Star Hammer: The Vanguard Prophecy Critic Reviews

A truly entertaining little strategy game. Offering just enough complexity to test a player's strategic thinking, it's backed by steady, effective aesthetic direction and a mass of scenarios that almost - almost! - make up for the lack of multiplayer to make for one of the finest indie games so far in 2015.

Star Hammer: The Vanguard Prophecy is tactical space battle, with really good and innovative battle module. Unfortunately it also has possibly the worst campaign presentation ever in history of videogaming. Ugly heads talk and talk and talk. And talk some more.

With some more creative level design and a fully fleshed-out campaign, Star Hammer could have really been something special.

First mission greets us with cheesy music, cheap special effects and blocky spaceships from an age long past. Time to file for a refund? Not just yet: despite poor presentation, Star Hammer is a very nice strategy.

It’s a game for the patient, as you’ll be spending a lot of time paused and micromanaging.

Star Hammer’s combat systems are truly exceptional, but they’re trapped in a bland, forgettable campaign.

This game might be limited, but does feel like a thorough tactical sim. The space fights do not bore, and the campaign is nice and long.

Star Hammer: The Vanguard Prophecy is a fun and deep space tactical experienced marred by a not-so-interesting campaign, lack of personality and an old-style look.

It is a definite step forward compared to Star Hammer Tactics, but there is so much stuff to add, like, for example, multiplayer and a global map with a strategic mode or a story campaign.

The ideas are sound, and the gameplay sometimes shine, but it still lacks personality and care for details.

Turn based strategy in space worthy of the most seasoned stellar commanders, although there's not a lot more to do besides the battles.

Although the battles are fun, the story is boring and the lack of multiplayer is unacceptable.

You can feel the potential. But in the end it gets boring since the ships abilities allow only a few tactical options while you fight wave after wave.

Star Hammer has all the good components of a comprehensive and entertaining strategy, but its design is totally unsuitable for the overwhelming majority of missions, that appear later in the game. Hand in hand with bugs the originally entertaining small fleet commanding turns to unplayable piece.