Recent reviews by Ren

The shifting earth is odd,
the first nightlord is canca
the 2 characters are cool,

the dreglord is peak

Most fleshed out combat compared to any other game.
In terms of boss fights and character mechanics this game is for sure the best one out there.

Soundtrack and sounddesign also extremely well done.
The Nightlord tracks for sure are the best out of the Souls series.

Map needs some work in terms of randomness, either through A LOT of Shifting Earths or more POIs / randomness inside of POIs, more terrain variability and different field bosses.

After almost 200hrs it starts getting repetitive, def needs more frequent updates or DLCs to stay alive.

For me personally id say this game is worth around 50 bucks def not 70 - 100.
Its a good game, with some good fun but also pretty buggy and also seems way to grindy.

fun short game

good fun

First of all, I would wish the most for Coop. No need to make it mega safe, just stick to private lobbies.

Economy:
- Feels not required to have / non existent after that first placement

Suggestion:
- Nerf Self gathering
- Make housing the resource for minions instead of buildable land tiles. In that regard, make some houses functional such as granaries or warehouses. (That can be destroyed and should be defended (Losable resources))
- Add more Economy, such as pesants and things to keep them happy to tax some gold. Or something simmilar. Though I would also recommend having people joining the castle be quite slow so defending the pesants has a reason.
Pesants will also be a good resource to make soldiers.
- Also add more variety, such as different animals that give different resources. (Possibly some that can even attack enemies or allies)
- At the end of a fight, rebuilding the castle should not be free in my opinion.
- Make soldiers more expensive when upgraded (or instead of upgrading them with gold make it possible to have npcs craft armors and swords for them, that way iron would finally have a use)

Combat:
- Feels not very impactful no matter if its sword, longbow or magic. (Even when upgraded)
- Archers are very annoying to kill when they run from you immediately
- Not enough options for me personally, but no problem as this is a fresh release

Suggestion:
- Add impact frames for heavy strikes / damage

- Different Melee Weapon Types such as: Longsword, Shortsword, Dagger, Mace, etc.
- Different Ranged Weapon Types such as: Crossbow, Longbow, Shortbow, (maybe repeater crossbows and muskets in lategame or something)
- Different Magics / Artifacts such as: Elemental Magic ( already implemented to some extend ), Magic weapons / Armor / Gear
- Different Armors (Light for movement speed, Heavy for tanking, Medium as balanced option)

- Different Damage Types such as: Pierceing Damage, Blunt Damage, Slashing Damage and Magic Damage to have more control over balance

Progression:
- Too Fast and sudden
- No real early / lategame upgrades

Suggestion:
- Improve some upgrades, lock those behind certain requirements. (I know some upgrades have minimal requirements, but it doesnt really feel any hinderance)
- Instead of having all upgrades being paid by gold, make a currency (like Levels earned from XP) that is only gained for kills and rounds survived.

With general improvements like that, this could easily become one of my favorite games.

great combat

For now i cant recommend this game, as its Engine is pure bloatware (120GB game). Played the intro (sewer).
After that it was unplayable for me.

Visually good. The tradeoff between performance and graphics kinda suck tho.
Performance is horrible.

Gameplay wise from what ive seen its very similar to the original, which is great.


Will do a reevaluation of my review once I got a new PC.

Very Fun

Best RTS game.
Great Soundtrack.