Epic Conquest 2

Screenshots & trailer

Hours played at review time, across 41 reviews with recorded playtime.

positive critical· bar length = how often the theme comes up

[b] [h2]Abandoned Generic J/ARPG with a Decent Progression System[/h2] [/b] This game is hard to recommend, mainly because it has been abandoned by the developer. You can still play it and earn all achievements, but the game is stuck in an early access state with roughly 5–6 hours of actual content (depending on how much time you spend on side activities like fighting optional bosses, fishing, searching for chests and hidden loot, or grinding XP - the main story itself can be completed in about 3 hours, although some grinding is required because enemy levels eventually spike well above yours). The story is very generic in my opinion, and I didn’t care much about it. You play as a main character whom no one in authority wants to take seriously or allow to prove herself by fighting tough enemies or going on dangerous missions. Naturally, she ignores them and does whatever she wants anyway. To me, she comes across as very childish - and honestly, the whole story feels childish as well. Do not expect a mature, story-rich experience like The Witcher 3. This game takes the complete opposite approach. Because the game is underdeveloped, it also suffers from technical issues. At one point, I couldn’t progress further in the main story. This happened in the final area, Silon Cave. I could enter the cave without any issues, but the game would always crash during the loading screen after the entrance. On one occasion, it didn’t crash, but the area failed to load properly - was walking through complete darkness and couldn’t interact with anything. I tried several things to fix this: [list] [*]Verifying the integrity of game files (didn’t work) [*]Moving the game from HDD to SSD (didn’t work) [*]Running the game in Windows 7 and Windows 8 compatibility mode (didn’t work) [*]Reinstalling the game [/list] After reinstalling, I also unlocked my first mastery ability, and spent my first master skill point on it (I hadn’t realized there was another skill tree before). So one of these actions fixed the issue - but it’s unclear which one. I’d like to believe the reinstall solved it, but given how poorly coded the game seems, it’s entirely possible that unlocking the first mastery somehow fixed it for no logical reason. This whole situation really p*ssed me off and almost made me quit the game entirely. Still, I pushed through and finished the main story. If you want to unlock all achievements, though, you’ll need to grind further - especially for the “kill 100 elite enemies” achievement. The problem is that I hit the level cap (level 20) at around 50 elite kills, meaning all XP gained afterward was completely pointless. Despite this messy design, I actually enjoyed the grind. The combat system is reasonably fun, so killing enemies repeatedly remained satisfying. The game world itself isn’t very immersive. It feels extremely “game-like.” The world is fragmented into small, disconnected areas, which hurts immersion a lot. Sometimes you simply walk through empty zones with nothing to do, making the game feel like a loading-screen simulator. At the borders of these area chunks, you can literally see nothing until the next area loads. These transitions look very rough and unfinished. [h2]5/10 - Overall, I have very mixed feelings about this game. I enjoyed it enough to 100% all achievements (which took me about 11 hours), but the crashing issue seriously hurt my experience. I also prefer more mature storytelling, like in The Witcher or Gothic, so the story did nothing for me. The strongest aspects of the game are its combat and the satisfying progression loop - gathering resources, grinding, and improving your character. [/h2]