Band Of Heroes
Genre: RPG, Shooter
Game Review
Do you remember a side scrolling shooter flash game called They Took Our Candy Game? Don't worry if you can't, it's quite far back in 2012 during the Halloween. Band of heroes has a similar concept as it and more role playing.
Band of heroes is about a lucky rogue named Josh who always finds his way to the most wanted treasures and artifacts, to steal of course! This time he gets into troubles and will have to team up with a group of strange but skillful teammates during his quest. Sadly only three characters can be in your party, but each has their own style of attack and set of upgrades. These characters can be upgraded at the end of each stage.
I still managed to enjoy this game immensely. The gameplay is fairly easy in normal levels except dodging meteors and boss battles are relatively challenging. I notice the meteors are too powerful and damaging, there is little warning before they hit and you are too slow to dodge in time. I always lose a member for standing too long in the burning ash. By the way, I had played the game with my touch pad. This could be the factor why... :O
The game has good replay value with different team combos and upgrades however disappointing as it only has 10 stages to explore. An adjustable difficulty level or survival mode with higher enemy spawn rates would make the game even more awesome. All in all this is a well-designed game and I hope to see more like this in the future.
Band Of Heroes Guide
List of Characters in Band of Heroes
Josh (Rogue)
Ablities
Grand Slash - Josh performs a wide sword slash. Causes 300% damage to all enemies in front of him.
Lucky Strike - Every hero in the band gains 10% to cause 2x damage when hitting an enemy.
Upgrades
Sword Mastery - + 20 / 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 % to Grand Slash area and damage.
Treasure Seeker - Enemies + 10 / 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 % gold when eliminated.
Throwing Mastery - Knives throwing rate is increased by + 10 / 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 %.
Gold Magnet - Gold Magnet area is increased by 40 / 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 %.
Lucky Star - + 5 / 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 % to Lucky Strike.
Dodge Mastery - Josh gain 3 / 6 / 9 / 12 /15 % chance to avoid any damage from any source.
Erica (Arbalester)
Ablities
Hail Of Arrows - Erica shoots arrows at enemy causing 200%. The arrow go right through the enemies.
Disciple - +300% to fire rate of every hero in the band.
Upgrades
Spilitting Arrows - Erica's arrow gains + 5 / 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 % chance to split into two arrows after hitting an enemy.
Elite Guard - Erica's Hp and damage increases by 10 / 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 %
First Aid - + 5 / 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 % chance that the enemy will drop the healing potion when eliminated.
Battle Fury - Erica fills up the super power meter by 0.5 / 1.0 / 1.5 / 2.0 / 2.5 % each time she gets damaged.
Piercing Arrows - Erica's arrows gain 10 / 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 % chance to go right through an enemy.
Drill - + 3 / 6 / 9 / 12 / 15 % to Discipline.
Selene (Dark Cleric)
Abilities
Healing Wave - Every hero in the band restores 15% of HP.
Brotherhood Of Pain - When any hero in the band gets damaged, every other hero in the band gets 25% damage instead of that hero.
Upgrades
Demon Skin - Selena's HP is increased by 10 / 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 %.
Bloodlust - Every enemy killed fills up 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 % of the super power bar.
Resurrection - If any hero in the band dies, he or she will revive with full HP after 100 / 80 / 60 / 40 / 20 seconds.
Anasthesia - The damage from any source is reduced by 2 / 4 / 6 / 8 / 10 %.
Regeneration - Every hero in the band restores 0.5 / 1.0 / 1.5 / 2.0 / 2.5 % of max HP every second.
Dark Side - When super power is activated, Selena's fire rate rises by 100% for 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 seconds.
Glenn (Air Wizard)
Abilities
Ice Vortex - Protecting vortex appears around the band for 5 seconds. It stops the hostile projectiles and damages the enemies in range.
Wind Armor - There is 25% chance to reduce any damage by 355%.
Upgrades
TailWind - Glenn's Razor Waves speed is increased by 20 / 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 %.
Storm Armor - Wind Armor's chance to reduce the damage is increased by 5 / 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 %.
Haste - All the heroes in the band move 10 / 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 % faster.
Turbulence - Razor Waves slow down the enemies by 10 / 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 %.
Tornado - Ice Vortex time is increased by 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 seconds.
Air Mastery - Glenn's fire rate is increased bt 10 / 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 %.
Ray (Engineer)
Abilites
Flamethrower - Launches a wide beam of flame forward causing 400 damage to each enemy affected.
Too Young To Die - If any souce causes lethal damage to Ray, his Hp reduces to 1 instead and the rest of the damage is distributed among the rest of the band evenly.
Upgrades
Loot Magnet - Bonus and Gold Magnet area is increased by 40 / 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 %.
Loot Expert - The chance to get weapon bonus is improved by 2 / 4 / 6 / 8 / 10%.
Napalm Bomb - When the bomb hits an enemy, the enemy starts to burn. The fire burns for 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 seconds causing 50% damage each second.
Overdive - Flamethrower's beam thickness and damage is increased by 20 / 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 %.
Healing Drone - Grants a healing drone who restores 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 % of max Ray's Hp for 5 seconds.
Attack Drone - Grants a battle drone who attacks nearest enemy each 0.5 seconds causing 25% damage.
Build Erica(Leader), Josh and Selene
Personally, I love this build. Putting Erica as team leader while Josh and Selene as teammates. Selene's Resurrection is very useful and Erica's abilities is imbalance. The synergy with Josh's Throwing Mastery is perfect. You can see Josh doing all the screen damage, especially with its wide attack style.
Build Ray(Leader), Glenn and Selene
This build is a beast. After maxing all Ray's upgrade, his abilities to take down boss is incredibly effective. It's crazy when you see how wide the width of the beam is. There's no monsters that can stands in his way.
Build Ray(Leader), Erica and Selene
As for Ray, he will be able to upgrade your party members shooting abilities with high rate of upgrade drops during battle. The flamethrower charges very quickly, and you can use it and Erica on the annoying necromancers and the boss. Selene keeps everyone alive as usual.
