Songs of Silence

Is gud gam. Buy! Edit: I finished the whole campaign on Epic so the game hours are misleading. I played through all campaigns to 100% all of them because I believe only a complete run can give me a complete impression of a game. Not many games motivate me to do the 100%. This one did. Jokes aside, the visuals are obviously fantastic, the score is something that has pieces that got stuck in my mind positively, and, contrary to what I've read, the combat is surprisingly complicated with different unit traits and comps you make, trying to counter enemy comps. The game being Turn Order means that strategy here is key, speed is not. You also don't have Flying/Ground split like in many RTS. Instead, you need to fully focus on unit formations. Personally I really enjoyed playing through this High Fantasy Strategy Game. If you like Advance Wars, Starcraft II, Age of Empires II, or XCom II with a setting comparable to Lord of the Rings or Game of Thrones, I suggest giving this game a try. Haven't played a game similar to this one. Both in art design and in gameplay.

Does it elevate itself over other city-builder / auto-battlers? Not really, but it's decently priced and so freaking gorgeous to look at. It has also receieved a lot of QOL updates, which makes me happier I waited 1 year to finally clear it from my backlog.

I think the best way to describe it is to say it’s a lite version of Might and Magic: Old Era. It takes all the aspects of that style of gameplay but revamps the combat, making it automatic in terms of strategy while still giving you the ability to control the direction of the battle with spells and by summoning more units. Special mention goes to the art. it’s some of the best I’ve seen in a long time. The story is fine, it gets the job done and is easy to follow. It works very well as a plot device to give the different unit types a purpose. I really recommend it if you like this type of game or if you tried Might and Magic: Old Era and found it too overwhelming. It’s a fun and entertaining game. NOTE: I haven't tried the multiplayer/coop yet. I'll update my review soon.

不是在更新平衡补丁就是搞比赛 制作组真得给美术磕一个

Lovely game, perfect for HoMM enjoyers who wan't something fresh.

This one just didn't click with me. I loved the presentation, aside from a typo here and there. I like the idea of an auto-battler-meets-total-war. But when it got down to the battles, I just couldn't find the fun. And the AI armies seemed way over-tuned for what was supposed to be a "balanced" experience. For instance, I go to break a siege, having full reserves and a full garrison - but the enemy still has about 33% more units and power than I do. And this is early-game. Not for me.

Gave me a massive HoMM 5 vibes with the story and movement system. Which, I suppose, was the goal. The battle system is a bit simplistic, you don't have a lot of control one the battle has started and there is not a lot of customization on settlements so you are forced to gather an army for a few turns even if you have plenty of resources. But in general, I really enjoyed the game, the story and even the battles. It still gives you that feeling of strategizing, "what should I do next? what can I do? how can I do this?". Will pick up two more campaigns.