Strong story and characters
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“Story and Dialogue are amazing! Some of the best i have ever had in a game.”
Steam review · 4.1 h played ↗
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Mostly Positive · 76%Mostly Positive · 76%Grimlore Games2017RTS · RPG · Strategy
$39.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 6 h ago
The verdict
A long, story-driven RTS/RPG hybrid with great voice acting and visuals, but the RTS half is frustrating thanks to cheating AI and clunky controls. Skip it if you want a polished pure RTS.
Great for
Story-focused RPG fans who enjoy Warcraft 3-style hero RTS and co-op campaigns
Main risk
The RTS missions feel unfair and clunky, with cheating AI, endless waves and weak unit control
What players love
Unique RTS and RPG blend
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“It's a 7/10 rpg and a 6/10 rts that somehow combine to make an 8/10 game.”
Steam review · 92.9 h played ↗
Beautiful graphics and environments
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Beautiful graphics of vegetation, buildings and streams,”
Steam review · 53.8 h played ↗
Deep hero builds and skill trees
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“RPG elements are rly good, skill trees allows to create various builds - healers, elemental mages, necromancers, rangers, warriors, tanks.”
Steam review · 30.7 h played ↗
Fully voiced with excellent acting
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“A lotta quests and all are fully voiced even the NPCs or the normal conversation to them.”
Steam review · 27.9 h played ↗
Great music and soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Great music, great gameplay, wonderful story!”
Steam review · 127.6 h played ↗
What players complain about
Frustrating RTS design
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Wow, the RTS on this game is so bad, worst spam fest I've ever seen in a piece of junk game.”
Steam review · 7.2 h played ↗
Clunky UI, camera and hero control
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“No way to pause and give orders in the game strongly hampers the enjoyment of it.”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗
Bugs and broken quests
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“Almost every second map has problems with important quest-related characters or objects not showing up.”
Steam review · 57.8 h played ↗
AI cheats with endless waves
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“The AI cheats the hell out for every resource and just sends a full army spam every 30 seconds.”
Steam review · 20.1 h played ↗
Online account and multiplayer login failures
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews
“created an account to play multiplayer, couldnt log in to play multiplayer and my brother had the same exact issue.”
Steam review · 7.9 h played ↗
Nearly indestructible enemy buildings
Mentioned in ~1 in 25 negative reviews
“Enemy bases are almost indestructible because workers keep repairing them and the AI spawns an infinite number of works to repair the base.”
Steam review · 6.1 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: UnsupportedController support51 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7, 8, Windows 10 (64 bit)
ProcessorIntel Core i5 3570, AMD FX-6350
Memory6 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GTX 660 2GB, AMD Radeon 7850 2GB
Storage51 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 7, 8, Windows 10 (64 bit)
ProcessorIntel Core i7-4790, AMD FX-8350
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GTX 970 4GB, AMD Radeon R9 290 4GB
Storage51 GB available space
OSWindows 7, 8, Windows 10 (64 bit)
ProcessorIntel Core i5 3570, AMD FX-6350
Memory6 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GTX 660 2GB, AMD Radeon 7850 2GB
Storage51 GB available space
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