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Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 30.6 hrs on record (25.8 hrs at review time)
Posted: 18 Jan, 2016 @ 10:56pm

Early Access Review
As a casual gamer with a larger game collection I don't tend to write reviews for products but this title is very different, What you get is a RTS Strategy game that puts Triple A games like Total Wars to shame that on the face of it doesn't look particulary spectacular but the game play is amazing (note I'm not a kid looking for some pew pew - as a older game mid 30's I like to relax after work for a few hours).

Let me get this out of the way straight away:

Cons -
Can't Move the castle - its been my only gripe so far when you start a battle your castle walls are in a pre defined location (one at each side of the map)
Graphics - the textures look like AoE games or games dated around that genre (not a bad thing but the younger gamers wont like it for a 2016 game)

From what I've seen (others I read have graphics issues) I've had 100+ units in battle and yes the framerate has dropped but the game has never dipped more then a gig of memory use - (It did make me wonder if this is a 32 bit application)

Pro's
- Gameplay (the battles keep you returning time and again)
- First Battling the AI to get crafting materials (RnG based materials which unlock units to use in battle) - thats right you start with only the most basic of units and castle and work up
- Que system - I can't wait to see this with more players you hit your gametype the game seems to auto match the players
- No Console - For me not being able to spawn all items in or cheat my way through it is spectacular (the secret room on fallout 4 that gives you everything in the game once you know its there the game is done!)

All in all a fantastic game... while I look forward to seeing some progression in its current state its well worth a look (just make sure you stick it out for a few hours) - I've sunk 20 hours in so far in just over a week... i petty my gametime in a month
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