7 people found this review helpful
Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 680.4 hrs on record (119.1 hrs at review time)
Posted: 28 Aug, 2020 @ 9:26am
Updated: 21 Jan, 2022 @ 12:59pm

This game is amazing, it is even worth it at the full price for the countless hours of entertainment it provides. If you can get it on sale that is a plus but I would not hesitate at all and just support the game and developers.

If your a fan of Warlock 2 your going to love this game while its not the same with empire building and all it is one of those games your going to be playing for a good long while because it is very challenging.

Warlock 2 never had a true ironman mode this game does and will punish you for making the wrong decisions in combat which I love hardcore games like that.

The graphics,music and missions are all A+ and the missions are designed very well and extremely challenging especially on ironman mode. I have lost many times but I keep coming back for more.

About the game:

You lead a small team of vikings and they build up overtime gaining experience and finding rare artifacts to help your army units. Losing them costs you lost resources such as Gold which does not come in great abundance especially early on so keeping your units alive is important. Some of your units eventually become veterans and become the backbone of your army.

Be prepared to be outnumbered pretty much all the time by 3 to 1 or even 10 to 1, so yes your enemies are very strong.

You conquer and raid settlements for money search ruins to find gold and artifacts and even units to join your army.
Your enemy will come in great numbers and countless waves of them and is sure to keep you on your toes for some time.

The best part is you'll enjoy the game very much, while the replay value is limited it makes up for it by being very hard to actually beat all the missions meaning if your going to play on ironman mode your going to die alot so embrace it and come back for more.

They also have an expansion pack I have not really played it much yet as I am trying to beat the impossible missions in the normal campaign but the expansion has random maps to offer a lot more replay value then the original campaign.

Then there is a new upcoming Empire Campaign coming soon so yes be prepared to spend countless hours trying to conquer each mission it starts off rather easy but gets hard very fast. If your sitting on the fence because of the Price tag the Price is justified because it is a true A+ title game and you'll love the music in this game.

This game is a true sequel to the original Fantasy General and it was done right. I never played the original for any strong length of time but I have enjoyed other old SSI games such as Sword of Aragon, Fantasy Empires to name a few...

Thanks for reading and enjoy the game with its many hardships that make the game exceptionally great.
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