Step+UpOK, seriously? They're charging money for this? Step Up is an offensively unpolished, ridiculously limited exercise game. But tactics gamers that can overlook its lack of eye candy and confusing name (really, these aren't castles you're conquering) could very well find a fresh portable fix for their genre of choice right here. Castle Conqueror - Heroes won't win any awards on presentation, as its visuals are stiff and its sound effects and music are forgettable. Four attacks per siege times four characters equals 16 assaults in a single turn. This multiplies your effectiveness on a single turn several times over if used correctly - four soldiers surrounding a target on all four sides, for instance, can each use the siege option to trigger an attack from themselves and each ally. The game also emphasizes teamwork among units with its siege mechanic, an extra attack option that lets you join forces with other allies who are within range of your target and combine attacks with them for added damage. If your units stand on an active supply line and stay connected back to your home base, they get a portion of their health restored each turn. (Or 'castles,' I suppose, though none of these structures look like they should go by that name.) I like the spin put on some traditional tactics gaming staples here, as Castle Conqueror - Heroes introduces the idea of supply lines that project out from your own 'castles' and run along the ground. You accomplish this, by and large, by assaulting and capturing enemy bases. You're shipped out into outer space and sent to a world simply called the Green Planet, then tasked to lead an uprising against an oppressive, invading off-world empire. Castle+Conqueror+-+Heroes While Castle Conqueror - Revolution was a beginner's RTS set in a fantasy world, Castle Conqueror - Heroes is a grid-based tactics design with a sci-fi setting.

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