I don't know why I expected more of PoE1 but I'm happy with what I'm getting with Deadfire. However, performance is pretty bad, Running a 3090ti w/ a Ryzen 5800X3D in the highest settings, getting 50fps @ 1080p. I've heard it gets better with a higher resolution, but I have never had this problem with any game released from before 2020
I like the characters, the gameplay, the music, it can be a bit difficult sometimes, but if you are paying attention to the mechanics you'll love the game if you like strategy games like HOMM
Definitely a game for a players that like a mix of Total War & Heroes of Might and Magic. If you enjoy those games, you might like what you get in this game. I certainly enjoyed my time with it. The story is avarage but I will remember it, as the lore of the game has some depth & the game is not very long. Graphics are wonderful, the gameplay is a solid 7/10, you will lose a couple of times, but once you understand the mechanics and dynamics of the game, you'll be all set . Music is also fantastic & ultimately a great game for the $10 price tag
I bought it for the aesthetic and the gameplay that I saw in videos/trailers and I was not disappointed with Iron Harvest. The feel of the game is fantastic, the campaign is amazing (Great voice acting in the original languages and great animations to tell you a story); playing skirmishes against AI is also fun and I do not play multiplayer, so if you are interested in that aspect of the game keep in mind that many people have issues with the overall balance of it. There's occasional bugs and glitches that I have experienced for example: a) Loading screens that never stop when you press CONTINUE in the main menu (to continue with the campaign). But this can be fixed by making sure you save your campaign progress using the save option and loading back to that save file whenever you come back, it works better than clicking continue, for some reason the autosave feature on this game does not work properly. b) Immortal enemies, some enemies may glitch out and never die, reloading the save USUALLY works and fixes this c) Some of my units get stuck in terrain. There are some parts of the campaign maps that are untraversable, but from time to time, units may ignore collision with these paths and get stuck inside of this terrain. This happens exclusively to mech units (yet to see this happening to infantry. Some units have special abilities that may help them get out of this situations, some others do not. NOTE: Units getting stuck in terrain due to them ignoring collision in other RTS games is easily solved by deleting the unit/killing it. The devs for this game decided that having a delete function for this game was not necessary and not something they wanted in this game, because according to them every unit you spawn must be a "Commitment". (I personally think this is the wrong direction to take but whatever floats their boat) That being said, the Deluxe Edition of the game is totally worth it with the DLC included, give it a shot if you are a fan of this genre.
