Crownhold

Fun time killer!

Good

Pricey for what it offers, but it's undeniably well made. It really made me wish there were more to do. It's a good time killer.

Fun little game to spend a couple of hours on with no big issues.

I hate being negative but I just can't recommend this game because it has almost no player agency underneath the beautiful presentation. There are way too many useless upgrades by the second half of the game and combat feels needlessly complicated even though it just boils down to "Buy more upgrades". Don't bother reading about Swordsmen and Knights and Tactic Upgrades or Bleeding. It matters not. Just buy the upgrades. The game has three full stops where you need to start over and buy the ascension upgrades but starting over means you have a lot of everything unlocked already and you can't see the effect of having these upgrades in place because you repeat almost nothing. Instead you have to wait a few minutes until you're at the point of your last ascension and then use the new upgrades to progress. This makes the long lasting effects feel not as impactful because you can't see how you're suddenly doing better because you're just able to progress further. It's good enough to have it on a second screen while watching something but it doesn't demand any real attention.

I got really intrigued when I saw this game and decided to give a try. I really love the concept where you start with almost nothing but a castle. And as we progress, we can see our kingdom expanding, villages being built, the map expanding as we progress, and so on~ Very chill and I highly recommend to add even more contents. For example, after reaching the ending, we could have something like a rebellion happening. Or our whole kingdom being conquered and we're forced to flee somewhere. We would lose most of the bonus we unlocked but we would able to recover theses as we progress on. Or maybe we could get something like Act 2. After a big rebellion, we have to reclaim our kingdom and we start with nothing but a single ressource. Reusing the same map but starting somewhere else, it will be like replaying the game but diffently? I don't know. I'm just brainstorming. Now, I do have a few complaints: -The first one is the use of AI to do some assets for the game where I'm usually conflicted about it. But as long as the idea is unique and interesting, I guess I can tolerate. -My second problem of the game... It's too short, it only took me 9 or 10 hours to complete everything I needed. I do wish it was longer than that. I think this is a game that shouldn't cost more than 5 bucks. However, if we get a lot more contents and updates in the future, I will definitely support you! ^^ I still recommend the game anyway, it's pretty chill and very satisfying to see our kingdom grows and propers as we unlock perks.