TFC2: The Fertile Crescent 2 - Collapse of The Bronze Age

I haven’t played an RTS campaign for years, but this is already a super polished experience. The gameplay interactions, UI, sound design and art are great. The campaign slowly ramps up and teaches the player how to play, but it also allows you to explore and experiment on your own.

The Fertile Crescent 2: Collapse of the Bronze Age ended up being exactly the kind of RTS experience I was looking for. I haven’t played Age of Empires since the 90s, but TFC2 gave me a smaller, more approachable way to get back into the genre while still feeling like its own unique game. It didn’t just scratch the itch — it actually made me want to explore more RTS titles again. The campaign is charming and lighthearted, and the writing helped me connect with the pixel‑art heroes. Oglum quickly became my favorite; watching him tear through enemies never got old. When I finished the final mission, I noticed a “Waiting for update…” button, which makes me hopeful that Wield Interactive will add more missions or maybe even a new hero in the future. Villager management is the highlight for me. It’s simple to learn but surprisingly deep, and it gave me the same satisfying feeling I get from Civilization — even though Civ is turn‑based and TFC2 is an RTS. It’s that sense that every decision about your people really matters. Shifting villagers between jobs as your settlement grows feels great, and the fact that they can help defend the village adds a nice touch of interactivity. I even had a moment where I sent a lone villager to hunt a boar for meat, and the boar absolutely wrecked him — then a couple more villagers who tried to help. Lesson learned: if you want boar meat, send a group unless you’re okay with a few casualties. It was a funny little surprise that gave the game personality. The tech tree is easy to understand but important. I ignored it once and ended up with a starving settlement, which taught me quickly to keep an eye on it. Each civilization having its own tech path adds replay value and variety. Combat is fun and straightforward: build troops, upgrade them, send them out to complete objectives. I enjoyed building walls and towers and filling them with archers. Positioning troops around resource sites adds a nice strategic layer without being overwhelming. I finished the campaign in a little over 10 hours, and I still plan to replay missions on higher difficulties and try skirmishes with the other civilizations. For a $18 game, I expect to get around 20 hours of enjoyment out of it, which feels like a great deal. And for anyone who enjoys PvP, that adds even more replay time on top of the campaign and skirmishes. If you’re looking for a compact, engaging RTS with charm and personality, I definitely recommend giving this one a try.

The game is solid. Very reminiscent of early AoE-installments, but with some obvious improvements to smoothness of play and atmosphere. Far less clunkiness, and units hitting other units feel satisfying and natural, which is impressive for a pixel-art game. The story is good, and the amount of story to gameplay ratio is very well done, making the campaign captivating. The UI is good, and importantly looks good. Toolswise, it is well developed, and obviously made by people who have experience with RTS-games. Some reviews have pointed out that the game should add more to its core dynamics to separate it more from TFC 1. As it is still in early access, it is par for the course that more of this will be added as time passes. Regardless of this, the game is enjoyable as it stands, which is what's important. If more features are added later, then I consider it a nice bonus on top of an already good game.

Весьма неплохая стратегия. Наверное самое значимое изменение, это введение героев, правда на данный момент они не обладают способностями, могли бы бафы давать или что-нибудь в этом духе. Основные механики не сильно изменились по отношению к первой части. Отдельно выделяется сюжет, миссии иногда выходят за рамки просто построить базу, и всех сломать или собрать что-то. Каким-то образом игре удается передать чувство конца времен и обреченности, однако мне кажется немного недокуренным. Так например, во втором акте много говорится про массовый голод, однако нас это как будто не касается, дичи и рыбы море, а фермы не страдают. Наверное в бедующем стоит продумать механику которая бы вырывала игрока из зоны комфорта и заставляла как-то иначе думать где найти еду. В целом от игры даже на данный момент складывается скорее положительное впечатление, где главной моей проблемой является то, что она очень сильно походит на первую часть. П.С. Почему нельзя сносить или починить руины зданий в первом акте?

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Great game! It reminds me "rise of nations" and "age of empires 2" combined. I love the art style. But please man, make the units move much faster! It's to slow!

This is what an awesome RTS would look lige in 2005, in 2026, its slow, uninventive, retro ... boring!

Loved the campaign, had a nice story, looking forward to the next acts & horde mode.