Posted on: August 21, 2019
MartiusR
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Enjoyable, but not for everybody
Loria is title which will cause different reactions - and surprisingly, both negative and positive will be totally justified. On the one hand, it's extremelly obvious "clone" of Warcraft II (in terms of graphics) and Warcraft III, in terms of mechanics (it has solutions which are openly, directly "borrowed" from Warcraft III, like 3 heroes for every side with 10 levels and 4 skills, having "upkeep cost" decreasing amount of gathered gold). Even skirmish maps and their formula (map with magic items guarderd by neutral monsters) is so "close" to original Warcraft III, that it's impossible to miss it. So, at this point probably quite a lot of players would reject this game, some of them probably with the experience that usually too "direct" rip-offs are usually worse than original, and don't have too much original elements to get your attention. Yet, somehow, Loria manages to be entertaining game, with its "Warcraft 2,5" formula. And it's not easy to explain. Maybe because it's very accessible from the very beginning and focused on providing "pure fun" from gameplay, without additional distraction? Maybe it's the exotic appearance of "eastern Warcraft II/III clone"? Or just the fact, that in its basis it is correctly made RTS, which is providing not especially original plot, style etc, but is doing right what should be done correctly in every RTS game? it's hard to tell, but Loria somehow brought good impression. It's nothing original, but I still want to discover history of Iron Lord and just enjoy this "warcraft-esque" style of gameplay. it's a shame that it's not close to Kingdom Under Fire, which had it's own, unique style, but it's still enjoyable. Warning for everyone - there is no multiplayer nor map editor (although MP is announced to be made in future), so it is a bit too humble in its content. I'm on a "boarder" between 3 and 4 stars. But eventually gave 1 more star, because I've enjoyed this game. Better try demo before buying, choice is not obvious!
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