Recent reviews by r Y o

I simply love this game

I got this game a few days ago when I reached all my goals in Civ:BE (win all victory types and at least one on apollo). I am simply amazed. This studio really deserves the praise. The artwort is sooo beautiful. As a webdesigner I can say these are the most beautiful tooltips I have ever seen anywhere. Each one with nice concept art. The handling is also very good. I can´t believe I played a game for 6-8 hours without ever using the keyboard, just my mouse. I also love they didn´t take every single cliché from J.R.R. Tolkien and created something new and completely original such as the cultists. Each combat becomes interesting by using the actual world terrain unlike HoMM where you load into a combat screen. It gives each combat a new strategic variety.

The only thing that turned me off at first was, when I saw some early alpha footage and saw the weird landscape geometry and the ugly fog of war. I thought this is a b-title, a Civ wannabe with no original concept. I was so wrong. I decided to give it a chance anyway and I don´t regret it. I wish the studio will make some money to be able to continue this new IP. Imagine if they had more money to spend on voice actors for the AIs and you get a nice voiced cutscene when you achieve a victory. Some time and money invested in something like a Civilopedia would also be nice. Also more money to spend on advertisement because this is truely a hidden gem more people should know about. This is a must have for every 4X lover.