The Lamplighters League Reviews
“The Lamplighters League” might not be the “best in class” when it comes to stealth mechanics, but it more than makes up for it with its great tactical variety, amazing characters and writing. Another major hit for “Harebrained Schemes”.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
The Lamplighters League is a fun turn-based strategy game that keeps things fresh with its pulpy aesthetic and characters, and a solid gameplay loop that's not afraid to dish out the consequences of your actions. While the decision to add a real-time element to missions doesn't fully pan out, it's not enough to diminish the game's best qualities.
I found The Lamplighters League quite challenging with when it came to managing resources and making sure my team survives. The characters are great, and I enjoyed the conversations between them after missions. The levels reuse the same layouts too much, and I don’t like the Undrawn Hand game mechanics. The enemy variety is great and always kept me on my toes. I wish the skill points weren’t shared, but instead, each character had their own. I’m glad the game gives players a way to get dead Agents back because, at the start, I lost a good few in silly ways. The audio is choppy at times when running around missions. I did find it tedious to place characters individually since when I placed one, another had a high chance of being spotted. The devs should implement a manual crouch feature since auto doesn’t always work.
The Lamplighters League, the new game from Harebrained Schemes, is a fun and interesting adventure, which stumbles in its attempt to put a twist on the turn-based tactics genre. The characters and setting are its strongest points, while the combat is fun and varied thanks to the abilities of each agent, which makes the game despite its rough edges, enjoyable.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
The Lamplighter’s League may look like a chance to play out your own pulp adventure fantasy, but it turns out to be an intricate combat puzzle full of synergies and silly combos. While performance can be a bit of an issue and the story fails to leave much of an impact, the core gameplay is fun enough to keep this title memorable. It won’t deliver the instant mainstream appeal something like X-COM will have, but passionate fans of turn-based tactics shouldn’t miss this hidden (albeit slightly unpolished) gem.
Review in German | Read full review
The Lamplighters League is a solid, if a bit underwhelming XCOM-like that is digestible to newcomers to the genre, if not totally fulfilling to veterans. While the game features a strong setting and aesthetic, somewhat lackluster voice acting, poor dialogue writing, and tired genre-specific mechanics hold it back from its full potential. The game is far from a pass, however, and if the premise really excites you, you just might find it more enjoyable than I did.
Thrilling in all the right ways, The Lamplighters League is a love letter to the adventure genre in film. It’s a love letter to rogues and scoundrels that made those stories an essential part of our cultural history.
The Lamplighters League is an engaging and fun ride from start to finish. Its take on turn-based tactics is rewarding, while the compelling story is told through great voice acting and accompanied by a fantastic score.
The Lamplighters League has enough meat on its bones to make it a comfortable crowd-pleaser for tactics fans, and the careful integration of its many systems couples with a smooth learning curve to make it accessible to genre newcomers. The game taps into some of the best elements of customization and management while neatly avoiding crunchiness, and the only thing that's likely to become overwhelming is the occasional drawn-out battle. Simple to pick up and satisfying to master, The Lamplighters League is a polished tactical adventure that carves out a niche with swashbuckling swagger.
The atmosphere, the gameplay, and the awesome cast of characters really shine through this absolute gem of a strategy game. A true genre-defining entry and one of the best games this year.
At launch, I cannot recommend The Lamplighters League on Xbox. It runs terribly, while looking ugly, and is a broken and buggy mess. Once this game is patched up and fixed though, it’s a gem. Great gameplay, a deep meta-game, intriguing story, and one of the best videogame soundtracks I’ve ever heard will be there waiting for you (and hopefully still in Game Pass).