I wasn't even able to finish the game because of a game breaking bug. Whoever has programmed this crap, go to hell!
well, I backed the game's development on kickstarter and until now have not been able to play it becuase of lack of time. After playing a while the campgaign I'm totally shocked at how hard they decided to make it. I don't mind challeging gameplay but this one is so unfairly designed that it gets very soon totally frustrating. It's one of those games meant for the most hardcore gamers only who have plenty of time to devote to games and are rather frustration resistant. I stopped playing it after having won a difficult battle (being ambushed by natives) which left a few of my soldiers incapacitated, and the very next turn I get ambusehd by rebels. Ridiculous design. That's the problem with KS projects when the development gets captured by hardcores.
The party creation is indeed formidable, a lot of options with ensures a high replayability. The tactical turn based combat is principally challenging and fun, but poorly implemented. It scales horribly as you are forced to constantly fight mobs which often come in groups of 2 or 3. In the long run, it gets very repetitive and annoying. The game seems to consist mainly in having to fight spammed groups of enemies on end. Additionally you have to be careful what level your characters are due to scaling of the enemies. If you are new to the game you may invest plenty of time in the beginning levelling your party to find out that they have reached a level which makes it virtually impossible to the continue the game as the game spams constantly enemies at a level impossible to survive. Not what I would call a fun rpg experience. Too time consuming. A shame, since the character creation, the magic system and the combat are really promising.
