Ancestors Legacy
Overview:
Ancestor’s Legacy is a hybrid game of RTS and Real-Time Tactics(RTT) Gameplay, though it likes to side a bit more with the RTT genre.While this game has base building, it isn’t in the typical sense. The player is given a main base camp that has a build menu. After clicking the button to build a structure, the structure is built by peasants at a location predetermined by the game. The base camp is also not the main place the player will get resources. A variety of villages of different sizes are scattered around each map with resource points attached to them. Each faction has different specialties. Units can be leveled up and be given armor to increase their power. The squad limit is set at 10. The game uses a Rock-Paper-Scissors style system to make some armies great at defeating others, but each factions version of the army has their own individual stats. The graphics are phenomenal, the sound design is great, and the campaign is excellent.
– Real player with 35.8 hrs in game
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These people nailed what a limited base building unit capped RTS should be. There are choke points, open fields, water that slows you as you move through it (including swamps), trap building, terrain elevations & weather effecting line of sight (and fire), special traits per unit per factions that still feels balanced.
It executes exceptionally well on limited base building RTS with unit creation and replenishment and rewards well thought out RTT gameplay as all units level and can be upgraded thus rewarding teamwork and unit specialization with the population cap, traps, and size of the map encouraging strategy whilst limiting unit production to the starting base and permitting unit replenishment at any captured (ally) village for a nominal fee.
– Real player with 33.4 hrs in game
Blood And Mead
They stole his mead, a mistake. Now he will destroy every last one of them.
Join Ulric, a retired berserker viking, on a dramatic quest for revenge that will make him a legend.
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Unnecessarily brutal and bloody combat.
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Unlock cruel and devastating attacks to decimate your enemies.
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Tight meaty combat utilizing multiple weapons, shields and mead… lots and lots of mead.
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Face off against epic bosses.
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Ride a pig.
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Upgrade armor and weapons to become a true viking berserker.
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Solve fun and intuitive puzzles.
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Enjoy a captivating story filled with viking lore and shenanigans.
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A delightful sound track filled with medieval folk flair.
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“Better to fight and fall than to live without mead.” - Ulric the Bold.
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The Banner Saga 2
The Banner Saga 2 it’s more of a continuation than a sequel, but the improvements that this game has over the previous one make this game incredibly enjoyable.
I know some people found their experience on the past game quite challenging or even frustrating but in TBS2 trust me that you will enjoy this ride like you have never ever enjoyed a Turn based strategy game.
Improvements in common gameplay!
The caravan system has been vastly improved, now those lazy clansmen actually bring much necessary food/supplies to you! By hunting and foraging and thus keeping up your survavility rate! This allows you to do something that in TBS1 would be unimaginable and that is Purchasing Items from the market! Can you believe it? Well neither can I and that’s just awesome!
– Real player with 133.5 hrs in game
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Before you read, note that English is not my native language, so expect errors and for that I apologize in advance.
Let me fill you in if you have no idea what the Banner Saga is.
You are nobody and you wake up to find the world that you and everyone once know is breaking apart. You struggle to get by and are forced to make tough calls, so that you and your people can survive. And through these choices you are bringing changes – though small, they may escalate. I am not going to tell you the exact plot, since it would spoil the fun.
– Real player with 39.7 hrs in game
Jotun: Valhalla Edition
Jotun is a game that suffers from a lack of direction. It’s a tremendously beautiful game (minus a few small quibbles), but doesn’t seem to understand if it wants to be an atmospheric exploration game, or a slow paced dark souls / shadows of the colossus style boss slayer. In trying to do both, it sort of fails in all angles. On the plus side, it is relatively short, so the downsides of the game don’t overshadow the nice bits too badly. I would say a roughly 5 hour game, depending on how much trouble you have with the bosses.
– Real player with 19.9 hrs in game
Jotun
Platform: PC Windows
Genre: Action/Exploration
Introduction:
Thunder Lotus Games first title Jotun, another positive outcome of a successful Kickstarter campaign, is an epic trot through a world of Norse mythology. It’s a top-down action exploration game that pits you against large foes and beautiful, yet treacherous landscapes. Jotun delivers challenging boss battles, but it also focuses heavily on building atmosphere and anticipation rather than throwing countless of enemies at the player. The considerable amount of downtime before these fights might put off some gamers, but if you’re able to absorb yourself in the world through its beautiful hand drawn visuals, powerful soundtrack, and epically cool voice-overs, you will also find the boss battle well worth the buildup. It might also make you want to read up on your Norse mythology knowledge.
– Real player with 10.6 hrs in game
The Banner Saga 3
Simple Review Portion:
===[ ❤ Audience: ]===
☐ Kids
☐ Everyone
☑ Casual players
☐ Pro players
===[ ☼ Graphics: ]===
☐ Potato
☐ Really bad
☐ Bad
☐ OK
☐ Good
☑ Beautiful
☐ Masterpiece
===[ $ Price/quality: ]===
☐ It’s free
☐ Full price
☐ Wait for sale
☑ Average
☐ Refund it if you can
☐ Don’t do it
===[ ☣ Requirments: ]===
☐ 90' PC
☐ Minimum
☑ Medium
☐ Fast
☐ High end
☐ NASA computer
===[ ☼ Difficulty: ]===
☐ You just need 2 arms
☐ Ez
☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Hard (first few hours)
– Real player with 72.5 hrs in game
The Banner Saga 3 is the 3rd and final part in the trilogy and is also the weakest game in the trilogy. I won’t be explaining too much about the mechanics as you should already be familiar from the previous two games.
If you have not read my reviews for the first and second game here they are:
First: https://steamcommunity.com/id/machinewarlock/recommended/237990/
Second: https://steamcommunity.com/id/machinewarlock/recommended/281640/
Story - 4/10
The story tanked in this game, there were many plots that were left unexplained and even the ending wasn’t that satisfying. The endings can be acquired in the very last moments, thus making your prior decisions in the previous games all for naught.
– Real player with 38.2 hrs in game
Swords and Soldiers 2 Shawarmageddon
A very fun game for PvP Players.
The units look cute, but don’t get it wrong, the PvP game is pretty hardcore with lots of ingenious tactics.
After like 150 matchups, I’m still adjusting strategies and tactics against different factions as there’re so many tricks on timeing, using physics and unit/skill combinations.
There’re lots of funny memories during my matchups.
Once I rushed 3 berserkers against Perisa. When them reached the doorstep of the opponent’s base, a Genie came out. Guess what? I bounced the Genie and a soldier behind my berserkers with Thor’s Hammer. Then the berserkers demolished their base, while the Genie was trying his best to reach mine.
– Real player with 46.8 hrs in game
A good game that just improved on what the first flash game did.
comparison to swords and soldiers 1 and soldiers 2 shawarmageddon
Swords and Soldiers 1:
3 factions, Aztecs fast and hits hard, Vikings good tough all around, and The Chinese having utility and zen magic.
-9 maps, small medium and big.
-has a campaign, online, vs local, al and challenges
-Gold mines on maps are 3 mines on each side.
cons: the strategy can be buying units in the right order and using spells correctly or just unit spam see who runs out of gold.
– Real player with 27.1 hrs in game