Golem Gates Reviews

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8.5 / 10.0
Jul 6, 2019

Overall, Golem Gates, is a unique take on the card-playing genre and welcome addition to the Switch library. Nonetheless, it has some minor flaws, even if it remains functionally intact. Either Way, Golem Gates is a must try for anyone looking for a strategy game on Switch and/or a fun multiplayer option! I can definitely see this game being something I come back to during airport gameplay sessions, or even just when I have a bunch of time to kill.

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8 / 10
Jun 3, 2019

Golem Gates is a great strategy title that blends CCG and RTS elements into an enjoyable combat-heavy form, while offering a world and soundscape that I immediately fell in love with.

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Cubed3
Eric
Top Critic
8 / 10
Apr 3, 2018

Golem Gates is simply fun, and the CCG aspects work wonderfully well. Eliminating the conventional 'build orders' that plague modern RTS releases, and having the ability to design your own deck before battle is actually very impressive. This is relatively unknown at the moment, and it's a shame as with more popularity it could easily be a pretty big hit, as most enjoyment will be from playing other people.

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GameSkinny
Sergey_3847
Top Critic
Apr 12, 2018

Golem Gates is an innovative CCG/RTS mash-up that includes several game modes and benefits from great graphics and sound design.

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Apr 10, 2018

Golem Gates takes two of my all-time favorite game styles, RTS and CCG and mixes them together in a unique and fun way.

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75 / 100
Jun 18, 2019

Golem Gates is a clever mashup of real-time strategy and card game gameplay. Creating troops from the glyphs you draw and Ash you build up is a nice twist. Difficult situations and some potential crashes put a damper on the fun and may cause you to look elsewhere.

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70 / 100
Apr 5, 2018

Whilst Golem Gates isn't without its flaws, it does enough right that I enjoyed the what the campaign gave me.

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7 / 10
Jun 9, 2019

Golem Gates lands on the Nintendo Switch as a proposal that merges Real Time Strategy elements with card-based strategy games and it does a very good job at it, even if it can become too easy after the player is fully invested into the game. Golem Gates also features an involving degree of strategic complexity, a carefully crafted art style and online functionalities that are more than welcome in this effort that is certain to please fans of RTS and card-based strategy games.

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7 / 10.0
Jul 25, 2019

Golem Gates brings a fresh take on a cross-genre of RTS and card games, but the console version has some real technical issues.

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GameSpew
Top Critic
7 / 10.0
Jun 6, 2019

Golem Gates’ main campaign will take you around eight or nine hours to work through, and a survivor and trial mode will give you plenty more to sink your teeth into, should you want.

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7 / 10.0
Jun 18, 2019

As a mesh of genres, Golem Gates succeeds more often than not. I love the CCG genre and found it to be a pretty interesting mix with the RTS one that Golem Gates builds its foundation upon. Expanding on my collection and editing my deck was entertaining and the core gameplay is quite interesting as well. I do wish there was a bit more variety in the types of missions and the multiplayer really does not do much of anything for me, but on the whole Golem Gates is a solid offering.

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6.5 / 10.0
Jun 3, 2019

Add to that the performance issues on Switch and the console release becomes an even harder sell. Were it not for a truly delightful core gameplay loop, Golem Gates would be an easy pass. As it is, there is a compelling experience to be found, but it's buried deep.

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60 / 100
Jun 19, 2019

With 15 story missions, a batch of time trials and a few online modes, Golem Gates has a lot to offer. Unfortunately, the online lobbies were about as lively as a can of air. If you’re a beginner to RTS or CCGs, Golem Gates might be worth a shot; however, those more experienced players to the genre may be annoyed by the lack of depth.

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6 / 10
Jun 3, 2019

Overall, fans of RTS games may get some fun out of Golem Gates, but it's hard to get around the fact that this mash-up of tactical RTS gameplay with the random nature of the deck-building element of the game leads to a watered-down tactical experience. If you're happy enough to enjoy it for what it is you'll get a decent amount of fun out of the various modes on offer, but anyone looking for a serious RTS or deck-building experience would be best sticking to either genre exclusively, rather than taking a chance on this well-meaning but misguided mishmash.

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6 / 10.0
Jun 19, 2019

Golem Gates is an RTS that tries to take a new approach with its card game deck-building mechanics, but they don't go far enough in differentiating the game from all its similar rivals.

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Jun 6, 2019

For all its faults I couldn't help but enjoy my time with Golem Gates.

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3 / 5.0
Jun 10, 2019

Overall, Golem Gates left me with more questions than answers. I think the adjective “enjoyed” is a bit of a stretch, but it wasn’t the worst game I’ve ever played.

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6 / 10
Jul 7, 2019

Golem Gates could stand out in the indie scene . . . Unfortunately, it falls on a fundamental aspects

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Jun 25, 2019

Golem Gates attempts to port its PC prowess over to Nintendo Switch, but it's yet another example of why RTS games just don't belong on consoles.

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5 / 10.0
May 31, 2019

Though Golem Gates has ambition it simply has some issues and its performance overall isn't helping anything...

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