Sellswords: Ashen Company

this dude took the money and ran

If I was Total War and I would be very worried....this game has huge potential. Imagine having this battle system while being able to build your character in the campaign mode ? The couple battle I played here were very epic with me running with my guys while arrows were flying everywhere and people were dying all around me and them BAM we hit the enemy shield wall ... Anyway, pretty good game so far and I am very exited to see what dev updates will bring in the future !

I encourage you to buy the game if you would like to help developers improve this game. I tried the game for only a few minutes (a couple of custom battles). I couldn't do a preview for you on my YouTube channel (like I do for every tested game) because I play in ultrawide (21:9) and the game does not support that. PROS: ------ - The game has GOOD potential. - If properly polished, bugs fixed, playing content and a good story added in a clever campaign, the game can become a lot better than the Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator game. - You can zoom-in to see the very details of the battle and the movement of troops. - Large number of fully controllable units on the battlefield. - Resolutions up to 2560x1440 @100 Hz (obviously it depends on your monitor too). - It's only early access so it has time to become a decent RTS or even an action RTS. CONS: ____ - Biggest issue for me, I couldn't play in ultrawide 3440x1440 (21:9), the highest resolution available in game is 2560x1440. I expect all games to have ultrawide 21:9 support, we are in 2019. - Game is in a very, very early stage and campaign mode is not available yet. - Certain bugs like troops stopping from marching and never continuing even if re-ordered the march, but it is a normal expectation at this stage of developement, it looks kind of pre-Alpha. - At this stage, price should be a lot lower.

dosent get updated

EDIT: From the recent announcement and my conversation with the developer over on twitter, I'd say he wasn't trying to cash-in ASAP and leave as much as he bit off more than he could chew with an ambitious project such as Sellswords and tried to fund it by creating a second game. I don't think that completely justifies charging people for a game without a clear plan laid out to finish development but he did promise to give everyone that bought this game every future game released under Mutiny Software for free (starting with his second game SwarmZ) but as noble as that promise is, I don't know the developer personally and he could just start making games under a new studio name to get around his promise. Overall, if there was a rating in-between Good or Bad on steam, I'd definitely give it a rating in the middle instead of negative (even though I still think no one should buy it as of right now since it doesn't have a lot of content past 15 minutes worth of gameplay and the development of the game is dead without any idea if or when it will be revived again) but if what the developer has communicated so far is true then even though I still find his actions wrong at least he wasn't being greedy or malicious. I'll leave the original review up below though just as a reminder to developers to communicate better with their customers, otherwise you might get some "undeserved" hate. ORIGINAL REVIEW: Great concept, but the game is literally in a pre-alpha state with only 15 minutes worth of content. Basically all you can do is spawn friendly and enemy troops and go into a battle till one side loses. The developer making this game is apparently now working on another game (it's a one-man developer) and has been very quiet about this one or how he somehow has the time to work on two projects, so I'd say he's just cashing in on interesting concepts by making a barebones pre-alpha build and putting it up for sale as early access. Avoid till it's updated to a much better state, developer doesn't seem trustworthy.

Great idea, but otherwise this project looks abandoned

Not getting updated and is not worth the money it costs in the state it is

The idea is interesting, and one I would absolutely get behind. However the execution is pretty bad. Combat is incredibly simple, sluggish, and clunky. Not being able to move during attacks, the attacks being controlled with the same buttons used for footwork, the actual impacts feeling underwhelming at best... The RTS aspect also seems fairly broken. I frequently order units to move around or attack certain units and they flat out don't respond to my order. I'm so hungry for more content in this kind of genre, but quite frankly this game really isn't in a state where you should be allowed to buy it. On the brightside, the performance is actually good and the models look fairly detailed for the scale so that's cool! ------------ Rework combat. Allow us to move during swings, add alternative control schemes, improve AI coordination, improve dodges, etc. Make the RTS aspect more similar to total war and actually work more than 40% of the time and this is the beginning of a fun game. It could be good one day, but this really isn't worth the price at all or worth paying unless you love this genre and really want to support the dev.