ITS ALIVE!!!

I bought it awhile ago, just got around to playing it, and I'm enjoying it. Feels a lot like Mount and Blade with guns - but it also has city development, play style options, and some extra stuff like interchangeable gear for troops instead of only companions. The AI isn't super smart, probably better than M&B (but that isn't saying much), however you have quite a bit of control for your own squads.

I see a lot of angst that the developers have moved on to other things. The game isn't in Early Release. It's done, it is what it is. I haven't had any serious issues and it's fun, though getting it on a sale wouldn't be a bad thing... The graphics do look a decade old, if that's important to you. I see they have a new game they are working on that'll be a lot more up to date graphically, which will be nice. Having a leaf on a tree block my bullet is annoying. They blocked arrows in M&B, so maybe that's part of the flavor... :P

For the "dead game" people - it's single player and it works. Not sure that phrase means what you think it means. If the player base is 1 million or 2 people, your experience will be the same in a single player game. If you are waiting for the game to improve before buying it, may as well wait for the new one.