Age of Castles: Warlords

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The core loop is far too shallow to be called a strategy game: there's a map, but you never need to move anywhere to win; a battle system, but fighting actively hurts you more than it helps since you lose population either way; and builders/soldiers that turn out to be entirely optional busywork, since the castle levels itself up automatically from random events. Players note there's effectively one difficulty setting (trivially easy) and the whole thing can be finished by just clicking "advance" repeatedly with no real decisions required. It's also widely compared to the developer's own earlier "Ant War" game reskinned with a castle theme, and to the original 2004 Age of Castles it's supposedly based on, with much less depth than either. No achievements on top of that compounds the sense of a lazy, low-effort re-release rather than a genuine remake. Actual meaningful choices between building, fighting, and expanding — where each has real risk and reward — would go a long way toward making this a real strategy game instead of a glorified idle-clicker in castle skin.

Dies ist ein Remake von einem Spiel von 2005. Kurz: Eine erhebliche Verschlechterung eines mittelmäßigen Spiels, lasst die Finger weg. Das Original war besser: Nicht aus nostalgischen Gründen, sondern rein technisch. Die Graphik wurde in Teilen vom Original übernommen. Das Original hatte weniger Bugs. Der Wechsel zwischen Landkarten hatte damals einen Sinn (strategischer Nachteil, weil die Götter dämgeln), und es war besser ausbalanciert. Beim Bau des Schlosses gab es damals unterschiedliche Türme und ein Dorf, nun wird das gleiche Schloss physikalisch falsch mehrmals gebaut. Die Save-Funktion ist in der neuen Version auch im Eimer. Kurzum: Kauft Euch lieber die 2005-Version (nicht auf Stema) statt die 2015-Version. Beide sind 5 Stunden Spiel, aber das Original machte immerhin in der ersten Hälfte noch Spaß für wenig Geld.

I built my kingdom by repeatedly clicking one button. Over and over. this game is empty. there is nothing. As soon as the moat is finished being built I fully intend to drown myself in it. 1/10

Beat the game in 3 hours. Highly unbalanced, as if you take advantage of the final "Top Ups" in the shop you can basically reach level 100 by cascading level ups. This seems like a downgrade of the original "Age of Castles", sadly. The fact that this game outright discourages you from entering combat (you're better off never fighting) sorta cinches the bad aspect of this game.

Terrible, you can stay in just one place and still win. This is FAR inferior to the original

While not as good as the original game, it is still fun.