Songs of Conquest

Lovelly game, you should play it

nice gameplay and fantastic songs

I really fell in love with this game. Even though it's in an early stages of development, it plays much like a finished product, and I am now 35 hours in the game. I think it improves on the HoMM formula in a variety of ways: for one, it limits the stack sizes for different tiers of units, so it is easier to estimate stack strength intuitively. Your choice of magic may determine your choice of troops and thus what dwellings you build for each of the cities you own; each combat round your units contribute their "essence" to the mana pool, with the kind of essence determining which spells you access during combat. Magic in this game can get very powerful, and your troop size advantage may quickly evaporate within the first two rounds of combat. A final thing I will say about gameplay is that Songs of Conquest encourages quick, decisive exploration and conquering as much as you can as fast as you can. That means passing on some early battles with monsters on the map (especially the darn rats) where I would lose many of my initial troops and simply press on to take anything that is not bolted down. This game punishes turtling, particularly later in each scenario. Gameplay aside, Songs of Conquest exudes the charm of the first Age of Wonders game: the pixelated graphics and the factions which I think are a nod to AoW. It has a pleasing score, and a Dandelion-like bard that narrates the events between each mission. This game will only improve with time, and after that, age like a fine wine.

Love the game, the artstyle(!) and the campaign, im recently having alot of fun w the PvP again, this game is intricate and very fun. Star deductions for being built in Unity (devs should have known better) and for the lack of a campaign in the new DLC

This game definitely scratches the same itch as HoMM 3 for me. Unit size limits made the combat more interesting for me, tbh. I was not a die-hard HoMM3 fan though, i just enjoyed the occasional match. So take this with a grain of salt, y'all die-hard fans. Played through the first Campaign (There are 2, currently, with 4 missions each. Not very long) and the story was OK. Surely, there will be more added later. Played some skirmishes and the differences in units felt very good. The new spell system is compelling and makes you look at party composition much more intensely (Units generate different kinds of 'mana' to spend). Spellcasters seems way overpowered later in the game because of 'mana' bonuses, maybe there are some tweaks/balance needed. Just my opinion. The graphics are absolutely GORGEOUS if you're into pixel art. I love it. Very detailed and reminds me of Octopath Traveler. Every hero gets their own overworld miniature. It's adorable. Economics and unit creation is very nice and progression feels good. Unit 'promotion' feels really good and has big impact. Overall: Campaign: 3.5/5 (Please revise the songs in between missions, cringy af) Gameplay: 5/5 Graphics: 5/5 (For pixel graphics) If you liked HoMM3, it's definitely worth checking out for the standard price tag.