Achron

A very interesting gimmick, too bad the game needs a lot of polish

Really well throught through. More people should appreciate it!

The game mechanics are novel enough to make it worth giving a shot. They didnt fully develop the game, but the time travel mechanic is well implemented. I havent played the game in a long time, but I think about it all the time.

Идея управлять войсками во времени - хороша. Однако, в этой игре все ОЧЕНЬ плохо с поиском пути. Юниты тупят так, что после любой более-менее прилчной стратегии в эту игру просто невозможно играть.

I can't even make a profile to start playing the game. This game is so broken I can't get TO the main menu.

I am happy to see I can buy two copies of this game for $19.99. I would not have purchased this game if my friend and I each had to pay $20 for it. Unfortunately, I cannot launch the game. Achron immediately says "Invalid Configuration. The Achron directory within the current user's home directory is corrupt or the home directory is unwritable.". All my Steam games work, so it seems more likely that there is an issue with Achron than that there is an issue with my write permissions. I have requested a refund for this game. It looks like this game is no longer under development, and a bug like this will not be fixed.

I say it's worth a try, but if you find it too much feel free to edit the levels. This will allow you to complete the levels with say thousands of resources and still be able to play the game. Change Terrain to make it easier to navigate. Have buildings and save it. The game will allow it. Spam top tier units, the game will allow it. It's your copy, do as you see fit. As an aside there are frustrations to be had, a lot of the levels don't work well with the pathfinding, and game silhouettes are not optimal. Vecgir have it the worst with many of their vehicles looking far too similar in terms of being a vaguely sci fi ship wtih a crescent design, with some being so simliar it's honestly hard to tell them apart at a distance or in the menus. There is no tab to go through units and due to some budget restraints there are no callouts or notifications when buildings are done being made. One complaint that will be present is with the game time noticed. This is a long game at about 40 is hours. Missions can drag at up to an hour for some of them due to the nature of some maps. My previous iteration had one where for some reason the mission objective didn't recognize I had 15+ units in a mission and wouldn't let me pass. And sometimes it just remembers you do have enough units. I do not know if this is due to some odd trigger of the flag, but it could be. One thing that should be noted for is that there is fun to be had. Using a giant barrier of CESO turrets to delete armies, mass teleporting Vecgir units to always have them never die and getting back to safety of your achron healer, spamming many units of Grekim and just flooding the maps with units. Some of the best moments in the game are seeing the enemy trying to mess with you, and you going back in time to undo their mistakes and yours, and come out with a better present and future. Even better is going back in time, seeing your units doing the work while you multitask other units for other tasks like base building, teleporting to objectives or building massive teleportation networks to fly across the map, systemically wiping out their defenses. For those who are interested in seeing a game mechanic that someday might get a second chance in rts' in the future, this game might be for your despite the flaws stated.