso il giocatore CPU Nella campagna no si può scegliere la fazione e le unità avversarie,non si sa il perché , fanno il doppio delle cose che fanno le proprie unita e guardacaso prendono sempre un sacco di punti magia..... Ultima cosa non si può scegliere il livello di difficolta SCONSIGLIO vivamente l'acquisto ### 1/5 — Aucune niveau de difficulté *2017-01-01* Tout allez bien jusqu'à la mission 6, impossible à passer sans beaucoup de chance. Et comme je suis pas du genre à rejouer 214 fois une même mission (pas le temps et pas du tout envie) et que le jeu ne propose pas ni un accès à des scénarios indépendants, ni à d'autres campagnes, ni à un mode facile et bien... pour moi c'est plié. Je retourne au jeu de plateau et j'oublie cette daube. ### 1/5 — Dice rolling is broken! *2015-10-18, version 1.2.1* I play the actual board game and the dice results are actually pretty balanced. In the app version of the game the dice rolling is just plain broken. It's really no fun to play because you miss 75 percent of the time. The AI only misses about 10 percent of the time. It's really frustrating and not fun. ### 1/5 — Garbage *2015-08-11, version 1.2.1* If you like playing a game that you cannot advance past the first battle, this is for you. It is terrible! ### 1/5 — Game *2015-07-04* Так себе. Сводится как карта ляжет. Стратегией назвать тяжело по причине отсутствия каких либо ресурсов, только тактика. Да и та довольно чудная. На любителя, это уж точно. Возможно было бы и интересней играть а со стороны разработчиков учитывать и российский рынок и перевести игру на русский! ### 1/5 — Can not progress by an error. 先に進めません。 *2015-02-13* After the tutorial, I can't proceed to the next stage. Tapping a blue frag in a map shuts down the game. I'm using iOS 8.1.3 on iPad Air 2. チュートリアルの先に進めません。青い旗をタップするとゲームが落ちます。 ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Tactical Grid Based Masterpiece! *2024-03-07, version 1.2.2* Darksouls level of challenge. You will be engaged and mentally stimulated. An excellent game. I’m glad it’s still here on iOS! Worth the price and some. Features: • Excellent campaign w/ voice acting & art • Online PvP • Player vs. Ai • Hot seat (pass & play) ### 5/5 — Great game for board game lovers *2019-07-12, version 1.2.2* I love tabletop war games and Fantasy Flight, so I love this app. People complaining about the game taking too long are clearly looking for a different kind of app. For iOS games it takes a long time, but for board game lovers it's what you'd expect. The balance didn't bother me, as the AI isn't the best, so it seems fair that it would have certain advantages. It's funny to me that some people think it's too hard to beat. Again, they're probably not tabletop dice game fans, as this is part of the experience for me. When so many games are dumbed-down these days, I like the potential to lose and refine my strategy. I beat the game the day I got it and continue to play. It's too bad no one plays online, but solo gamers can play both sides or the AI. I'm hoping for more content to be released! ### 5/5 — Great game! *2019-02-28, version 1.2.2* Interesting and compellingly deep turn-based tactical combat, with excellent campaign mode. It is very challenging and even if you are making good decisions, the AI will win from time to time, but I wouldn’t say the virtual dice are rigged as some others suggest. With randomness, improbable results do occur and good strategy helps to mitigate that over time. Would be nice to see better set-up for online multiplayer - e.g. like Lords of Waterdeep, Terra Mystica or Through the Ages, but this is worth it for the single player campaign alone. ### 5/5 — Like it but ... *2018-03-27, version 1.2.2* I like it a lot but there should be a way to get expansions on the app to BattleLore. ### 5/5 — An enjoyable wargame *2017-11-08, version 1.2.2* I’m really enjoying this game so far - just finished the campaign. A couple of ideas to make it even better: Add a new campaign or make the current one longer ;-) Please add an ‘undo’ button for things like moving units or choosing a target unit when playing a lore card. Btw, for those considering getting this game, some people mentioned the dice being skewed - I for one think that they’re most probably blaming the dice for something which is in fact a lack of tactical skill... the dice are just fine. ### 5/5 — Just like board game *2017-09-04, version 1.2.1* Updated review - 9/2017: Yes! I've got all the in app upgrades. This game has so much replay ability and they just made it IOS 11 compatible so I can update my iPad now. Thank you, thank you. Original review-Game plays very similar to the board game. Love the board game. This taught me the board game and strategy for the game. Only negative concern about warning comes up saying this app will not work in future versions of iOS because the dev doesn't support it. I bought the I app so I could play the Uthuk. No bugs and got all the way through. Now play local multiplayer and solo mode. Everyone contact Fantasy flight and maybe they will update it. ### 5/5 — 珠玉の戦術ゲーム *2017-07-17* バトル結果がサイコロで決まる軍隊を指揮して戦うターン制戦術ゲーム。適度な難易度で、頭を使えば勝てる。 良い意味で予測が立てやすいランダム性がああり、乱数のリスクをコントロールする術を身につけられるゲーム。 ### 5/5 — Please update this to 64 bit! *2017-03-29, version 1.2.1* Please update this to 64 bit! ### 5/5 — Awesome. *2016-12-15, version 1.2.1* Awesome game. If you have played BattleLore then you will know how to play this. No set up required. ### 5/5 — Très bon jeu *2015-10-02* J'espère qu'il y aura d'autres extensions. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-14.*