Senaste recensioner av DigitalLuvin

The idea and concept for this game are interesting, but its rather complicated to do anything more than be fodder. You will need to understand the logistics supply chain of the game to really enjoy it - this is not going to be for everyone, but if you like the deployment aspect of PlanetSide meets Running with Rifles top down combat - you may have a winner.

It took 200 hours for this thing to grow on me enough to give it a positive review - but it is a fun game with the right group of people. I highly suggest joining a logistics guild and doing a hybrid system of combat & logistics - This game is won by logistics and it becomes painfully obvious when that part breaks down.

That being said.. if you have 2-3 friends who can join your squad then you will have an incredible amount of fun terrorizing the enemy backlines, building partisan bases, driving tanks, just wrecking Havoc in a SEAL Team kinda way.

Things I Liked:

1) Grand Strategy - you'll play across a large map that gives many options for strategy
2) Graphics / Gameworld - While a little cartoony, they were realistic to the period and looked good.
3) Overall Concept is interesting, but didn't hold my interest
4) Community & Gameplay are very good - lots of fun, not too serious but highly tactical.
5) Gameplay is slow at first then rockets into high gear when you get in a good squad - 3-4 people can enjoy this game with a stupid amount of fun..

Things I disliked:

1) Local Voice Chat - This is the same issue as Fallout 76.. Its too easy to troll local voice chat. I don't want to know the guy in the FoxHole next to me is fapping away on some porn. Yes - you can disable chat, but its vital to the game, meaning you endure the troll or play a different game.

2) Combat is slow.. you run from your spawn, grab some gear and wait.. wait.. wait.. Hoping someone runs into your line of fire. While realistic to how combat plays out, it wasn't that much fun.

3) Complex - This game is complex, very daunting. The issue I saw with the complexity was around the logistics system - you spend way too much time building / manufacturing items and not doing the fun parts of combat.

4) Top Down View - While I see what they were going for here with the top down view to help line of sight and add to the realism.. its not a fun control scheme, often feels clunky and sluggish.


**UPDATED**

I've tried to like this and the game mechanics are fun, but its just too trolly. Everyone steals your vehicles if its not locked down - constant China vs Russia vs US arguments.

Most of the matches are you moving supplies from point A to B - thats not fun.. just boring.

They should have called this game Cargo Simulator.j

Edited: 2-20-21

I'm trying hard to give this one another chance.. However, the logistics and quality of life issues still exist.

Edited: 12-4-22

I thought I would give another shot.. seems the extremists and political nutjobs run thick in this one.

Lots of racism and stupid remarks.. it feels like trash now. Playerbase was very low and every frontline seemed to have a warden griefing the colonials while saying some racist or just stupid remarks. The IQ level in this game has declined heavily :(

The shard balance issue is still a huge problem:

Charlie Shard = Wardens Win
Able Shard = Colonials Win
Baker = No Players?

This explains the issue the best as of the 1.0 Wars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Yky4HOPxq0&ab_channel=MoiDawg

Overall, this game isn't awful, but needs some more time to mature. The concept is the same as Rise of Nations, but the games are short and usually end with multiple players dropping out of the match.

I don't see how they are going to solve the human aspect to get a match that is fulfilling - playing for 30+ minutes just to have team mates drop because one gets zerged is not that much fun - hopefully they get that part solved.

::UPDATED::

This is backed by a Russian owned company.. My.Games is a pawn of Putin.. I wouldn't trust it no more than I trust Kaspersky to be a valid antivirus software. If Russia touches it and you live in the West - I would beware as multiple times 'AntiVirus' has flagged this game with Trojans.

I used to have faith in it.. no more.. you can't trust them to not steal your data.

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The cash shop is the biggest turn off for this game. It's about as bad as any EA Loot Box game.

If you don't mind paying $50 for a single troop to get the 10% bonuses(think World of Tanks), then it might not be an issue - but to play competitive, expect to shell out cash along the same lines as ArcheAge or other P2W games and expect a $10 monthly sub.

The game is quite fun at lower levels, but drops off once you start hitting the higher levels as progression slows to a crawl. This means you'll be up against players several hundred levels above you with far superior troops and no real way to defend against them in battles.

If you enjoyed the progression path in World Of Tanks mixed with the action / siege gameplay of Mount & Blade, this one might be for you.

If you hate loot boxes and anything resembling P2W, stay away.


There's posts of Trojans which due to it being a Russian game, it wouldn't shock me - but I haven't seen anything along those lines yet and I've watched it a bit with glasswire and wireshark.

**UPDATED**

The latest release only increased the gains that are able to be bought - everything from paying to complete quests (Payoff Button) to the premium / sub model of $10 monthly and a battle pass $10, plus premium characters that give % bonus to gains ($50)

While I don't mind paying for a game.. don't advertise it as 'free' when to actually compete you need these items - that's the turnoff here.. be upfront about what you're selling.


**UPDATED**

While playing at the higher levels, I've noticed that the cash shop becomes less of an issue.

It does give advantages early on, but its much harder to get a competitive advantage and more a unit selection advantage is all it grants.

While, I don't love this - its not awful either.

This game initially appealed to me as it reminded me of old school MUD games. It quickly became more frustrating than enjoyable. It lacks some of the appeal that games like Kenshi have to hold your attention while still being challenging.

When you do succeed, you really don't feel as though you've gained much and that leads to more annoyance than desire to continue playing.

The end of times scenario is also a little played out, but this did offer some uniqueness. It has a little of that Project Zomboid feel - but you die so quickly, its lost early on. It was easier to cheese for experiences than actually play the game.

For the price, its not bad to give it a try, but overall, it was the MUD nostalgia that brought me in and it fell flat on interactivity in the game world.

Pros:

- MUD style text based adventures have far more interactivity with the game world do to the limited graphics and text parses, usually this means you get a wide variety of choices when interacting with objects.

- Graphics were unique, but this was often part of the challenge too.

Cons:

- Weak Story, didn't hold my interest.

- One shot Dread creatures were a bit cheesed, appears far to frequently.

- It's easier to cheese it than actually play it. Sit in a corner and let time pass to gain experiences, pop an alcohol and suicide - not very much fun.

Overall, a solid little survival experience.

The mods are what makes this shine for replayability, otherwise it becomes repetitive quickly.

[Original Review]
This game will get better with time.. its a little rough early on, but once you get over the learning curve it grows on you.

[Updated Review]

I was wrong.. I was thinking this game would get massively better with time, but it is no X3.. not even close.

The major things I see:

1) The AI is absolutely useless.. its terrible.
2) The engine optimization is poor.. there seems to be some major concurrency issues in the coding. The GUI is constantly freezing though the resource utilizations are all low. In Borderless Windowed - if you swap to a background task the game hangs for several minutes.
3) Autosave - This is the longest autosave ever.. the game hangs and you wait..
4) Economy - What Economy? The late game economy is stagnant at best.
5) Overall Gameloop - The loop is 'ok' - its not great and ends up being alot of 'waiting' doing nothing. It would be great if some of the activities were actually fun.. but they're not. Lockboxes are cute the first time, but get old quick. There's really just not enough fun content and the battles are not that rewarding.

This one seems to have lost the luster that was contained in X3.. it feels cheap, poorly coded and empty.

[Updated Review - May 2024]

The game has improved quite a bit - its back to where the X3 series is equivalent, but with far better graphics.

Alot of the previous issues in design are still there, but the overall gameplay has improved significantly, especially around the AI.

There are few games that let you interact with the world like this one.. It is an all time great.

This has been by far one of the most addictive little games that I've played.

It reminds me of Don't Starve, but on steriods all rolled into a sexy little MMO - where you get 'Oh so attached' to your character and their contributons to the small little town they're born into - just a little glimpse of the world!! But then.. just when it gets good - you die... and start all over!

It's a magical mix of addiction, yearning, and unique experiences that I've not seen in a game in quite some time. This game reminds me of the first time that I played World of Warcraft as a kid.. that wonder when I joined my first raid.

But, it often delivers this excitement - this unique experience - on quite a few of the games that I have played. One of the most exciting experiences that I have found was when I restarted the 'Capital' city - a massive berry farm that houses an amazing patch of soil, just to the northeast.

Then I spawned back into the city a few days later to see how much it had advanced. The players had built castle walls and began real fortications around this massive berry farm - it was the first time I had seen a civilation grow out of a small farm.

The least I can say is that you will find it to be a refreshingly unique experience!

This game gets boring very quickly. It's supposed to be multiplayer, but every match felt like I was playing solo - not a great experience.

The game seems to have been abandoned with quite a few bugs. I've waited a while to see it finished.. doubt that will ever happen.