Is the game worth buying?

[friendly player 1]

Hello guys I was looking forward to this game but now after reading reviews I dont know what to do.

First people complain about difficulty, from what I have seen I think the game is super nice balanced because it should be very challenging or some guys are just not playing it right.

Then I also see some pattern from Total War players complaining about the combat, when I played EU4 at the release all you did was stack troops and that game got much more positive reviews.

Trading and empire building is what I am looking for and this game seem to offer that but is that correcT?

[Barboss]

huge,very, very slowly loooong boooring play, has nothing to do with any Total Grand Universalis Civ's.

[Greifenstolz]

If you like trading, empire building and don't mind a simplistic military system, then yes, you could like the game. Although the main part is not about trading with your neighbours, but more about satisfying the markets of your town(s) (that's where most of my money comes from anyway).

[Püskevit]

Age of empires 1's trade system is better than this ♥♥♥♥.

[Varv]

Originally posted by Püskevit:

Age of empires 1's trade system is better than this ♥♥♥♥.

Obviously, you haven't played this game long enough. Please, go back to Call of Duty.

[Barboss]

Originally posted by Püskevit:

Age of empires 1's trade system is better than this ♥♥♥♥.

yes it's simple shalow does not need players attention it makes money in any situation as much money as you need and more

[Galactic Origins]

I like it
The AI gets huge tho, their towns are much larger than mine
Have not had a fight yet ( I Play slowly)

[Zactastic]

Trading is centric. You will need to pay more attention to resources in cities than anything else. Empire building.... depends on what you mean. A network of trade routes, yes. As for buildings in the towns, there aren't many but each effect you economy even if abstractly. CHurches are important as are warehouses. Barracks and Inns are convenience things, and then you have the other 4 which I dont really see a lot of value in like statue, office/castle, Construction thingy, and monastery. They have uses, but situational.

People are mad that this game isn't auto economy so you can stack troops FTW! Read most bad reviews and they call it a ♥♥♥♥ economy game. What they mean is economy games are ♥♥♥♥ to them. Not that it is ♥♥♥♥ for an economy game. That's why they keep comparing it to military games. I play economy games and this one is awesome.

Originally posted by Püskevit:

Age of empires 1's trade system is better than this ♥♥♥♥.

It wishes. AoE is like the dullest economy ever.

[T.J.]

For me it is more fun than CIV V or Europa Universalis. And you can´t compare it with TW.
TW is for Massive Battles. Grand Ages is for Trade.
What I don´t like here is: Sieges takes too long. Bears are too strong. Sounds of Weapons are strange. But I like the game very much anyway.

[Wolfen]

For 10 bucks in 2 years, maybe.
Watch some lets plays on youtube.
The military is utterly broken, the economy is for 12 years old children and the overall gameplay is at least 10 years backward.

[papajack99]

Yes .....if you love trading / economic sim type of games . you will love this game ...don't worry about those reviews ...most of them are players who have no patience and expect action packed right from the start ..and when that did not happen ..they just decided to slam the game

The game run smoothly , not a single crash for me ... the campaign allow you to take your time to learn the game and slowly you get to know more and more things ....I really enjoy this game and I truly believe you will be as well...

[TheStrokes]

no

[friendly player 1]

the people who mention military is broken then say every other aspect of the game is aswell, i think u are biased. maybe the game will get better with DLCs like EU4 did.

[Starbucaneer]

For me personally YES well worth buying. Watch plenty of you tube videos if you are unsure if this game is for you.

[Zactastic]

Originally posted by Black Sun Empire:

the people who mention military is broken then say every other aspect of the game is aswell, i think u are biased. maybe the game will get better with DLCs like EU4 did.

Well, they say one thing... we say another... clearly it is WE who are biased.

DLCs could be hit or miss. It could improve the game or it could cheapen it. They probably say the other features are broken because they don't know how to use them. I am currently running 10m gold on the tutorial campaign. The game requires you to learn the economy. There is no "do this and you are done with economy stuff". The economy is constantly changing in the game and that IS the game. It isn't broken, is has fluctuating economy and they don't know how to fluctuate there economical strategy. They want to build a market and be done with economics. They want to build troops and conquest. But I have bought 5 towns for about 2m gold and have only fought minor skirmishes and one seige.

I went bankrupt my first couple games too. Now I think it is easy to pull in millions. The campaign actually has me doing suicidal stuff to my economy as challenges, like making me have to found a city in Byzantium way out of my territory.

Military could use some tweaking though. That I will admit. It isn't very fun. The upside is you can focuson empire things while battles are fought because they take so long. They downside is, they take so long.

[friendly player 1]

Originally posted by Savage Zion:

Originally posted by Black Sun Empire:

the people who mention military is broken then say every other aspect of the game is aswell, i think u are biased. maybe the game will get better with DLCs like EU4 did.

Well, they say one thing... we say another... clearly it is WE who are biased.

DLCs could be hit or miss. It could improve the game or it could cheapen it. They probably say the other features are broken because they don't know how to use them. I am currently running 10m gold on the tutorial campaign. The game requires you to learn the economy. There is no "do this and you are done with economy stuff". The economy is constantly changing in the game and that IS the game. It isn't broken, is has fluctuating economy and they don't know how to fluctuate there economical strategy. They want to build a market and be done with economics. They want to build troops and conquest. But I have bought 5 towns for about 2m gold and have only fought minor skirmishes and one seige.

I went bankrupt my first couple games too. Now I think it is easy to pull in millions. The campaign actually has me doing suicidal stuff to my economy as challenges, like making me have to found a city in Byzantium way out of my territory.

Military could use some tweaking though. That I will admit. It isn't very fun. The upside is you can focuson empire things while battles are fought because they take so long. They downside is, they take so long.

thank you for a nice reply and interesting, i have borrow the game of a friend and so far it is very interesting and trading so far seem deep even when comparing to other titles I have played.

very cool so far, the unit selection is very stupid i think and some other things but expecting them to change in patches, and hoping to see DLC.

hope they release DLC in the way they do with Eu4, every time they release a DLC it comes with a free patch involving the core features of the update. then you buy it if u want even more