There’s an interesting stamina system which deepens the strategic decision making players can use one character’s abilities multiple times in one round, at the cost of accuracy.

Following the Darkest Dungeon school of unsatisfying but meaningful turn-based-combat, Warsaw’s battle actions are almost always challenging trade-offs between making aggressive manoeuvres and putting your vulnerable units at risk. To the developers’ credit, Warsaw’s combat system is neither shallow nor bloated. Reckless play will result in shortages, preventing the player from using their units to their best ability. The twist which Warsaw incorporates is ammo management: each action will cost a form of ammunition, which is a resource found from exploration or winning combat. The player and the CPU opponent take turns to pick a character and perform one of up to four skills, ranging from the standard attacks, area-of-effect moves, buffs and debuffs. Combat is done on an 8×2 grid, where the left four columns are player territory, and the right 4 are enemy lines. Warsaw’s gameplay is familiar, and although it does introduce its own complexities and unique mechanics, those who have a few tactical role-playing games under their belt will feel right at home within this game’s systems. But overall, its repetitive gameplay does not build towards a convincing emotional core, which limits the effectiveness of the experience. Developers Pixelated Milk set out to make a harrowing game in the vein of Darkest Dungeon, where players are pitted against a monumental challenge and stacked odds, so that only the most cunning strategists have any chance of success.

It’s a tactical role-playing game which is heavily weighted towards combat and resource management. In Warsaw, players take the role of the Polish resistance against the occupying Nazi forces towards the end of World War 2.

Warsow review