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Capes

Spitfire Interactive · May 29, 2024

PC · PS5 · Series X|S · PS4 · Xbox One · Switch

Teen

About

Twenty years ago, the supervillains won. Since then, they’ve created a dystopian city where developing super powers is a crime. Nobody has managed to slow them down, until now. Capes is a turn based superhero strategy game where you build a team of heroes and fight to take back the city. Played across a series of campaign and patrol missions, choose to push forward with the story or take the time to explore the side missions and unlock more heroes, earn skill points and complete challenges, and learn more about your heroes lives. Recruit new heroes with a range of unique powers and abilities. Every hero plays differently, and requires a fresh approach to their powers and abilities. Learning and exploiting each hero's unique play style will build their power in combat allowing them to unleash their personal tide turning Ultimates. Exciting, heroic, turn based combat to test your strategic skills. Team ups and positioning matter, unlocking new ways to approach every enemy type and supervillain you encounter. Capes combat isn't based around random numbers or lurking behind cover. Power doesn't make you invulnerable, far from it. Your choices will make the difference between victory and defeat. Take up to 4 heroes to work together in each mission. Each hero gains a unique team up ability from each of their allies, allowing them to work together to take advantage of their unique powers. Level up your heroes to gain access to new abilities and powerful upgrades. Use Skill Points acquired from completing objectives and challenges to unlock their powers. Complete collections of hero specific challenges during missions to earn bonus Skill Points and unlock optional missions that give a deeper insight into each of the heroes.

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Scores by platform

PC

Critic 7.2 (13 critics) · Gamer 7.0

7.2

PlayStation 5

Critic 7.9 (7 critics) · Gamer 7.3

7.6

Xbox Series X|S

No critic reviews yet · No ratings yet

PlayStation 4

No critic reviews yet · Gamer 7.5

Xbox One

No critic reviews yet · No ratings yet

Nintendo Switch

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Critic reviews

  • GameCritics

    Brad Gallaway · Sep 26, 2024

    8.5
    Capes has loads of personality and offers a genuinely fresh experience thanks to new ideas in structure and an emphasis on characters and story. I absolutely loved the reworked and superior post-patch experience from start to finish, and have no problems recommending it to tactics fans craving something besides the usual medieval or military fare. My hat is off to the team for putting in what must have been a huge amount of work and ultimately saving the day — the effort was well worth it.
  • PPE

    Igor Chrzanowski · Aug 23, 2024

    7.0
    Capes to naprawdę ciekawa propozycja dla miłośników turowych gier akcji, ale niestety poza rozgrywką, nic innego nie będzie w stanie utrzymać was przed ekranem na dłużej.
  • Smash Jump

    Adrian Cozmuta · Aug 20, 2024

    7.0
    Capes has several good ideas that it grapples with, although its potential is not fully realized. The title impresses through its solid tactical combat, compelling characters backed up by mission-based characterization, challenging action that will make you think, and a stable performance on the Switch. However, the story becomes predictable despite initial attempts at subverting genre tropes, the gameplay often lacks oomph, the soundtrack is repetitive, and the presentation leaves much to be desired.
  • WellPlayed

    Nathan Hennessy · Jul 25, 2024

    6.5
    Come for the satisfying, concentration-demanding turn-based tactical puzzles with a diverse and interesting roster. Reconsider your stay when the difficulty curve takes to the skies.
  • ZTGD

    Terrence Johnson · Jun 12, 2024

    5.0
    Capes has a really neat idea for sure, superheroes are still the hot thing and putting them in a tactical game is a cool idea. Unfortunately, the execution here was less than stellar; lackluster voice acting, dull combat, and heroes that frankly just don’t feel heroic. If you are looking for heroic, tactical action you’d be better off looking elsewhere; this isn’t the game you’re looking for.
  • Finger Guns

    Miles Thompson · Jun 06, 2024

    8.0
    Flying into battle with a strong but satisfying difficulty curve, Capes sheds the fluff of more expansive titles to double down on the tactical acumen of an XCOM title. Missions are tough, thrilling and ultimately rewarding. Even if the story behind the carnage is lackluster and the spikes in difficulty can be positively mountainous, Capes proves you don’t need a popular licence to make a grand superhero worthy of acclaim.

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