Northgard

1. Everchosen

   Apr 13, 2020

   10

   Northgard is a great RTS
   The game main focus is on colonizing new territories and resources balancing, although you need to fight for almostNorthgard is a great RTS
   The game main focus is on colonizing new territories and resources balancing, although you need to fight for almost every territory against creeps or other players.
   
   There are 11 clans, 5 of them are DLCs with most of the clans have same units.
   Mainly, the differences between the non-DLC clans is the bonuses and special abilities (some clans have unique units / buildings).
   The DLC clans are more different one from another and from the non-DLC clans, by having unique mechanisms like own resources, slaves, sacrifice system and etc.
   
   The game skirmish has a lot of customization options and with the maps being generated randomly (map starts undiscovered).
   There is only 1 campaign, shared by the 6 non-DLC clan, with a total of 11 missions.
   There is also a conquest campaign, where you choose a clan from all the 11 clans, and you have 11 missions, usually like skirmish but with special rules, and you get bonus for each mission (the maps are generated randomly).… Expand

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2. TheWolf1

   Nov 27, 2020

   9

   A really great game, super simple so if your not into that look elsewhere but a really great game. i have gotten many hours in on this gameA really great game, super simple so if your not into that look elsewhere but a really great game. i have gotten many hours in on this game with friends and its simple enough (amount of available buildings) that i feel like almost anyone can pick this game up and go. I absolutely loved the campaign to recover the horn was fun and couldnt stop playing to see where it ended up, With most games like this i gave it a 9 because i feel like they could have developed more campaigns to play in this style without breaking any kind of budget.… Expand

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4. wishbonebone

   Aug 2, 2020

   8

   The game is fun. You assign different jobs to the workers and you can create a nice little game. It is also about surviving in harsh weatherThe game is fun. You assign different jobs to the workers and you can create a nice little game. It is also about surviving in harsh weather and fending off draugers. The game is a little slow though. Wish they had a fast version. Hope they continue to make additional titles or improve upon northgard if they ever make a second one.… Expand

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5. piglordofallham

   Feb 14, 2021

   6

   Its honestly just never really changed much since release, and they continue to add stuff that no one really cares about in the form of DLCIts honestly just never really changed much since release, and they continue to add stuff that no one really cares about in the form of DLC factions. The game play can't really be described as complex, but more of the mundane variety where you are constantly forced to assign roles for villagers, and then quickly eliminate or alter those roles in order to keep everything balanced. A lot of things seem to matter at first, but then you learn that they aren't actually that important, like food income for example.
   
   Iron mines and stones mines still take far too long to collect their resources. They're also finite on a map, which is compounded by the problem with large maps being that you can never hope of colonizing all of the tiles, in fact most of the time you stop at about six. The randomly generated maps and enemies often put you in strange situations that you can't react to right away. They sometimes take several seasons of waiting in order to have what you need to get rid of a threat just one tile over.
   
   Lore kind of breaks the game, not in the fact that the upgrades from research are too good, but the fact that you can simply spend a lot of time collecting/ generating as much lore as possible and the upgrades end up all being match transforming. The AI opponents have no way of keeping up in terms of research. The NPC AI or various neutral/ unfriendly factions on a map are still completely ridiculous and only serve to annoy you or drain your military in order to keep them off of potential tile expansions.
   
   As far as I know, the "Dragon" clan are the only faction in the game that play quite differently, whereas the rest are virtually identical. They keep advertising new DLC clans, and honestly I just don't understand what they bring to the table at this point. The player base is still quite small, and you get a lot of players that drop out of matches simply because at some point things get very dull. This is a game that can feel like wasting time while you're waiting for enough of a resource to make any progress and I just don't like it at all.
   
   D-/10 It tries its darndest to look and feel like Warcraft, but it has none of the bite or style. The actual mechanics are so hopelessly tedious and they honestly should've been scrapped.… Expand

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6. lastfox

   Apr 23, 2020

   5

   I haven't played strategy games since the Command & Conquer days quite honestly. I thought it's important to mention where I'm coming from,I haven't played strategy games since the Command & Conquer days quite honestly. I thought it's important to mention where I'm coming from, and that I'm not hardcore into RTS games.
   Northgard looked pretty simple in that regard (in a good way), kind of what a strategy game would look like on a Nintendo switch.
   
   Well, the problem is that it's mostly about defending your base from wave after wave of enemies landing on your island. Even with the upgrade system, it gets tedious after a while without variety. Like for example you taking the fight to the enemy, or setting ambushes at sea. Overall, I didn't finish the game, it was fun for a short while, but if you are not much into the basic premise of the game, there isn't much else that will sustain the interest.… Expand

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7. SRKNZ

   Apr 22, 2020

   4

   This has the makings of a good game but its odd ball attitude to developing land with restrictions like 3/3 buildings in a large area of landThis has the makings of a good game but its odd ball attitude to developing land with restrictions like 3/3 buildings in a large area of land where more buildings could be constructed makes it unreasonably and illogically hard to develop your settlement.
   
   I'm really at a loss to understand why game developers these days don't use common sense and apply the keep it simple rule. Being too clever can mean making a game un-enjoyable and frustrating. Such is the case here.… Expand

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8. almax

   Jul 19, 2020

   1

   A clone of "The settlers" very simplified without roads, with only a few buildings and a simple chain of production. If we were in 1990 iA clone of "The settlers" very simplified without roads, with only a few buildings and a simple chain of production. If we were in 1990 i imagine it would be rated as an original game but now if you want to play "the settlers" just find you a good emulator and a avoid this useless copy… Expand

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