Recent reviews by Kyryptos

This is the ultimate off roading simulator and I can't think of anything that comes close aside from the other games in the series.

Everything revolves around the games' deformable terrain, your vehicles sink into the ground like in real life, a number of games attempted to simulate the effect but this is by far the most realistic result I've ever seen and it's what makes a realistic off roading simulator viable.

The deformable terrain was initially demonstrated in a tech demo as part of a Kickstarter for a game called "Spintires" back in 2013. Spintires is no longer available on Steam but I am so glad I supported the project and it got funded because otherwise, this entire series would probably not exist.

If you're looking for the peak Command and Conquer experience, this is it, everything after this is downhill. I am also happy to report that the Steam copy works, mostly, you'll likely need to make a few adjustments to an .ini file if your monitor isn't 20 years old (It's simple and there are a number of guides).

To me, this is basically a Battlefield 1942 remaster and I am having just as much fun playing this as I did playing the "original" over 20 years ago. The menus and vehicles are a bit clunky and could use some work, other than that, it's a great game.

This is an exciting project with a very comprehensive set of city builder features but obviously it is still very early in the development so a lot of things are still missing, don't let that scare you away though, even in its current "bare bones" city builder state, this game is plenty of fun and I will surely be coming back to play again and again throughout the development process, all in all, an unpolished gem.

I started playing city-builders over two decades ago when the genres' finest series were only just taking off and this is one of the few games that has made me feel like I was rediscovering it all over again. It's a very well balanced game that gives you a bit of everything in just the right doses, I know fans of the more large scale city-builders may find leading a group of cavemen a little underwhelming but for a me this is spot on. I was a big fan of the early settlers and cultures series of games and this is the closest I've ever gotten to finding a modern reincarnation that not only lives up to those games but also surpasses them in most respects. If I were to make a complaint then I would say that the combat system is without a doubt the weakest link, the raider attacks are a good idea and exciting at first but prolonged gameplay leaves you wanting more, especially once you have your settlement established and stabilized. I don't know what's in the works as far as the combat system is concerned but I would love to see other settlements (eg. raider camps) spawning on the map which would move the combat system away from its current defense-only role, which is a shameful waste of all the weapons my glorious economy can produce. In any case, brilliant game, highly recommended for the genre veterans and newcomers alike.

How many years has it been now? I bought the game soon after it was released back in December, 2013 and played it with my friends for several months before we concluded that it needed some time to mature, over 3 years on I came back to it to find it almost exactly where I left it... that is not right. This was a truly unique game with amazing potential, all wasted.

Edit: Oh I forgot to mention that the community is utterly garbage, I had close to a dozen proper encounters over the last couple of days where there was actually an opportunity for interaction not just seeing someone in the distance and each and every time I didn't attempt to kill on sight even though I could have and each and every time I got killed on sight... I didn't care so much until the last time which basically puts this game to rest for me - I encountered a guy getting chased by zombies, I shot the zombies for him, he turns towards me and ... "You are dead", no thanks, no more, spent 10 hours on that last playthrough and had all the best gear but with a community of utter scumbags this game's going nowhere even if it does ever make it past the eternal early access stage.