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Not Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 4.6 hrs on record
Posted: 5 Aug, 2020 @ 10:07am
Updated: 6 Aug, 2020 @ 6:53am

Early Access Review
While I appreciate the attempt to make a nice looking game I just cannot recommend this game.

This game is a spectator game and not a real 4x strategy game. I am glad I only paid $16.49 for this game.

Personally if I wanted to be a spectator I'd rather watch a movie at least it has a story to watch that keeps you entertained.

Folks just stick with Legendary Heroes Fallen Enchantress,Age of Wonders 3,Deity Empires,Warlock 2 & Eador Masters of the Broken world. You have full control over your units and you being a human your brain actually gets stimulated since you need to make decisions for your units instead of watch them fight with no direct control in this game...

I also could not get into Dominons 4 or 5 to much even though it had deep gameplay it is another spectator game. At the time of writing this review this game only has 15 reviews on steam and it has been out for months so it is obvious people just are not to interested in being a spectator.

I hate to give a bad review but I have to keep it real as many may end up paying $39.99 for a overpriced early access spectator game when u can easily find it for under 20 bucks if u search the internet and the design team does not want you to know this since they put one of my posts as a private message when I mentioned how much I got their game for. It is bad enough that you cannot control your units but then over charging for a game that is not fun at all? I just do not want to see folks get ripped off when they would rather me be quite because I care about others and wanted to take some time to write this review if folks are looking at this game and thinking of getting it.

If you look at all the positive reviews for this game your going to notice not much playtime it is because gamer's do not enjoy this game for any length of time I hate to knock on this game as I know they are trying to create a fun game experience but when you are a spectator it lacks stimulation to the human brain compared to games I mentioned above where your brain is active making decisions.

It is like watching somebody exercise compared to actually doing it feeling the burn and effect that about sums it up or watching somebody drink wine compared to drinking wine yourself and enjoying 80s music.

Or watching somebody goto the bank to deposit big money would you rather watch somebody do it or do it yourself?

Or here is a better one watching somebody eat pizza compared to eating pizza yourself or seafood buffet watching somebody enjoy all you can eat crab legs and shrimp while you sit idle as a spectator. I rest my case.

Anyways in my opinion if u want to utilize the graphics which I think is done good give direct control over your units and I may change my review to a positive and may try this game some more. Folks I highly suggest you put your time and money elsewhere since the developers here don't really care about player suggestions at all that being having direct control over your units.

I mentioned having direct control over your units to the developers they seem more interested in what the developers want and not what actual gamers want when it is the gamers that have the money which support their gaming projects. Put your money somewhere else with developers that actually listen and need your support money where gamers would gladly pay top dollars for features seen with a game they want to play.

I got Deity Empires for 2 bucks and have over 800 hours in that game and have played it for more then a year so yes I am resourceful to know how to find deals and it was the best 2 bucks I ever spent. Godking is a rip off spectator game with no player requested features being able to control your units with game. I am not talking about the world map I am talking about when battle commences.

This concludes my review thanks for reading

Take Care & God Bless,
Ronnie
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7 Comments
Processor 23 Jun @ 5:53am 
It seems like it was really a review of the genre, well damn, I like Conquest of Elysium for example, auto battles are not a problem for everyone.
fatrat 26 Sep, 2020 @ 7:40pm 
This review is an example of why not everyone should be able to write reviews.
[TE] Kuraudo 17 Sep, 2020 @ 6:50am 
I appreciate that you mentioned that you couldn't get into Dominions either; as a result, I was able to parse out that you were reviewing the genre here instead of the actual game.

I rely on negative game reviews to give me the real lowdown on what a game is, but this is a genre review and therefore not useful to me. Thanks.
Ronnie 16 Sep, 2020 @ 7:52pm 
If u want to pay top dollar for a Garbage game enjoy. There are plenty of other games out there to enjoy that are way better then this game.
Rabble 16 Sep, 2020 @ 6:51pm 
Will buy the game. thanks for the review.
RammingSpeed 16 Sep, 2020 @ 6:29pm 
It clearly says it has automatic combat in the game description. That seems like it was their intent from the start and a main sticking point of the game, much like how it was in Conquest of Elysium.

This review just sounds like someone being mad they didn't turn their entire game around to fit the design wishes of a vocal minority.
The Pugilist 16 Sep, 2020 @ 1:30pm 
Purchased Godking based on this review. Thank you!