I think many people who loved the Settlers 1-4 will be disappointed

[Goran]

This game has some mechanics from Settlers 1-4 but the most important part in Settlers was the fight for resources and conquering the land of your enemies untill nobody but you is left. PoP is more a game like Foundation where you just settle peacefully with a few fantasy monsters here and there and thats it.
After watching the trailer, my hype is gone. Lets hope I am wrong. I will give it a try but honestly I dont think this game can and will replace any of the first 4 Settlers games.

[Firepaw]

Played the alpha, was very disappointed - not a settlers like at all - no buy.

[maXusPwr]

Първоначално публикувано от Firepaw:

Played the alpha, was very disappointed - not a settlers like at all - no buy.

What exactly? For me it was such a settlers Feeling in the Alpha...

[Firepaw]

Първоначално публикувано от eXciter:

What exactly? For me it was such a settlers Feeling in the Alpha...

• Graphics (color palette, washed out textures, overall low quality)
  
• The look and feel of roads. Way to robotic Pioneers, way to big roads
  
• "Warehouses" just for one ressource
  
• No geologist and no underground mines
  
• They way to expand your territory is BS
  
• No Combat with another fraction
  
• Fantasy, Fairytail crap
  
• ...

Just to name a few. If you like it, good for you.

Playing settlers since part 1 on Amiga I was super excited for a new V. Wertich experience. For me PoP has nothing in common with a og settlers games.

Hummel,Hummel

[gameburn]

Първоначално публикувано от Goran:

This game has some mechanics from Settlers 1-4 but the most important part in Settlers was the fight for resources and conquering the land of your enemies untill nobody but you is left. PoP is more a game like Foundation where you just settle peacefully with a few fantasy monsters here and there and thats it.
After watching the trailer, my hype is gone. Lets hope I am wrong. I will give it a try but honestly I dont think this game can and will replace any of the first 4 Settlers games.

My wife and I played the very first Settlers edition -- it was more peaceful than the later versions. It was also more musical, more playful in a cute way, and more interesting in general than the later versions. Settlers II was good, but not as good. If this new game is more like the first one, but with a few quality of life and graphic improvements... I'm completely in on this. Need to upgrade wife's computer though, she hates upgrading or changing a system she knows. The co-op aspect of this game would be something that I am assuming will be much improved.

[AOE2.GG | MattWithAHat]

This game is probably not going to feel like the Settlers 1 - 4, but that doesn't mean it can't be extremely fun and also challenging. I mean, it doesn't even have "settlers" in the title, so people should not expect an exact copy of the concept.

I know quite some single player base building strategy games that are absolutely addictive. So the potential is there. And btw if I want to play The Settlers 2, I just go and play The Settlers 2 (there is a mod called RTTR that adds some modern convenience to the game, go check it out).

That said, I wouldn't mind if the game did have all these things with military, AI opponents, human opponents etc. but then it's just a 30 Euro game.

[Buntkreuz]

The thing thats holding me back, is that it doesnt feel like Settlers in its visual appeal, sound and style.
The beta felt a bit dead. The settlers games had a certain style that was encouraging and unique.
This felt a bit like a variant of Patron.

[Idlemind]

Eh if they are catering to retired casual gamers I am here for it lol

[Ra'senché]

well its going into Early Access ofc you wont be able to compare to a finished product.
Personally though i loved the demo and are willing to throw my money at in hopes they can turn it into a great game and the road map looks good to me too.

[Goran]

Първоначално публикувано от Ra'senché:

well its going into Early Access ofc you wont be able to compare to a finished product.
Personally though i loved the demo and are willing to throw my money at in hopes they can turn it into a great game and the road map looks good to me too.

The big problem I see is that the core of the game is simply not really competive. You fight some poor bastards off who want to rob you and probably a few animals or mystical beasts. But what made Settlers Settlers was the progression on the map and the fight for the resources against other civilisations. You had to hurry, to get the best spots. Otherwise you could not build the best units and win the game.
This game pretty sure will be a nice game, however, it is not a true Settlers game. It is more of a Foundation or Farthest Frontier like game with worse graphics than FF.

[Nemesis]

Funny I used to think the settlers combat was it's weak part of the game I would have preferred no combat at all and would have just enjoyed the building part of the game.

[FrikadellenOma]

If you guys look for some people who allready streaming it liek MauriceWeber in twitch, the nu will see, that pioneers can be harder then settlers if u choose it. The camps of robbers and monsters are attackig u constantly more then anny settlers ai has done, and the dont only kill ur fighters. They are made for destroy ur total economy. Thiefs take ressources, bandits make ur civilians crazy stop working let everything fall and the ntake reccources, werewolfes take ur pioneers with them and transform in extra werewolfes (so u loosing the equip) and ghosts take every tools from civilians and troops who cant fight em. And they came constantly to you and u will struggle with ur limited number of avaible ressources to handle it. In my opinion, the new enemies are a harder threat to your village then the AI of settler games before (if u want it, u can change the difficulty in every very diffrent ways before the game starts)

[Pakkasherra]

Is you like Settlers 2/3 you should play Settlers : new allies with its new update...

[Goran]

Първоначално публикувано от Hchalem:

If you guys look for some people who allready streaming it liek MauriceWeber in twitch, the nu will see, that pioneers can be harder then settlers if u choose it. The camps of robbers and monsters are attackig u constantly more then anny settlers ai has done, and the dont only kill ur fighters. They are made for destroy ur total economy. Thiefs take ressources, bandits make ur civilians crazy stop working let everything fall and the ntake reccources, werewolfes take ur pioneers with them and transform in extra werewolfes (so u loosing the equip) and ghosts take every tools from civilians and troops who cant fight em. And they came constantly to you and u will struggle with ur limited number of avaible ressources to handle it. In my opinion, the new enemies are a harder threat to your village then the AI of settler games before (if u want it, u can change the difficulty in every very diffrent ways before the game starts)

This is what I dont understand. They have a combat system but instead of other civilisations with their own buildings and bonuses, they use bandits and monsters. Why? Thats stupid.

Where is the fun about replaying a campaign if I cant play the other nations like in Settles?

[Balmung]

Well, the reason why you like settlers can be very different. Combat was never so important to me. I'm fine how the combat is in this game. The alpha demo directly hocked me and gave me Settlers vibes. I don't care if things are different, I'm open for it, as long it has the settlers scurry feeling.

[Santa]

Първоначално публикувано от Pakkasherra:

Is you like Settlers 2/3 you should play Settlers : new allies with its new update...

LOL good one