Recent reviews by [RCC]Ebdanian

Has not been touched in 4 years by the devs, who took almost 2 years to add the ability to save and load the game. Im unsure why its even allowed to stay on steam as something that can be purchased for 11$

Awesome right up until the final boss, who is unfortunately literally unplayable on recommended specs due to frame stutters and other performance issues that does not plague the base game. The performance likely is because of the plethora of unnecessary special effects that were added to this fight, which also serves to obfuscate an otherwise great fight. If Fromsoft is able to improve the performance issues this I will definitely come back and change this review, because the rest of the experience is top notch,

Worth every penny. The best race pack CA has put out.

It reminds me of the time I got shot

If you have ever played Mount&Blade: Warband and thought to yourself "Gee, I sure am having a good time, but I would rather be playing DnD right now" Then this should be an instant purchase for you.

Very solid game with many interesting, immersive mechanics. From a studio who has a track record of doing early access right! Congratulations to Shiro on another successful release.

The Good:

-The game has a ton of mechanics that immediately pull you into the world. I am a big fan of the camping system, and the way it is presented is something I have wanted from games of this genre for a long time.

-The campaign map is simply amazing. If you enjoyed the way Bannerlord or the newer total wars look you will appreciate this as its own stylized and aesthetically crafted version of those games. When this is done correctly as it has here it makes exploring worthwhile rather than a chore.

-Speaking of the campaign map, its liveliness is one of the strongest points to this game. Much like the Mount&Blade series in many ways, the world is going to do its thing with or without the player (with one BIG exception, but ill get to that). When you camp for the night, time does not stop. When youre shopping in the market, time does not stop. When youre fighting for your life out in the woods, time does not stop. A long fight can take an entire game of end game time, and when you need to sleep at the end of the day, you can easily see how an expedition will take much longer than you think. In this way, the game rewards planning out ahead and making sure you have the supplies you need for an emergency.

The Great:
- I might be giving it way too much credit, but I am a huge fan of the valor points system. Its essentially a "special ability" resource for combat. The kicker is that it carries over between fights and only hard resets once you rest at the end of the day. This would be extremely punishing if you couldnt also earn "temporary" points that expire at the end of the fight by completing special actions within the fight, assuming you spec into them through the level system. I love this system because it forces to you plan your fights around your expectations for later fights. You could spend all of your valor points to absolutely smash the pack of wolves that snuck up on you, or you can make that fight harder, but by saving the points you make a later fight much easier. If you know you have a much harder fight coming up, you really need to save those points for later, which can make present fights much harder and cost you valuable medicine and repairs.

The Bad

-Level scaling. i wont talk about it much here, because its the number one debate point in the community right now and I have nothing to add to the discussions already taking place, but it completely invalidates all the "world exists with or without you" that has been set up so well by the rest of the game. Its contradictory and unnecessary, and really needs to just not exist or have an alternative. The devs have addressed this as a point of emphasis and im sure ill get to remove this section of the review at some point during development.

-Professions feel not fully refined. Like they make sense, for the most part. I like them, for the most part. Some of it doesnt make sense. I understand why a fisherman cant be a blacksmith, but why cant a blacksmith fish? Youre literally just sitting there with a pole. Why does telling your blacksmith to fish make him forget everything hes ever known about blacksmithing? There are some "professions" that should really not be professions, and just something anyone in your party can do as long as they have the equipment.

Conclusion.

I don't want to end on a sower note. The above are not enough to diminish the game for me, and those that are enough to take away from the experience have been directly confronted by the devs and addressed in future roadmaps as priorities. I absolutely recommend this game and im extremely excited for the future.

One of those games where you occasionally check the negative reviews just to see what the hell people could possibly be mad about and the first 15 negative reviews are people memeing about how it doesnt have any negative reviews.

Worth Supporting

I love the negative reviews for this game.

1350 Hours: 120 Hours past 2 weeks.

"Thumbs down"

sure thing buddy

I do not understand why this game exists at all. You get the exact same expierence playing Mercia in Age of Charlamege. Except in AoC theres more stuff to do once youve captured your tiny island. Potential here but no substance.

Its the 1st game but better