Empires of the Undergrowth

The game feels like a tower defense mixed with Sim Ant. Missions are mostly "survive the day/night x time(s) to win". While at the beginning the game is fun, and fresh, halfway through, things start to grind: Every start is kind of the same, you've got to build your "army". And you've got to do this every mission over and over again: Dig, collect food, hatchings a few ants, dig some more, defeat whats crawling into your nest, collect the food. etc. And survice the wave of enemies. And: This is not a quick game, missions take some time to complete. There are a few variety of ants, every species has its own unique abilities. Most missions you have to play multiple times, (due multiple reasons) and this is what in my opinions is the weak point of this game. There is just not that much variety to keep it interesting. To me, the long development period of this game doesn't really shine. Overall, the game is good fun, just nog for long. Don't expect you'll playing this for months. (or at least, I won't).

This game has a great RTS focus and it's executed superbly well. The campaign is set up in a way where there is so much variety and a very satisfying sense of progression with each mission you complete, which can all be replay-able. On top of that there is a Skirmish mode which gives you that endless replay-ability, allowing you to customise exactly how you want to play. This is like the Age of Empires 2 of RTS ant games, it reigns supreme so far. If you're looking for a great sim/RTS with a theme on ants that lets you do what ants do, pick this up for sure!

This game is incredibly fun. I usually get overwhelmed playing RTS games trying to manage everything, but in this game the systems are built in such a way that take a lot of the load of managing things and let you actually think just about the strategy of where and when to attack and harvest. The campaign has a huge amount of variety, and some great voice acting. The story mode is funny, and the documentary stages are super informative. And the music is incredible, wow! Changing dynamically depending on wether you're under threat or at peace and has such a crazy vibe it has to be heard.

It's so cool being able to play an RTS based on ants. This is a must have and I highly recommend it to all. The only con is htat there is no co-op or mulitplayer. I look forward to future content and a sequel.

I am hooked on this game. The game mechanics are unique compared to the other RTS's I've played in the past. I absolutely love this game albeit the only negative thing I have to say is that I wish the tutorial would have went over upgrading your hexigons (N key). I found it by looking in the keyboard settings. All in all, definitely worth a buy