Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
This is the first review I have ever felt compelled to write. Then again, this is the first game in a long time that has made me this aggravated. The premise of the game is sound and the visual effects are appealing but in the end, the software is simply buggy and incomplete and its apologists paint a false picture of its nature. In my opinion, Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation should still be in beta testing.
First, allow me to state that I am a avid fan of Supreme Commander. Like many others, I was enticed by the constant flow of comparisons between Ashes and Supreme Commander and decided to purchase Ashes and judge for myself. Please listen very carefully to me when I say that there is no comparison. In Supreme Commander, one may effortlessly conduct their bloody maelstrom of war in true strategic fashion on vast 81x81km maps. One may wield thousands of units in battle over sprawling plains, clear skies, and open oceans. All players are at the mercy of nuclear missiles, long-range heavy artillery, and titanic, robotic colossi designed to reach across the sheer expanse of the most popular maps and touch some poor, naive soul. All of this grandeur could be witnessed at once from a comprehensive, strategic overview replete with toggles for intelligence radii, weapon radii by type, unit movement queues and patrol routes, and locations at which units are taking damage.
– Real player with 153.8 hrs in game
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A fun experience with problems.
The Good:
Large scale conflict that runs on my potato with few issues.
Fairly decent campaign with fairly interesting characters and missions.
Hover armies have grown on me.
Decent selection of maps.
Good selection of units between the factions, even if their roles are unclear in the text box.
Army system where units are organised into armies and will micro themselves accordingly (I never use the queue for brining in certain troops to an army however, I prefer to be using my factories at all times making a collection of units and counters.)
– Real player with 100.6 hrs in game
Legendary Hoplite
- Play as Dio, a young commander who slays waves of monsters storming to the city using familiar weapons like spears, swords, shields.
- Our enemies are the beasts and mythical tribes from Greek Mythology, extremely cruel and have a deep hatred for humans.
- Weapons with deadly power and artifacts blessed by gods can be collected by killing the most vicious monsters. Pray for Tyche – The goddess of luck will smile.
- During the battles, Dio must lead his army. Use the right strategies, to counter the diverse enemies in great number.
- They are legendary mythical creatures that caused so much agony for mankind. Now, they will wield their primordial impetuous strength to pierce through our defense line.
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More than 100 levels designed in A-RPG style mixing with Tower Defense.
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More than 60 kinds of monsters with hundreds of variants.
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Many bosses from the original Greek Mythology monsters like Cerberus, Hydra, Gorgon, Minotaur…
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Huge variety of items to collect and equip in your endless hunts.
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Many kinds of armies with dozens of special skills for you to freely build many strategies.
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Blessing from God’s system to aid your battles.
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And many more secrets lie under achievements waiting for you to discover.
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Stronghold Crusader HD
i grew up playing this game so id recommend to others i probably have more hours in crusader then i have any other game ive played
– Real player with 168.3 hrs in game
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Good classic fun to revisit from time to time, and never gets dull
– Real player with 116.6 hrs in game
Tribal Wars
I have been playing this game since 2007. Most of the gameplay is still the same from back then. But now with a lot of QoL improvements. The game is well balanced overall, but sometimes a little too much luck based. I have a lot of great memories from this game and made a lot of friends aswell. The game is easy to start with but hard to master.
However the developers do not know what to do with this game and destroyed this beautifull game the last couple of years. The game has become too much pay to win in my eyes and it’s not doing any good. I don’t mind to pay for extra premium functions, but buying resources, cheaper buildings, instantly finishing buildings, with your own money to get an advantage over other players is just plain wrong in my eyes. Also the addition of flags is only benefitting the older players and not the newer ones.
– Real player with 803.9 hrs in game
This was mostly a trip down memory lane for me. I played on World 18 and 19 about 12 years ago. And, by the way, the game on their international server is currently on World 117. This is on the Tribal Wars US server. But, the game is more or less the same.
This game requires a lot of baby sitting. Everything runs in real time. And, it is highly recommended that you get in a good tribe early–or that you join one that is very good diplomatically to become aligned with the winning tribe. If you start later than a few days after world launch, you are already in trouble and could end up continually getting conquered and restarted.
– Real player with 368.4 hrs in game
Urban Survival
This game is Awesome! So creative and fun even for a early access game there is loads of content and the Devs. are constantly adding new stuff. they have limited-time seasonal updates were you can get unique holiday weapons and armour. Its stuff like that, that makes this game such a fun and fresh experience not to mention the humour keeps me laughing the hole time.
– Real player with 31.5 hrs in game
Great game! This is exactly what I’ve been waiting for! It has exactly what I want in a game! Open world (although its not so huge from what I can see but nonetheless feels great), base building/managing, crafting/cooking, looting (lots of looting lol), combat/gang wars and the power to pee on anything! lol. I’m glad I wish listed this game and then purchased it on day one, it was worth every penny! Its been keeping me entertained and glued to my seat. I look forward to seeing this game grow in development! Keep up the good work Helix Games!
– Real player with 14.8 hrs in game
Band of Defenders
lol this game is FREAKING AWESOME the more I play it the more I love it,
seriously (not sarcasm) this is easily one of the best games on Steam,
takes fps ‘skill’, has all kinds of upgrades and weapons and turrets and barricades to get, all kinds of strategies to try out and test,
has solo and multiplayer etc etc
-Easily- one of the most under-rated games on steam, and maybe one of the biggest ‘hidden gems’ I ever played in my whole gaming life.
Anyone down-voting this either came in with massive preconceptions about the game or was expecting something else, there is absolutely nothing wrong with this game other than it’s too short (lol),
– Real player with 194.8 hrs in game
Initial Reaction:
The Good:
I like this game a lot - really fun co-op with friends. Small community which can be good or bad depending on how you look at it. You can share weapons you craft with friends which is pretty cool. The game has a lot of potential and I’m excited to see where the developers take it. I like that you can instantly reorganize your defense between rounds (if you misplace a turret or wall, there is an “undo” option which can be used immediately or in any round after).
– Real player with 31.1 hrs in game
Longphort
Frequently crashes, couldn’t make it past the first raid.
– Real player with 0.1 hrs in game
Fata Deum
With the power of a god, who will you become?
A god game where you not only build settlements, but compete with other gods for influence. In Fata Deum, the more followers you have, the more power you wield.
Manage your mana to manipulate your settlements, devotees and the fabric of reality itself. As you amass more power, you’ll be able to pick more unearthly feats to wield.
Convince or conquer
During the day, use your influence on the mortals. Will you bless and inspire them onto good work, or strike fear into their hearts with terrifying visions? But be wary, the townsfolk have their own free will.
At night, you can manipulate settlements. Instruct the mortals to build you mighty temples for worship, farms and lumber mills so that they may prosper, or even to ruin other villages.
Frighten or foster
Perhaps you’d like to be a tyrant, ruling over a kingdom of debauchery and blood. Raise an army and sacrifice your mortals to summon terrifying demons. Your choice.
Or maybe you do believe in fun, festivities and spreading the love, but have no qualms weakening your enemies by spreading fear - or just hitting them with a Thunderstrike.
Shape a living world
As your influence grows, the living world will shape around it, getting ever more vast. Each god manifests their kingdom differently.
Will yours be a kingdom of crops and light, or twisted trees and glowering darkness? You’ll battle gods of Violence, Deceit, Fertility and Pleasure.
Experience your story
Play a young god rising to glory in campaign mode, which is full of curious and revealing challenges set to an engaging narrative.
Hell Loop
Enjoyable.
Pros:
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It’s fun to find effective strategies.
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The “no escape” mode is very challenging and fun.
Cons:
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Your trap choices can make some playthroughs on higher difficulty impossible.
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Difficulty levels are hidden in main menu.
– Real player with 5.5 hrs in game
The game is pretty great as a tower defense + strategy game. The drawings are perfect and looks pretty great for your eyes, you can’t wait that much from a platformer. However sinners can scream and that would make you feel like you’re a real Evil LMAO. However, traps are pretty enough to kill all the sinners. I had one problem with achievements. I tried many things to solve it but I didn’t had achievements while I was completing them. Contacted developer about that and he said yeah there can be a bug about achievements which will be solved %100.
– Real player with 2.5 hrs in game
Amnon’s Beginning
A battle that commends for the mind, will the mind be successful or unsuccessful in maintaining it’s stability? Build your settlement and fight off the invader of this spiritual realm with real-time strategy.
As simple thoughts invade the human mind so to is it like a battle to make the choices that transform our outcome in reality. This is the spiritual realm of the mind that wages a constant war for every thought will you be successful to flourish your settlement or will it go to ruin?