Sorcerer King: Rivals

[h1]The Good[/h1] [list] [*] [b]Graphics.[/b] Artwork, graphics, and game effects are decently nice. [*] [b]The Sorcerer King.[/b] You often interact with the Sorcerer King, balancing your needs and his growing powers, and trying to undermind him at every step. This concept, while not as deep fully fleshed out as I would have liked, made the game more engaging. [/list] [h1]The Bad[/h1] [list] [*] [b]Slow gameplay.[/b] Per faction, there's only a handful of buildings and units to build, but all of it feels so slow and cumbersome to build. [*] [b]Bad exloration.[/b] Moving around and exploring feels tiresome. Choosing a faction with poor mobility makes for a frustrating time. [*] [b]Bad UI.[/b] The user interface is a bit clunky as there's a lack of information on screen. Equiping units, leveling up characters, finding map information, and other general 4X actions also unintuitive, feeling like it takes one to two additional clicks to complete. [/list] [h1]Final Thoughts[/h1] [b]Sorcerer King is not recommended.[/b] I appreciate the development team trying something new. But it just doesn't work well together.

The game is still buggy after such time since release.

[h1] Король-колдун одобряет [/h1] Данный продукт - упрощённая версия серии игр Elemental. Чуточку меньше стратегии, побольше RPG. Относительно игр 2010-2013 года обладает большей стабильностью, разрешение и запуск без танцев с бубнами. Жаль, что последний раз обновлялась 1 октября 2020 года (рыночек порешал). К мультяшной графике привыкаешь. Сюжет не блещет глубиной, но тексты юмором иногда улыбают. В целом, для любителей 4X стратегий, рекомендую!!! [hr][/hr] [h2] Для товарищей, которым требуется русская локализация:[/h2] Большая часть переведена кривовато, но позволяет понять общий смысл. Авторы ZoG Forum Team (портал Zone of games). Перевод датируется 24.11.2018. Ссылка: https://www.zoneofgames.ru/games/sorcerer_king_rivals/files/6927.html Порядок установки: [olist] [*] Скачиваем игру; [*] Удаляем папку /Мои документы/My Games/SorcererKingRivals (если игра была установлена ранее); [*] Удаляем архив SteamLibrary/steamapps/Sorcerer King - Rivals/data/Data.zip; [*] Удаляем экзэшник SteamLibrary/steamapps/Sorcerer King - Rivals/SorcererKing-Rivals.exe; [*] Скачиваем русификатор; [*] Распаковываем содержимое русификатора папку с игрой; [*] Экзешник с версией 2.3 ("SorcererKing-Rivals.Steam.2.3.0.0") переименовываем в "SorcererKing-Rivals.exe"; [*] Остальные два экзэшника можно удалять; [*] Наслаждаемся игрой. [/olist] Всем приятной игры!

I love strategy games and magic. I also remember playing this particular game long time ago and liking it. The game has some interesting mechanics and spells. But now, after trying it again, I can't recommend it. The interface and controls are bad. The way the armies choose their path is ridiculous. The prediction of how far an army is able to travel in the current turn are incorrect - the game updates them as an army moves. So you can't plan moves in a strategy game, not really. The game crashes regularly. The map generation is bad - you can basically end up in a long corridor between the see and the mountains and be stuck there for 50 turns. I saw a faction spawning in a small pocket inside a ring of mountains - without any chance of getting out of there. The AI is idiotic - it might have a dozen one-unit armies at the same tile without ever merging those armies. And losing them one by one easily. The game quickly turns into a slog - with you just having to hold against waves and waves low-quality easy to defeat armies spawning and rushing you one by one. It is not hard to defeat those, but it takes a lot of time you could have spent doing something more interesting. I really wanted to finish a game for the old times sake. But I just can't.

Pretty interesting 4x. Good for a playthrough or two. The main game mechanic was pretty interesting as it was pretty narratively driven for a 4x. The positives were the hero questing, available heroes, and gearing and leveling individual units. The cons were that the gameplay can get repetitive, and the equipment management mindnumbingly tedious. I didn't run into any bugs or crashes. I'd give it a "Damn kids are messing up my ancient scrolls in the lost magi library" / 10.

Old but gold game. Very different approach to Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes, easy to get into and time after time I love to return to it, making another playthrough with new variations. Can recommend it still though it has it's age, it's time over time fun get back to it and play.

I purchased the key at a really low price and enjoyed the game for a short period before noticing it's only half of FE:LH, this is a simplified version of that game. Not REAL bad as long as you think of it as a patronage to the developers. Maybe though $10 would be more like it. 6.5/10

Completed the campaign on some theory crafting after messing around a bit. Stack archers and archer heros and get the ranged unit passive along with a decent tank and just steam roll everyone to the ground. Using tinker makes it even more easy with imba items.

good. just different enough to be enjoyable.