Hex of Steel 4+

Closest thing to panzer corps we will get on iPhone

Love this game ! This is the closest thing we will ever get to panzer corps on iPhone . You are doing AMAZING work ! However I have one issue (thus why it’s 4 stars )
On the new iPhones with “Dynamic island “ (D.I.) the D.I. Takes up a good portion of the menu on the side when playing . I don’t know if you guys can do anything or add a option to move side bar around or something cause it’s a giant pain . Again this is not the developers fault and I will 100% continue to support the game with DLC or any purchases I can make ! Keep up the amazing work.

Crashes all the time.

I tried giving this a solid run through several of the maps and the German campaign. Nearly every time I ended a round the app crashed. In the middle of several dozen turns, the app crashed. I’m currently running a Pacific map playing team Japan. After every end of turn, the app crashed. In fact, I’m trying to advance beyond round five and can’t because it crashes at the same point every time as the AI teams are taking their turns. I literally cannot advance this game any further! I’ve tried replaying the round from a previous save and still had ten straight crashes right after AI Netherland’s turn!

So why 2 stars? This game actually has a lot of potential. The AI doesn’t make moronic decisions like many other strategy games. In fact, I’m curious as to why exactly the game crashes when it does. It’s almost as if it’s overtaxing the iPad’s ability to compute what the AI is doing. Some of the other crashes appeared to be graphics related. I love the unit options and realism. The prices are a bit too high but it’s within tolerance. The terrain and weather effects are also great. I tried the upgrade option a few times and couldn’t figure it out. There are too few menu helps. With some fixes, this game can be the best of the turn based strategy games. Please, please please fix the crash problems for the iOS platforms.

Developer Response ,

Good day !

The crashes aren’t related to the game and the code but the model of iphone / ipad you are using.

It is written in caps at the very beginning of the description, this game is heavy and requires a powerful device. If you don’t have an iPad pro it’s unlikely to run the big scenarios (europe, entire pacific etc)

Same for the iPhones, do not expect to run anything on an iPhone 6s or so

This is not something I can fix, unfortunately

Textures are already at minimum (256x256, compared to the 1024x1024 on PC)

However, playing any of the campaigns is fine, since they aren’t 60.000 tiles big :)

I will update the description to maybe make it more clear what device can or cannot run some of the biggest maps in the game

Regarding the upgrade, I would recommend you take a look at the manual, this is explained there.

There are no tooltips on the mobile version on the game because they would simply appear all the time (hover with mouse on PC, there is no such thing as hover on mobile, its either you press or you don’t)

But there is a detailed manual that you can access from within the main menu, please have a look :)

Maybe give a try to the demo on PC and see if it runs better on your PC

Again, sorry !

There are few problems

So the game just came to mobile so I can't be harsh. I have a feeling most of the things Im going to say will be fixed at some point so, its just a friendly reminder. One thing Id like to see added would be a help bar. This is due to the fact that I have no idea how to resupply. What the "help bar" would do is to help players get more comfortable witht he game. Everything included would be from simple movements to complex things you have added in your game. It could festure the how resupply works to how certain terrains effect troops. I see the bar on the side panel with the icons but, all I see is "no cost" and nothing happens. I think it would also benifit to new players of TBS and bring more people to love the game. Another thing is that the AI won't do their turn. Usually stuck looking at one unit for awhile and I have to restart the load for it to work. Other than those things I have no complaints on the game. It is a master piece and just as good as any Easy Tech game Ive played. So hats off to you for making a greating game. Thank you for taking your time to read my comment.(Sorry I know this is just a repost but I added more detail to the help bar I couldnt find your email)

Developer Response ,

Hi buddy !

Just saw your review now, not sure Apple publish them right away, as im checking almost every day ...
anyway. Thanks for leaving a review ! And yes, you did your background check, its all gonna be fixed :) i fix everything always :p
Can you send me an email about what you mean by help bar ? Not sure I understand what you mean.
For the AI, I see your review was left in 1.5.1.
As of 1.5.5, everything has been fixed !:)
If it happens again (would be surprising) There are plenty of ways to contact me (Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, Discord) and my email is indicated on there. Go to the steam page of the game, find my email there and we’ll work this out ;)
Cheers !
Val