This is the best game I have ever played in my 36 years as a conscious gamer. The world building is fantastic, the sound design and music is better than in most AAA games and personally I love the art style and graphics. The gameplay is challenging and does not hold the hand of the player. One might find this frustrating, I loved to figure things out myself without following some flashy arrow like in many other games. The game for me never felt unfair. The RNG can help you or screw you over, but there are many many possibilities to bent the RNG in your favour. The game has a good scaling feature in that contracts scale with the level and number of brothers in your company up to a max. of 12 mercenaries. When you lose high level bros, contracts will become easier again - but the higher payout from your already gained renown stays! The wilds and dangerous lands beyond civilization do not scale back, however. After crippling losses, you will need to cling to the civilized parts of the map and build back up with contracts before you can go beyond the fringes of civilization again to plunder riches beyond measure and fight the toughest opponents. I sank over 650 hours in this gem and many more are to come.
One of the best games I have ever played. Over 600 hours on the clock on still counting...
