Recent reviews by MXX/-/4X

Compared to Age of Empires 2, I found this to be a ramp up in difficulty, Normal feels harder here than in Age of Empires, and that’s fitting, given that here you are the caretaker of the entire nation. The way you duke it out with other nations is executed really well, though its AI has very rough edges in terms of how it manages its own troops. Multiplayer is amazing to play too.

I may be a shooter kind of person, but I find strategy games very good to blow off steam on. My late grandpa introduced me to the original version of it, and I’ve had fun building my own medieval empire. Word of advice, though, pick only the DLCs that interest you, I’m content with having a few of them and I’m sure you will be too.

This game is a programming marvel, not only that but it’s extremely fun. I love how the destruction physics is taken advantage of, you truly make your own way out.

I haven’t even finished the main event. It’s way more fun to play than the fifth instalment (which I own in a different account outside of Steam) in the series, everything makes sense and gives you a dopamine rush, it’s a shame most of these mechanics were left as footnotes later in the franchise and I want to see the sixth instalment follow the footsteps of the fourth in terms of mechanics. I can’t really say much about the story, since I have finished none of the games included in this trilogy at the time of writing this and I don’t wish to bring up GTA V’s story yet.