Posted on: January 15, 2024
Lyrax
Games: 174 Reviews: 4
A Beautiful Classic, if Flawed and Slow
This is a beautiful game, and you may wish to buy it just to admire the art. The years have taken some of the shine off this game, at least in my opinion. It moves very slowly compared to games today, and definitely has some flaws. It's not symmetrical nor really even balanced between the 4 factions and there's definitely some ways to cheese the AI. Some of the upgrade paths are clearly better than others. The game makes no apologies about this. It takes time to play even a single, small map. It's not a fast-paced game with tons of action. But it's a classic Strategy RPG and there's very little out there that really competes with it on this ground! Heroes of Might and Magic is a similar vein, but not quite the same path as in Disciples it's not just the hero who gains XP and levels up. The music is perfectly in-line with what's on screen, the terrain is lovely, and the voice acting is mostly really good. Even decades later, this game is more than playable.
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