I ve been a beta tester since last year and also extensively read the communications of frostgiant on both their discord and subreddit, amongst other official channels. While i yearn for a new good rts I have sadly come to the conclusion that i cant in good faith endorse this game. This is mainly due to the shady business practices of the developer "frostgiant". I will make this clear on two examples:

1) During kickstarter release they used the phrase "funded till release" numerous times to show the security of their financial backing. It was later revealed that this phrase "funded till release" only meant funding till early access. This was admitted and clarified on their official subreddit. This is unacceptable, since people bought in due to that understanding.


2) Again during kickstarter they sold packages with the claim "all the content of year zero", with year zero being defined as the period of early access. This was later ninja edited to mean a severely reduced content, backers who bought this package didnt even get all the content present at early access launch. They later apologised for this and while they wont give out all the content for free, they will give out an additional hero for free during early access to those backers. However this still doesnt aknowledge backers who bought the more expensive packages with the impression that all content during early access would be free. Furthermore in their "apology" they pushed the burden onto the backers for not reading correctly. This coupled with the ninja edit and the previous incident paints a company that is more interested in scamming their fans and kickstarter supporters, than do right by those who supported them early.

I have additional issues with the game, but due to those shady businesss practices, i couldnt, even if i would look past them, endorse this game in good fashion.

A further note, the game has had over 35 Million in funding so far and has a "burn rate" of over 15 million a year, i am very skeptical that this game can survive even one year on steam, without drastically downscaling the experience.

RTS fans looking for a next gen experience should look elsewhere.

I ve been a beta tester since last year and also extensively read the communications of frostgiant on both their discord and subreddit, amongst other official channels. While i yearn for a new good rts I have sadly come to the conclusion that i cant in good faith endorse this game. This is mainly due to the shady business practices of the developer "frostgiant". I will make this clear on two examples: 1) During kickstarter release they used the phrase "funded till release" numerous times to show the security of their financial backing. It was later revealed that this phrase "funded till release" only meant funding till early access. This was admitted and clarified on their official subreddit. This is unacceptable, since people bought in due to that understanding. 2) Again during kickstarter they sold packages with the claim "all the content of year zero", with year zero being defined as the period of early access. This was later ninja edited to mean a severely reduced content, backers who bought this package didnt even get all the content present at early access launch. They later apologised for this and while they wont give out all the content for free, they will give out an additional hero for free during early access to those backers. However this still doesnt aknowledge backers who bought the more expensive packages with the impression that all content during early access would be free. Furthermore in their "apology" they pushed the burden onto the backers for not reading correctly. This coupled with the ninja edit and the previous incident paints a company that is more interested in scamming their fans and kickstarter supporters, than do right by those who supported them early. I have additional issues with the game, but due to those shady businesss practices, i couldnt, even if i would look past them, endorse this game in good fashion. A further note, the game has had over 35 Million in funding so far and has a "burn rate" of over 15 million a year, i am very skeptical that this game can survive even one year on steam, without drastically downscaling the experience. RTS fans looking for a next gen experience should look elsewhere.