Age of Darkness: Final Stand
This game is simply a amazing and addictive game for RTS and tactical RTS gamers. By default, there is a pause feature allows you to queue unit actions, building construction, and tech research. You start with a small group of units and a hero. From there, you need to explore, expand, and exploit the land in order to survive waves of nightmares that attack from large dark crystals during death night at which you will suffer a malice during the night. If you survive, you may choose a blessing that will be with you the rest of the match. There are five death nights, and a final stand. The final stand on the highest difficulty is 80k enemies that attack from all the dark crystals. You have ranged, melee, and siege units at your disposal, as well as ballista towers, and flame bellow towers. Your economy management consists of farms to produce food for villagers, which in turn are used for housing income, and resource collection building, as well as units. Your units have a tech tree you can utilize to offers advancement as well. A green fog encroaches the land on death nights, which cannot be removed without building vision, or you survive the death night. Enemies vary from crawlers, slow, weak, but can be a challenge in number, to giant hulking crushers with massive hp and damage.
– Real player with 336.9 hrs in game
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The Gameplay
Picture this scenario:
The days go by while you’re out exploring the map and expanding your base while those blue dots turn into red dots… one… by… one… And on the last day now with only 4 minutes on the clock you realize that the enemies are attacking from the worst possible spot.
You scramble together some defenses and you’re happy with the towers, their placement but you’re a bit short on the wall department but you’ve got 15 units guarding in front so it’s gonna be fine… Right?
– Real player with 72.8 hrs in game
Gord
Lead the people of the Tribe of the Dawn as they venture deep into forbidden lands. Complete quests that shape their personalities, impact their wellbeing, and decide the fate of their community. Ensure the survival of your populace in a grim fantasy world inspired by Slavic folklore.
Erect palisades, develop structures, and grow your gord from a humble settlement to a formidable fortress. However, expansion won’t be easy! Your population is constantly at risk from enemy tribes, gruesome monsters, and mysterious powers that lurk in the surrounding woods.
Venture outside the walls of your settlement with Gord’s AI-driven quest system, ensuring a huge variety of challenges to take on. The Scenario’s main objectives will guide your gameplay, while versatile side quests and random encounters will send you off into the wilderness to hunt down legendary creatures, uncover secrets about the Ancients, or vanquish a nasty scourge. Expect the unexpected.
Set the stage by choosing from a wide range of Scenario options, and try to emerge victorious. Take it easy or set an impossible challenge; almost anything can be adjusted! Choose from a variety of primary objectives, select the level size, the intensity of raids, the environment you’ll play in, the types of enemies you’ll face, starting resources, and even the severity of weather. Of course, don’t forget the Horrors.
A healthy populace is the key to survival in Gord. Every aspect of your settlers’ lives - from illness and hunger to the death of their kin - can impact each subject’s Sanity and Burden levels. Keep a close eye on them, as once they reach a critical point your subject will suffer from a breakdown or even flee your rule.
Please the Gods with your prayers and they may give you access to their spellcasting abilities. Incantations vary in nature - some are offensive while others are defensive - but they all help to tip the battlefield in your favor. Conceal areas from your enemies, gain control over threatening beasts, or turn an unholy rage against all who dare to oppose you.
The Chronicle explains the history of the Gord universe that blends real-world Slavic mythology with dark fantasy. Pages torn from The Chronicle will be scattered throughout the game’s landscapes, giving dedicated players an additional challenge of discovery. Collecting as many pages as possible will provide insight into the origins of the Gods, ancient factions, and the mystical Whisperers.
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Death Crown
This is a simple, yet fast paced, game that takes me back to retro game vibes.
The main thing that pulled me in was the style of cut-scenes.
The graphics, while all 2-D pixelated, are quite enticing.
The artwork is dark medieval, and the color schemes are variable.
You beat levels to earn diamonds, to spend on upgrades.
You can upgrade gold mines, defense towers, or troop barracks.
Gold mines earn gold, towers turret intruders, barracks spawn your army.
You place the three buildings across the grid, strategically, to gain territory.
– Real player with 30.9 hrs in game
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I was on the edge fist, but this is actually an awesome space & resource centric RTS–the famous Z by the Bitmap Brothers comes to mind–but Death Crown is much more minimalistic.
The in-game graphics are unusual but cool looking, however, at times it’s a difficult to see certain things in the heat of the battle (esp. in the human campaign DLC which features a lot more terrain types).
It takes some time figuring out the minute details of the simple but not really intuitive controls but this is part of the game, I think. I really like the music (which is rare) and the black-and-white line art cut scenes. However, the story is a bit vague, and only shown not told.
– Real player with 24.6 hrs in game
Lords of Nether
NOTE: Lords of Nether is in an early state of development and will be undergoing many exciting changes and additions in the coming times! The contents presented in this page are not final and serve to show the baseline of where the game is headed! Expect far more to come in every way!
A dark power returns to the ancient and blood-soaked world of Antioch, to claim what rightfully belongs to it and bring the world of Man to ruin! That power is you, my Netherlord!
Discover a New Era of Dungeon Management
Lords of Nether is a Dungeon Management Game that blends Real-Time Strategy and God Game elements to create a new and more involved take on the genre. You may control your creatures directly in typical RTS fashion, allowing for complex combat strategy and management. You can manage space efficiently and creatively, through the use furnishings and other building tools. Taking control of the villain, one of four powerful, dark demigods known as Netherlords, you return to the world after centuries of banishment with the singular purpose of bringing it to heel under your control. Immerse yourself in a deep, storied world of Dark Fantasy and bring it all to ruin!
Build Your Dungeon
You will carve out and build vast, intricate and deadly underground dungeons, where you will gather minions to your cause, research new magics and knowledge and build devious trap gauntlets to protect yourself from invading heroes.
Amass a Dark Army
You will grow and be able to directly control an army of fiendish, living, thinking creatures, a vast menagerie ranging from cowardly goblins to terrifying, blood-thirsty demons. You will need to provide them with necessities and comforts and make sure they grow strong, so that they may turn your enemies into gory heaps.
Vanquish Mighty Foes
As any self respecting Dark Lord, you will find wretched heroes at your doorstep, seeking to undo your sinister plans and put an end to your evil. Show them just how misguided they really are, Lord.
Conquer Different Game Modes
Explore a multitude of different planned game-modes:
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Sandbox - Free building mode that allows you to express your wicked creativity!
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Skirmish - Play against AI Netherlords to test your skills!
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Multiplayer Deathmatch - Pit yourself against other Players and determine who is the Greatest Evil!
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Survival - See how long your designs and tactics can help you last being assailed by wave after wave of never-ending heroic scum!
…And Take Over the World
Embark on an epic Single-player campaign to conquer the ancient world of Antioch! The mighty Empire of Ostoria stands in your way to world domination and it’s monarch, the great King Albrecht will do anything to stop you! Travel distant lands, from great rural plains, through scorching deserts and frigid mountain slopes, to the very heartland of the Empire and crush all that stands in your way! Take your armies from the underground to the very world above and reduce it to a burning ruin! This world belongs to you, Netherlord!
Magic Stone Guardians
Magis Stone Guardians is a tower defense game that can be played in VR.
You play as a guardian deity protecting an underground temple and fight off enemies who try to steal the crystal.
Since the player is a spirit, he cannot attack the enemies directly.
Instead, they can summon Guardians by combining Magic Stones.
Watch and enjoy the battle between the guardians and the enemies.
How to battle
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Grab the Magic Stone
You can grab it by holding the pointer from your hand over the magic stone and pressing the grip or trigger button.
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Place the Magic Stone on the floor.
If you release the button while holding the magic stone, you can place it on the floor.
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Summon the Guardian
By placing white and other colored Magic Stones next to each other, you can summon a Guardian for that combination!
How to strengthen the Guardian
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Select the Guardian figure on the desk in the My Room.
You can select it by pressing the grip button or trigger button with the pointer aligned
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Pick up the Guardian you want to enhance.
You can pick up the Guardian you want to strengthen by pressing the grip button or the trigger button while the pointer is aligned.
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Pick up the enhanced energy stored in the ceiling.
You can pick it up by pressing the grip button or trigger button with the pointer in place.
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Move the energy you picked up closer to the Guardian you want to strengthen to raise its level.
The strengthening energy will be absorbed by the Guardian and the level will increase.
The Hive
This is my first Review ever and i never ever thought that day wanna pop up.
First of all : Do you really think you gonna see these armour where the game video show you when the unit place cool armour on them self , well that never ever gonna happened in this game ever and that i just fake video so basically they fooling you.
Second of all : Each mission you do you can collect equipment for your unit as weapon and armour and here you have:
Yellow = Legendary
Purple = Very good rare item.
Blue = Good Item
– Real player with 153.9 hrs in game
The Hive Review
An RTS RPG experience that is unforgettable… The Hive is an Indie Gem with endless potential!
Some key points that this game offers:
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Spectacular Story line.
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Hive mind play style.
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Indie Gem 4/5.
Gameplay & Controls:
The game is played with our trusty keyboard and mouse; the keyboard offers shortcuts to actions like moving the screen, or issuing commands. The mouse is our primary tool here controlling worker and soldier actions such as building, gathering resources and issuing attack commands.
– Real player with 102.7 hrs in game
Total War: WARHAMMER III
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Far beyond the world and its petty wars there exists a dimension of pure, malevolent magic: The Realm of Chaos. It is a terrible place, incomprehensible to the mortal mind. It whispers promises of power, but to behold it is to be seduced by it. To relinquish your soul to it. To become it.
The four Ruinous Powers rule over this place, ever seeking to slip their bonds and engulf the world in a tide of daemonic corruption. Nurgle, the plague god; Slaanesh, the lord of excess; Tzeentch, the changer of ways; and Khorne, the god of blood and slaughter.
On the border between the worlds, two mighty kingdoms stand sentinel: the stern warriors of Kislev and the vast empire of Grand Cathay. But each is beset by its own trials, and now both have cause to cross the threshold and send their armies into the Realm of Chaos.
The world stands on a precipice. A single push will plunge it into cataclysm.
And there is one who schemes to achieve just that, an ancient figure who desires nothing less than to wield supreme power. But to succeed, he will need a champion…
The coming conflict will engulf all. Will you conquer your daemons? Or command them?
Kingdom Wars 2: Definitive Edition
First let me state I am presenting a general view of this game. Inevitably, while I will strive to be objective, subjective elements can not be eliminated. Kingdom Wars 2 Definitive Edition is that very rare beast, a Fantasy, Real Time Strategy War game. There are 3 main races Humans, Elves, Orcs and arguably a fourth, namely the Dwarfs, who are embedded within the rosters of the Humans and the Elves.
The races play very differently as they have very different economic dependencies and structures. These differences imposes concomitantly different strategies on the player depending on race choice. More complexity is added due to the Rock, Paper, Scissors characteristic of the units. Each unit is very effective against certain opposing units and similarly very vulnerable or mediocre in relation to others. In addition there is a quite extensive Tech-tree and considerably crafting possibilities. There is a learning curve, but once comprehended, the game is easily accessible. I prefer to play Skirmish games, either alone, or with a computer partner. I have just played my first skirmish game at hard level and won. In addition, over the last 2 weeks I have tried the Zombie Survival Challenge and found it to be very exciting. I only wish that it was possible to discover their spawning points and destroy them. I am only now using the Crypt building to spawn undead units and the Dragon Menagerie building to spawn dragons. The use of these facilities have greatly aided my strategic options and contributed to my victory at hard level. I do not consider myself to be a proficient player but after a slow start I began to enjoy the game more and more after each play session.
– Real player with 189.3 hrs in game
I’ve been a fan of RTS games from a super young age. Started playing Age of empires on that old white windows 98 pc with a thick CRT monitor. Eventually moving up to that sweet new Dell xp that could run Stronghold, the Warcrafts, Empire Earth, etc. This game brings back those good ole days for me. It has similar mechanics to those staple real time strategy games except it does everything on a massive scale. It tickles that fancy I always had for base building and commanding a large amount of troops.
– Real player with 185.3 hrs in game
Total War: WARHAMMER
I’ve played total war games since Rome and I have to say that yes, it’s BS that you have to pay another 60 bucks (easy) to get the “full experience” and even MORE SO to pay 4 flippin dollars for BLOOD EFFECTS in a TOTAL WAR game; yet with that being said, this is probably the most epic, amazing, awesome game that I have in my library thus far- can’t tell you how many times I banged my head against inanimate objects before taking a step back and appreciating the algorithmic-type cunning that the AI uses against you; as well as the deep and engaging gameplay aspects- morale has always been a thing but steamrolling an entire Orc Waaaaagh by concentrating fire and having nearby units re-charge the lines, close to routing, themselves- is fantastic.
– Real player with 408.1 hrs in game
It’s worth the money and a little more
– Real player with 289.8 hrs in game
BANNERMEN
Disclaimer: I recommend you to buy this game, but as of launch month, do your research before you commit. It may or may not be up to your standards.
Pros:
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Classic RTS formula. We seriously need more of this out there.
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Key hero unit, and creeping/leveling mechanics add to the usual “by the numbers + rock papper scissors” game.
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Very good basic mechanics. The UI and controls do everything they need to, and everything in the game is crisp and responsive.
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Cool setting, and awesome unit designs derived from the setting.
– Real player with 75.5 hrs in game
I wanted to like this game. I REALLY wanted to like this game. I played in some of the earlier Alpha tests and I saw it had some great potential once they fix some of the rough edges. The only rough edge they seemed to have fixed is that now there is a matchmaking system. The rest of it still feels like an alpha build and they’re charging $30 for it.
PROS:
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Decent graphics
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Unique ideas
CONS:
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Average 6:00 queue time and it’s still new.
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THERE IS NO CHAT. None. Anywhere. Pass the long queue times by chatting with other players? Not in this game, buddy. Want to ask how your opponent does their build? Too bad, maybe you can find them in Discord. Want to “GG” and not rage-quit? RAGE QUIT ONLY IN THIS GAME.
– Real player with 21.0 hrs in game