Recent reviews by Cap'n Bells

Just like it (doesnt) say on the Box.. Base Defense meets Zombie masher.. but the base is mobile..Yeah Go Figure ?? i mean figure it out :-) Start on easiest setting its EA and hiding a base in the rafters isnt always a good idea :-) Aaaarghhhh!

Story and hilarious sex scene cuts!!!

Elong Plug meets Bill Gates Windows .. Ive been ElonGated.

Ok im a Red Orchestra player from way back..while the similarities are here..some of the roles are a bit weird (imho) eg: engineer starts with a wrench to build nodes (dont ask yet!!) but on Engineer level 3 we lose the wrench which is a huge part of being an engineer and we gain a better gun and a satchel charge .. im sure the other roles are fine and it makes for good team play if the team is wanting to be a team!!! otherwise its just a "Walking Lots and dying when you get there, simulator" but check it out free this weekend.but bring youir NV goggles they may help :-)

Ok a few hundred more hours in.. time to revisit this review:-)
At first glance and early plays this game in normal (ie NOT realistic damage) is very fun and challenging.. what at first appears simple tasks, can be made more simple or quicker with up skilling.. however.. YOU ARE NOT ALONE in the Up-skilling world.. your opponents up skill and up arm themselves.
Spoiler they will have access to scoped weapons and great lateral movement: aka dodge, when they get to higher levels ie VII This can lead to hiding your character in an upstairs corner peeking out windows, being sniped from the second floor across the way by AI doing the same Some of the most fun i have had in almost 50 years of gaming sneaking a peek at a top tier enemy ..well 15 to 20 of them all looking at where I am and ready to shoot.
Bravo Devs.. thank you.. then the micromanagement of building weapons for my warriors. and fending off the white faced tide of Settlers. and resource stealers makes this just way too much fun,, with a slam in the face should you be downed... and awake days later to see the pale face tide already expanded and levelled up..
in summary "GG" for Great Game





First review here :--- STEAM forces either like or dont like! Grr this is a classic example game of line ball "Maybe" Its an ok game. and could be awesome!! . but it suffers even a simple reality check. Native Americans were and are some of the best horsefolk in the world. the mechanic behind leaving and returning to your horse at the expense of "borrowing another horse" Aaargh... its called a lead and the second third or fifth horse will follow along behind you.. why cannot we lead a horse AS well as ride one! Epic oversight! Earns a HUGE BRICKBAT.
What it does well is insidiously take over your territory "BOUQUET" and persistantly trys to spread its non native contingent!!
It earns another BRICKBAT in its "character creation window" it should step beginners through and force choices.. with back stepping an option. specifically the little greyed out animal "totem" icons... far too easy as to overlook.
A beautiful BOUQUET earned for the view/ scenery.
A BRICKBAT for the AI AutoRun will riding and another BRICKBAT for wagons entering Campsites and crashing into trees and sticking 200m from base Aargh.. please allow us to terra form a path into camp that AI can follow in a cart
A huge BOUQUET for named characters we get to kill creted by "founders on Social" very amusing to read!!
but a BRICKBAT for finding that log to re-read and be able to find where my Warriors were killed

All up this is a TRUE MAYBE.. a UKRAINIAN dev team created a representation of indigenous culture a world away from them..BOUQUET. hopefully mod community can embellish this into a more realistic version of individual Tribes of North America.. "He who tells the stories rules the world" Hopi Indian (I believe)
Oh and where is the "coyote" and the "cougar" ..BRICKBAT!

So thats 6 BOUQUETS and 4 BRICKBATS but that first BRICKBAT is a huge one! imho. this is my review at 30 hours and 3 character games at EASY.. i will return to playing and update as required here. from Oz "SLAVA UKRAINI" "You cannot lose at peace... only at War" Me!

overly pedantic find exact thing to click on and point to.. with obscured objectives and poor optimzation in some of the faster sequences. causing laggy single player experiences...ouch for defunct MPlayer

30 hours in...Still one of the most confusing Campaign games for WWII era even on easy.. its far to micro managing to actually be fun.. ie . the missions dont tell you where to find mines although they name the location.. it doesnt show on a map .. so then you cannot lay minefields... meh i mean if you are defending a town surely you would know where the supplies were located in your own bloody town.... STILL NOT RECOMMENDED

***bonus content*** since the campaign is single player and some achievements are locked to the campaign progress.. i guess its rather telling that if only 3% of people have won a campaign achievement on easy... then 97% of people are NOT playing campaign... just probably not playing at all or are playing MP.... hmmmm

If BOTW Luke and Zelda had a Love Child it would have been Genshin Impact. so a few years later Genshin became an Orphan known now as LosTarK . go here do this. repeat. but prettier.and way more time consuming without the true team work.. reminds me more of Celtic Heroes without the Danger or progression difficulties of CH.. but an enjoyable game . however LA is extremely linear. and some very confusing itinerary issues..(feathers in inventory apparently have to be in the top bar..but not really..until you die and run out in a dungeon then it goes whacky?
but very nice for what it is..but not really open world. oh dont bother spending money on it imho

Difficult
Delightful
Dangerous
Dynamic
Deadly
Delightful
Different
Dark
Distracting
dependence causing
domination
Did I say Delightful?
Delightful

Beautiful Yes
Serene No
Base Builder Yes
Easy to select Units No {if spread out maybe..not when massed}
Weather effects Sorta... maybe units should travel slower in snow? but water doesn't ever seem to freeze
Glitchy Only once when 2 enemy units went "God mode" on me and carved every building up and my units
were unable to attack them..Sad lost Game :-(
Value Ye$
Potential High ...Very High
Replayabilty Medium as it stands.. looking forward to watching this Clan Grow
Recommend Yes if you like the Genre AND Era.. maybe wait if you aint so chilled about the Era
Edit: I only played Solo so far ...

Ok about to tick over 300 hours so i think i can speak accurately.. You are skill-less talent-less and ability free (pretty much) The world is extant.. u may stumble across or be targeted by ANYTHING above your skill level.. Because by comparison with school you are in Kindergarden they are university students! or Above

So
#1 Decide what you would like your character (s) to actually do in this Sand Box.. (Run a shop?. be a thief? Join a faction.. Build a base? become bounty hunters or E (All of the above :-)
#2 play safe.to start...Save a lot. hone skills reqd for objective decided at #1
#3 repeat ...
#4 write a review :-)
#5 Brag.... My 11 characters are safe in Mourn with the Techs.. with 2 great medic/doctors and 1 building around 70,000 cats but only around 30 attack for a few folk but with some awesome turret skills

if you read this far you get a free tip...many stolen items sell at half price...however for example having armour storage in a building you own..allows you to "launder stolen goods" ie drop stolen armour in and its now yours... to sell at normal sell price ..losing the "stolen" tag :-)