Recent reviews by Bagley2014

Played 20 minutes with a friend and crashed 3 times between us. Found multiple visual bugs in that time and experienced some stuttering. No way I can recommend this unless buggy games are your thing.

I didn't find what I was looking for when playing this game. A buddy and I tried survival mode first, but it was quite a bit dry. Monsters didn't really attack the base at night like one might expect. The challenges, like sailing and winter, were more like nuisances. We tried saga mode, which gives more of the base defense feel, and was fun and challenging, but it was too short of an experience, and not something I'd want to do over and over again. Maybe, if we had a group of 10 people, this would be something fun to do as a group, but with just two, it's a bit lackluster. There are certainly better options.

Also, the start screen gives free-to-play and it's gross.

I'm only just now getting into chapter 3, where there are certainly more bugs than the first two chapters, but I'm still really enjoying the game. Despite not being a Pathfinder game, it's still an Owlcat game. And that really shines through in the player-driven narrative. And the sometimes difficult to follow, but highly engaging, combat and character build options. And, yeah, the bugs. Ultimately, it's an easy to recommend game for fans of previous Owlcat games or the CRPG genre in general.

If you like CRPGs because you like turn-based, party-based combat, maybe with a buddy or three, then this is a great game to give a go. If you're in the genre for the story or immersion, this game won't scratch that itch. The game is very faithful to D&D 5e rules which is both good and bad, depending on how you feel about 5e. Overall I'd definitely recommend picking it up.

Millennia is fun. I enjoy it way too much to give it a negative review.

BUT... The guys leaving negative reviews are right that there are a lot of pain points. Performance being the biggest one for me. Not being able to raze cities is definitely up there too. Personally, I don't mind the graphics, although they're not impressive.

Ultimately, I enjoy Millennia in spite of its flaws, because I really enjoy the 4X genre and Millennia has done some really cool, novel things in this space.

ETA: It's as if the game designers hit a homerun, but the devs and artists lacked the time and skill to really make the end result great.

Fun little game with a funny story and some neat mechanics. Far from perfect, especially UX-wise, but a good way to kill time with a buddy.

The core gameplay was well designed and the world building was really neat. The early game was exciting, there were many times I thought I might lose and wanted to restart, but I stuck through it and made it to a comparatively lackluster endgame where there was no threat of losing, just a lot of hurry-up-and-wait as I went through the endgame objectives.

My only real complaint is that the UI feels clunky. A lot of the HUD just felt too big. At the end of the game, I had a large enough inventory that I couldn't keep it open without covering half the map. I also couldn't figure out a way to zoom the map out. I couldn't find a way to change my controls, so if there was some way to zoom out the map I couldn't find it. I found it awkward to configure the caravan ships. I'm used to panning the map with WASD so having to use the mouse was awkward and occasionally I'd move the character accidentally. having to go through a loading screen just to grab something out of a location's storage was incredibly tedious.

These UI complaints are probably going to keep me from playing the game a second time, but the core gameplay was fun and unique, so I don't regret having played through the game once.

Easy to recommend this game to fans of the Borderlands series. Bonus points if you're into TTRPGs.

The game was very good, for what it is. All of the systems felt clean, the game was easy to get into, and felt very well paced. Just like it says, you can sit down and play a game pretty quickly. If you've got an itch to hop on a hex grid, pain a map, and wipe out an empire or two, I think this'll scratch that itch.

This doesn't have *everything* civ has though. There's not much in terms of eXploration, since the map and other empires are revealed at the start. Nor is there anything like diplomacy, trading, or Civ's culture or religion victories.

Instead, this game puts you on a map, tells you to eXpand, simplifies eXploitation, and insists that you eXterminate. It's simple, it's clean, and if that's what you're after I can confidently recommend this game.

When you start the game, you've got no idea what's going on. Both you and your character want to learn. But you have to deal with earning money to survive, getting hunted by others, and your mental health, any of which could spell game over if not managed well.

The game is difficult at the start, and you're expected to lose and start over, but the challenge makes the feeling of making progress very rewarding. The game builds excitement through stress. The world building really gets the mood of the game right. The gameplay is simple, but deep, and manages to tell an emergent story. It's certainly not for everyone, but it does a lot of things well, so I'd recommend it.