Is this game "good?" Ehhhh. Is this game fun? Hell yes!

The majority of this game is taken up by hack n' slash style gameplay, but to it's credit at least the controls are a bit more substantial than "press X for light attack, press A for heavy attack." Attacks in this game are at least somewhat directional are dependent on which direction you move your mouse right before attacking. This however can be difficult to master and is especially frustrating in the heat of battle. However one great thing about this game is that it does allow for a variety of different combat styles depending on which weapon you use and they're all viable.

Ostensibly the single player has a strategy component to it but it's rather simple as strategy goes. Much of it boils down to "just have better dudes than the other guy" and you'll pretty much win. You spend most of the time roaming around an overworld map collecting dudes and looking for similar or smaller bands of enemy dudes to pick a fight with so your guys can get experience. Then once you do pick a fight with someone or someone picks a fight with you, it goes down to a real battle map where you and your guys duke it out with the enemies in a large scale battle that can get very confusing very quickly. You can try being strategic but in the end it almost always devolves into a big ol' melee whether you want it to or not. If you ever played Giants: Citizen Kabuto, think the marine combat but with swords and shields.

In general any tactics boil down to this: cavalry is dominates fighting in the field, infantry are good for assaulting walled settlements, and archers are good for defending walled settlements. And really that's all you need to know.

The sound effects in this game are laughable in the literal sense that they will make you laugh. Battle cries and death screams are so over the top that you'll be removed from any sense of information that was beginning to form, but you'll still have fun at the silliness of it. I recommend you turn down the volume when you're first playing though. Twenty five dudes all going "AAAAAAARGH!" in you ear at the same time might be a bit much at first.

There is multiplayer but frankly at this point the only people who are still playing are people who have been playing this game for years, so you'll get put through the meat grinder pretty fast. If you do want to try multiplayer, I'd recommend going for a team based match first. Free for all or dueling is just going to get you slaughtered by people who know every single exploit.

So yeah, for an arcadey hack n' slash strategy game, it's pretty fun and has a certain charm to it. If you're fine with a story-lite wack 'em up game with diverse personal combat options, then I'd get this game on a sale. If you're not really into hard to master combat controls and enemies that will one shot kill you if you're not careful, then there are other games to try.

P.S. Never go for any quest that involves cattle. They're always more trouble than they're worth.

Is this game "good?" Ehhhh. Is this game fun? Hell yes! The majority of this game is taken up by hack n' slash style gameplay, but to it's credit at least the controls are a bit more substantial than "press X for light attack, press A for heavy attack." Attacks in this game are at least somewhat directional are dependent on which direction you move your mouse right before attacking. This however can be difficult to master and is especially frustrating in the heat of battle. However one great thing about this game is that it does allow for a variety of different combat styles depending on which weapon you use and they're all viable. Ostensibly the single player has a strategy component to it but it's rather simple as strategy goes. Much of it boils down to "just have better dudes than the other guy" and you'll pretty much win. You spend most of the time roaming around an overworld map collecting dudes and looking for similar or smaller bands of enemy dudes to pick a fight with so your guys can get experience. Then once you do pick a fight with someone or someone picks a fight with you, it goes down to a real battle map where you and your guys duke it out with the enemies in a large scale battle that can get very confusing very quickly. You can try being strategic but in the end it almost always devolves into a big ol' melee whether you want it to or not. If you ever played Giants: Citizen Kabuto, think the marine combat but with swords and shields. In general any tactics boil down to this: cavalry is dominates fighting in the field, infantry are good for assaulting walled settlements, and archers are good for defending walled settlements. And really that's all you need to know. The sound effects in this game are laughable in the literal sense that they will make you laugh. Battle cries and death screams are so over the top that you'll be removed from any sense of information that was beginning to form, but you'll still have fun at the silliness of it. I recommend you turn down the volume when you're first playing though. Twenty five dudes all going "AAAAAAARGH!" in you ear at the same time might be a bit much at first. There is multiplayer but frankly at this point the only people who are still playing are people who have been playing this game for years, so you'll get put through the meat grinder pretty fast. If you do want to try multiplayer, I'd recommend going for a team based match first. Free for all or dueling is just going to get you slaughtered by people who know every single exploit. So yeah, for an arcadey hack n' slash strategy game, it's pretty fun and has a certain charm to it. If you're fine with a story-lite wack 'em up game with diverse personal combat options, then I'd get this game on a sale. If you're not really into hard to master combat controls and enemies that will one shot kill you if you're not careful, then there are other games to try. P.S. Never go for any quest that involves cattle. They're always more trouble than they're worth.