This Game could be so good...but sadly it sucks

[Hollow_Slayer]

I hope I'm not the only one here. I hate the way this game works..
The mechs are soo cool and it looks good to be honest. I'm not really into rts campaign so I often just play skirmish games. Mostly with a friend. And it's always the same. just get as many ressource buildings as possible and hold them and you'll easily win. we just did insane and it was boring. I wish it wouldn't use the ressource building mechanic like it is now. I would prefer how C&C did it. There you could play with many different tactics. You could be defensive, offensive or whatever, Building giant armies of soldiers or tanks or whatever. But here you got a unit limit that sucks too hard and also just get the ressource buildings and you automatically win. Thats just cheap and I wish they would redo it completely.... it just got boring too fast.

[Blackmage]

You've pretty much come to the same conclusion as everyone else who dropped the game back in September/August last year.

I haven't seen another RTS like C&C Red Alert 2 ever since EA (f*cking dirtbags) absorbed Westwood and ruined the C&C franchise. And I haven't ever found another RTS I've enjoyed as equally much ever since. It's like everything else is: 1) too complicated/niche, 2) too simple/dumb, 3) formulaic/boring AF.

I still enjoy Iron Harvest nonetheless because I do like the story. Even most people who criticize Iron Harvest's gameplay, lackluster AI, and other problems, will still praise IH for its story. It's one of the better campaigns you'll ever play in a video game.

I also enjoy the Scythe board game that shares the same source material as Iron Harvest. Maybe that makes me a fanboy of the 1920+ Universe? I really don't care, it don't matter. But also because I feel like my choices are slim. If I played CoH, I'd be playing the same game from what I've heard about it. I might as well play the one that's got mechs.

[Gary]

Yeah, so far I am pretty disappointed with what could have been a great game.

So few maps results in the same crap happening over and over.

It's basically CoH with gimmicky skins for your tanks but worse in every single other way.

They introduced the concept of heroes but imo also not particularly well executed. Way less interesting than putting points into your commander type in CoH.

Maybe I will come back and review this more constructively later, but not feeling that motivated to do so. Just annoyed at this point.

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Originally posted by BlackMage:

You've pretty much come to the same conclusion as everyone else who dropped the game back in September/August last year.

they're trying to copy the COH2 gameplay and just couldnt get it right.. coh2 is and was popular to some extent, so the idea behind it wasnt bad to copy them.. its the execution that is flawed..

i really wish they could get it right, for me its like on the edge of being fun, but i would still rather play COH2 or AOE2DE

[Soulgamer]

Tbh, im okay with the bad ai and the more simplified gameplay. but what really kills it for me is the optmization. My computer isnt the best but its enough for the minimun settings, and yet i cant get even 30 fps conssistently even on low. And the fact that this hasnt changed since launch is a bummer, to say the least. I enjoy the game but theres little reason to play it if it runs like crap while looking like crap. I hope they make a good console port though, because then ill hopefully be able to play it properly

[MangorushZ]

I hope after a year they've already improve and polish the game a bit further. It does need some work mainly the AI, more units variety and optimization if that's possible. They have a solid game, just need to give it a bit more touch up and they'll have a decent or great game in the RTS genre. I believe they can do it if they take their time just like COH2 did overtime till it got better.

[Balthasar Gelt]

Game is a truly regrettable purchase for me, despite being right up my alley.

[DirtyDigs]

I agree, with such a high ceiling it feels like this game is nailed to the floor.

[ArcaniteM]

I agree, but you need a better title for this, like: "Map control = easy and fast win"
They could add a pop mechanic which gives you more resources from your base if you have less. And make bases give more resources if you have less mines on the map.

[ChunkyMonkey]

With me it is the other way around. I think the mechs and the whole steam punk fairy tale world itself looks boring, uninspired, poorly thought out nonsense. I think even if the game were good on the gameplay level I'd just be too morally disgusted to play it.

[ArchiV]

this is a bad game with a fancy artistic direction

[AugustsEve]

The only real issue I have with the game is the AI. I'm holding out until the 27th to see what that big AI update looks like.

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Originally posted by AugustsEve:

The only real issue I have with the game is the AI. I'm holding out until the 27th to see what that big AI update looks like.

omf yes!!! wow when the AI isnt just being plain dumb, it bugs out and does nothing.. cant count how many matches the AI resorted to doing absolutely nothing, turning insane AI into a sandbox match mid game..

[The Hof]

I've tried endlessly to suggest concrete and achievable fixes to a number of the major balance issues with this game but the developers have told me directly that they "want to avoid the endless cycle of nerfs and buffs", i.e., how a real multiplayer game actually balances itself. Despite this they've failed utterly at making a multiplayer component that is fun and balanced - right now it's neither. It is better than it was at release, which was complete trash, but it's far from amazing when you have direct competition from games like Company of Heroes 2.

Simply put, they shouldn't have even included multiplayer as a feature if they're unwilling to balance it.