Played it on Steam for >10 hours and was disappointed. They took everything good from older "King's Bounty" series (I mean KB The Legend, Armored Princess, Warriors of The North and Dark Side) and replaced it with generic looking mechanics. Probably only good thing that stayed was limited army size with leadership, due to which you can hire more soldiers. Cons: -> not entertaining plot -> plain dialogues, with explicitly shown moral points (you need them to advance skills, but showing wchich points you get for dialogue options kills the immersion) -> starting class doesn't really matter, it just determine starting point on skill tree -> "boring" graphics (oh boy, how I miss those hand-drawn graphics from older entries) -> not satysfying figts Pros: -> well... it's playable, never encountered major bugs -> frankly, nothing else comes to my mind Concluding, it's plain, generic even RPG/Strategy, disappointment for series fans, but it's at least worth trying (but only with a discount)
Title joke aside, this game is very similar to "Battle Chasers: Nightwar" (well, both games were made by the same people), but with some improvements. It is more open-worldly than BC:N (as far as I played, you only move between locations that could be dungeons in other game), "dungeons" are somewhat integrated into the world, battles are turn-based with three-members party with usable skills that can follow three patterns (quick and weak, regular, slow and strong), reworked upgrades (previously you purchased some passive upgrades, like incrased critical chance or defence, now you only get points to directly upgrade your skills). The art style is also similar to BC:N, but IMO it's slightly less comic. It has other things taken from their prevoius game like fishing system, bestiary, two currencies etc. But most important thing is that, it has Ahri and lovely Poros and shoud be enough to buy this game instantly (like I did). But if you aren't fan of those (which is impossible), then you will have a lot of fun playing it, especially if you loved "Battle Chasers: Nightwar".
Title joke aside, this game is very similar to "Battle Chasers: Nightwar" (well, both games were made by the same people), but with some improvements. It is more open-worldly than BC:N (as far as I played, you only move between locations that could be dungeons in other game), "dungeons" are somewhat integrated into the world, battles are turn-based with three-members party with usable skills that can follow three patterns (quick and weak, regular, slow and strong), reworked upgrades (previously you purchased some passive upgrades, like incrased critical chance or defence, now you only get points to directly upgrade your skills). The art style is also similar to BC:N, but IMO it's slightly less comic. It has other things taken from their prevoius game like fishing system, bestiary, two currencies etc. But most important thing is that, it has Ahri and lovely Poros and shoud be enough to buy this game instantly (like I did). But if you aren't fan of those (which is impossible), then you will have a lot of fun playing it, especially if you loved "Battle Chasers: Nightwar".
"Slipways" is simple and addictive blend of strategy game and puzzle. It's one of those "easy to play, hard to master" games where you expand your empire through colonization and trade (there is no war aspect in game). One thing that bugs me is randomness: maybe I'm just unlucky, but for most of my campaigns I had almost none compatible planets, wchich made my game harder, even on normal difficulty. But otherwise, game is perfect and for that price, it's a steal!
Played it as soon as it came out on Epic Games Store and bought it second time on GOG, to complete collection. It's still good ol' Saints Row, just with better graphics, new bugs and poor optimalization. If you played the old version and you liked it, you shoul buy this, but only on sale. For those, who never played it: it's great open world game that consists of good and funny story, unique side activites and pure mayhem. A lot of pure mayhem, that makes you want to play more and more.
Well, aside of being buggy as hell, I am little disappointed. Game is more like Divinity: Original Sin 3 than Baldur's Gate 3, so as a fan of Baldur's Gate series I did not enjoy it as much as I could, but if you like D:OS series, this game is for you.
