Software:Slay (video game)

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Short description: Shareware turn-based strategy video game
Slay
Slay Android app icon
Slay Android app icon
Designer(s)Sean O'Connor
Programmer(s)Sean O'Connor
Artist(s)Liam O'Connor
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows, Android, iOS, Pocket PC, Palm OS
Release
  • UK: March 1995
Genre(s)Turn-based strategy

Slay is a shareware turn-based strategy game made by Sean O'Connor and released in the United Kingdom for Microsoft Windows in March 1995. It continues being ported to modern platforms, such as for Pocket PC in 2002, multiple mobile devices between 2007 and 2013, and on Steam in November 2016.

Gameplay

Slay is a hexagonal strategy game where the goal is to conquer the island by buying soldiers and peasants and using them to capture enemies' hexagons.[1]

Reception

Slay received highly positive reviews. Eurogamer called it "perfectly honed" and "very satisfying",[2] and Rock, Paper, Shotgun said it was "perfect", "so simple, so clever and so brutal".[1] The mobile version also received positive reviews.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Meer, Alex (20 April 2010). "Retro: Slay". https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010/04/20/retro-slay/. Retrieved 27 June 2017. 
  2. Clare, Oliver (1 July 2007). "Sean O'Connor's Windows Games". http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/sean-oconnors-windows-games-review. Retrieved 27 June 2017. 
  3. "SLAY". http://www.slidetoplay.com/slay-review/. Retrieved 27 June 2017. 

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