There's way too many factors that peaked my enjoyment for Wartales that I find it difficult to pick the best topic to start off for this review. That being said, I can say I love every single aspect of the game so far EXCEPT for the Rhythm mini games for the bard profession but that's simply because I really really suck at it.

Now I found there's a bit of every aspects of games that I like in Wartales. From Runescape's movement, Fire Emblem's combat, Point and Click Indie game puzzle solving, Bannerlord's traversal, Progression systems of JRPGs, Conan Exile's capture system, Resource Management, Troop Management, Base Management, World Building management, Side stories and Exploration. There's probably many more that i've yet to discover since I've only 100%'d one area of the world so far. That still doesn't include the DLC's I can definitely see myself going over 500hrs in total in Wartales with this amount of replay-ability.

It's a tough game, for me at least. I'm playing on the Normal Difficulty and it's already been a challenge. You can basically play however you want like so far I only tried leading a team of 4-8 characters looks like we can definitely add more as there's no indication of any limit. You can be nice to everyone or be a ♥♥♥♥ it is completely up to you.

Story wise? there's stuff going on in the world sure but you and your team isn't in the center of it. Like you can participate in conflict and help each side on different battles and that's the beauty of wartales. My friend says the way I describe Wartales is that it's a sandbox game. Doesn't feel like it, but I understand why it comes across that way.

Will update once i try out the DLCs but for now this review is solely on the base game 100hours in.