This game sports depth, a nonstandard fantasy world, very aesthetically pleasing art direction, and is generally just quite pleasant mechanics-wise.

Where it falls down (and it does), is some blatantly problematic game balance derived from the assymetric faction units and perks (Necrophage AI is your neighbor? You better hope you actually have a counter to his Necrodrones available to you at all). Added to this that a ton of the depth in the game is not explained, it leaves you frustrated and confused unless you go outside the game to get the information you need.

I'm still going to reccomend the game because it is really a special 4x experience, and fantasy setting with great writing.. but be prepared to have the game frustrate you when even lower difficulty AI can trounce you HARD because of those holes in the game balance.

This game sports depth, a nonstandard fantasy world, very aesthetically pleasing art direction, and is generally just quite pleasant mechanics-wise. Where it falls down (and it does), is some blatantly problematic game balance derived from the assymetric faction units and perks (Necrophage AI is your neighbor? You better hope you actually have a counter to his Necrodrones available to you at all). Added to this that a ton of the depth in the game is not explained, it leaves you frustrated and confused unless you go outside the game to get the information you need. I'm still going to reccomend the game because it is really a special 4x experience, and fantasy setting with great writing.. but be prepared to have the game frustrate you when even lower difficulty AI can trounce you HARD because of those holes in the game balance.