Battle Brothers

Something that other reviewers have not mentioned: This game has the meatiest, most satisfying melee sound effects I have ever heard. THWACK bludgeon vs brigand face SSSSSNICK dagger finds a weak spot SLASSHHHH sword swings and misses OOHRGGLLGAAARGHH opponent bleeds out and dies Seriously, the audio experience brings this to glorious life. Play it with the sound turned up. I don't need to praise the game otherwise, those who appreciate turn-based tactics have already bought this at least twice. It is that good.

This game is a piece of art from various aspects. It's the kind of game for that kind of person looking for a real challenge (Like myself) The gameplay is great. It's unforgiving and very realistic, you will have to think and play it once and again until you get to know how is the best way to avoid the deaths of your mercenaries. (The Ironman Mode is the best way to play this) The artwork has a lot of love put into it, it makes you feel like you are a part of this harsh world. The mechanics are easy to learn but hard to master. Your team and your tactics are 100% customizable, so it's up to you to make your mercenary team succed in every encounter with minimal casualties. BTW, casualties are very hard to overcome, meaning that you will have to recruit another mercenary and equip them and train them from scratch. Sometimes that can be a real drawback, but that will only make you more careful next time. It doesn't need any more updates (like some people say). It's a perfect, bugless, finished game. Coming from indie developers, I would only ask for another great game such as this one! Thank you Overhype Studios! I'm looking forward your next release!

One of the best mercenary games out there - right next to the Jagged Alliance and XCOM series. Awesome to see the devs are continuing development with the excellent (free) Lindwurm update, which came as a surprise as the team had said they were finished with the game. Now, we have the new Beasts & Exploration DLC on its way, and I'm seriously frothing to fight some giant ice Unholds and those cranky witches. P.s. Actually bought 5 times - on Steam for myself, my brother, and two mates, and just decided DRM free would be nice and wanted to show the devs some love, so just got it on here too. Keep up the great work Overhype! You've got a legend in the making, and we humble gamers certainly appreciate it.

The game is amazing. I really enjoy how you make your own stories, and how you can have some battle encouters that you'll never forget. I never expeded that kind of impact on the imagination by just looking at the simple graphics. But it achieves that by having in depth mechanics, great flavour text, unique characters and high stakes battles. I remember very well my first fight with alps, running naked in the night. A few overwhelming fights, won agains all odds vs zombies, and how a bandid leader killed with a axe swing 3 of my guys ... :D I have been playing this game on off for a few years now, and it has the same effect each time I pick it up again. I am coming back now for the Desert DLC :)

It took me a long time of throwing the idea around to finally get this game and I finally took the leap of faith and decided to try it. Games like this and Mount & Blade just scratch a certain itch that I didn't know I had in gaming until I tried Warband a few years back. I'm not saying I fell in love with this game. But, Crimson Banner Company is life, Crimson Banner Company for life.