Posted April 17, 2010
Main campaign map and research tree are just boring, nothing really interesting happens there and i find myself just pressing Next turn quickly. Comparing to say Rome:TW, Knights of Honor or other titles it just doesn't attracts me enough. AI often behaves strange, as declaring war on one turn and then paying me money to stop it on the next turn. AI in battles is not better. Often you can win without any casualties. But what frustrates me more is unrealistic balance in battles. Militia squads are so overpowered, because shooting squads are shooting not so often and do not so much damage (come on, htey shot only ~5 enemies from a very close range). Militia can't and shouldn't be so powerful against regular infantry. Controls are cumbersome. Tutorial shows that infantry should be able to take square formation against cavalry, but i wasn't able to achieve that. Battles becom boring as it is the same thing all over again. Start on the border of the map and then run to the objective point, then battle near that objective point. And there is no game speed control, so every time you have to sit and wait until you can actually start fighting. Can't find anything bright in this game. If i could, i would take my money back.