Godsworn

great good fun

Decent rts game for people who are sick of playing wc3 or are just looking for an alternative, instead of beating up ugly green dudes, cows on two legs, demons, undead creatures etc. you beat up brainwashed desert cultists or sun/moon worshipers.
The game is still kind of rough around the edges, sometimes my units don't attack even after issuing a move and attack order and on some occasions they stand around and do nothing while right in front of an enemy.
The biggest negative thing about the game is the lack of tall purple women with long pointy ears but that's a personal problem. :^)

zalatuje warcraftem, calkiem spoko rts, akt 1 tez fajny

This game is the tits

Amazing RTS game, for 2 people developing it the quality seems like it came out of an established company. So far there are 5 campaign missions which are all quite enjoyable and I eagerly await for more. The skirmishes and multiplayer is great as well. It is in early access but I can't wait to see more content for this game.

Its really easy to learn and get into, and very replayable.

Gorgeous art style, music, non-sexualized female gods and units (good job devs!) and classic RTS vibes. VERY promising title and despite the refund, I intend to buy this game at full price closer to release.

HOWEVER
The UI is rough .. This could of course be just me, but I had a very hard time telling what's happening with my units and base. The hero level up feels...weirdly underwhelming. I don't know why but having to open a big menu that covers up the screen, and then pick an ability from there feels like unnecessary interrupting of gameplay.

The way the UI stats are laid out also makes it so your eyes have to jump all over the screen to get a complete picture of stats, what units you have (whose icons are way too small) and what's happening back at your base.

I'm also not a huuuge fan of the build-then-allocate-worker-to-buildsite method of base building. I would prefer if there was the option to just select a peasant and have the build menu there. This COULD work later down the road when the interface is easier to parse, but I think I would still prefer the finer control of my peasant units. I sincerely hope there will be an option to just select peasants, access build menu, allocate to resource etc.
Because of these issues, I don't think I can recommend this at the moment. It might sour what will likely be a much better experience later on.

I still intend to buy this closer/at launch though. It feels like a product of love and you can tell (cheesy voice acting an all), and I want to support the developers in their pursuit. All of these 'issues' I listed can definitely be improved upon and I look forward to trying this game again closer to its release.

Nice classic Hero RTS. Looking forward to new heroes and content.

FINALLY!! A game that hits that warcraft 3 itch that I've been longing for. So much QoL changes that would irk us in warcraft games and much improvements that I couldn't even dream of being in this game. PLEASE keep up the good work and keep pumping out those updates. If you're a fan of warcraft, you'll love this game!
Just some highlights that I love:
-Staying in same party when playing with friends when matches are over
-can select map spawn location prior to game loading, great for teaming up with a friend across the river to hold the lines
-fun challenge maps which range from hero defense and base defense, fighting against waves of enemies
-5 playable factions, each unique and fun to play
-fun concept of each faction being a different religion which affects their playstyle and goals
-so much more to list but I'll stop for now

Rating, must buy if you're a warcraft fan!

Early access, some bugs... but it will be great single player/coop experience.

Premise: Warcraft 3: Baltic Boogaloo

Illidan Meness cheats on his wife Tyrande with her handmaiden Ausrine and then the undead Catholic Church invades while Witcher music plays.

I do really like that fresh mythology is used, the 90s RTS vibe with some QoL fixes in place, and the overall theme, lore, and playability of the game. The game this wants to be is there, but it just needs more work, specifically the story mode. Multiplayer is not active unfortunately, but the co-op feels nice. The AI is not really challenging and it's easy to cheese, but as stated by other reviewers, the unit variation and mechanics are there.

Unsure if it's really worth €20 for a game this unfinished - perhaps a flash sale would help raise more interest, looking at the number of reviews.

I'm willing to give the benefit of the doubt here, just because the Bear of Ruhnu.

Beautiful game, but seriously lacking in content and polish for its price. The campaign is obviously designed for a 2-player co-op experience, considering how underwhelming the ally AI is when playing solo. The multiplayer is also dead, but that was to be expected.

As of 23/12/24, I cannot recommend this game, but it has great potential so I will keep an eye on it.

5€ Should be the price of this game, nothing more.

Popular game engines offer RTS kits and this is literally what the game is.

The studio is taking a victim mode by emphazising that they ONLY have 2 developers but in reality the game itself, other than the art is a 1 day mock up for 1 developer.

Wow.... One of best classic RTS in years....

Nothing new and nothing interesting. Better RTS games came out 20 years ago and it feels like the devs didnt learn from the failures and successes of other RTS games when designing this game.

Unlike most new rts games, this one actually feels good to play.

It's got a co-op campaign, skirmish, survival.
It has a solid, consistent art style, good unit voices, sound and music.

There are two major factions, but many selectable heroes that will change out what units or upgrade are available. The heroes also bring themselves and a selection of powers you can pick from when you level up. The powers could be army buffs, hero cast powers / passives or global abilities.

Building your base and managing workers is streamlined. Workers are still physical units to be harassed, but you manage them via tasks. So you don't need to scroll back to your base, click the worker then click the task. You just click a button on the task / start a task and a worker will come do it.
Unassigned workers are not wasted, they generate faith, a type of resource and mana bar.
Also, workers also don't get produced by the player. Removing the need to micro manage that part of your economy. They appear on regular intervals or are rewards for clearing out creep camps.

All this streamlining of workers lets players focus more on fighting while still having base building.

This game feels a lot more like Warcraft 3 mixed wit Age of Mythology in a good way.

Zug Zug

Oops wrong game.

Vinland!

Oops wrong game.

Deus Vult

That's better.

Yeah so basically plays like a good RTS. Has a Warcraft vibe, a bit of northgard flavoring, unit rosters feel solid, gameplay pace is pretty quick, abilities are mostly interesting. Voice acting is solid, graphics are very cozy and very good without straining the system. The theme of the game is FUCKING AWESOME. Two devs made this and it's worth every single dollar I spent.

Get this game, have a swamp spirit poison some peasants, convert heathens, charge down pagans, it has it all. Solid campaign missions so far and the ai isnt brain dead like many games.

This game has a interesting setting history meets baltic myth.
This game is only becoming better with Time.

Great rts.

Finally a good RTS game after all these years.

It is a Warcraft INSPIRED Match.

Though with the Setting it makes a clear difference.
Also there are many Quality of life changes, which Stormgate and Northguard have established.
For a 2 Man Dev Team very nice.

Also each Campaign Mission (from the 5 we have currenty) felt freash and not so liniar as many Campaings have it

If you are a fan of classic RTS gameplay, combined with an excellent story and music, get this. Baltic/Northern European Mythos crossed with Warcraft.

Great setting and gameplay!

Considering this game is made by a team of just 2 developers is impressive. Love the unique Slavic folklore inspired art style, setting & amazing sound track. It's still a bit bare bones, but since it's still early access & has just 2 developers, this is understandable, but with time this game has SO much potential.

Highly recommend checking this out, if you're an RTS fan, especially if you enjoyed Age of Mythology & Warcraft 3!

Can't wait till full updated version is eventually released!

Artstyle is great

I've had good fun with this game. What we've got of the campaign so far is good fun, and the difficulty options span a good range of challenge level.

The game is extremely polished by the standards of Early Access - I've had no crashes and no significant bugs, most of the issues noticed are very minor text errors, and those that are less minor tend to be related to only the newest content and are usually fixed quickly.

I am a long time age of empires 3 and warcraft 3 player. And quite frankly, this game in my mind is what warcraft 3 reforged was supposed to be.

Let me explain,

The game has a very nice feel to the factions. Each faction feels like they do something unique, enough to alter your gameplay and your approach. I can see that in the beggining of the game they couldnt make them so much different in visual aspects, but with the addittion of of the bishop faction I can easily say that the devs are doing a great job at the visuals and again the faction creativity.

Apart from that, I think the challenges the game has ( which are maps that are made to play in a certain way, such as an invasion of a fortress or a tower defense type of wave defense map ) can be increased as the game gets more funding to improve. I really really enjoyed the invasion of Heisberg and made me feel like that 10 year old who was playing age of empires 3 custom maps or historical battles again.

I also have to add this, me mentioning age of empires series or warcraft 3 does not mean this game is just a copy of those games. I geniuenly believe especially after the w3 reforged flopped, this game just gave me enough fresh rts feeling to a point where I can see myself sink hours into one bot game. I havent interacted with the community yet but the game do have a discord where people are playing hopping into games, so there is that aspect.

Overall a solid 9/10, would love to see this game improve given the chances and the circumstances. Great job devs!

HIDDEN GEM !
this is such a good RTS
the heroes are very fun to play
hopefully it gets some momentum would be very fun multiplayer but is just fine as a single player game as well

Wow! I am really bad at RTS games, but this was very good and I didn't feel overwhelmed like in many others!

A remarkably solid RTS with a unique setting and great gameplay. It tends to be more single player and coop oriented at the moment. So fun is prioritized like having massive map wide dome that can cover the map and kill things over time that slowly expands or a cathedral wonder that converts a quarter of the map each time it rings.

My only rather minor complaints is a lot of sound effects feel kind of underwhelming and I wish there were more 6 and 8 player maps to choose from.

The Bishop added is my favorite. Perfect for when you don't want to rely on heroes but armies of normal soldiers.

if not a "must have" but certainly a "MUST try" for everyone who loves classic RTS games
unique setting, great visuals and overall aesthetics
not your trivial "base building" RTS, with unique approach to resources and heroes
for an early access Godsworn can provide dozens of hours of gameplay, definetly worth a price and your time

Great game. Well balanced. Spiritual successor of Warcraft.

Slavcraft: Pagans vs Christians is an amazing homage and revival of classic RTS games, focusing on Baltic/Slavic mythology.
A must-have for anyone angry at Warcraft Reforged.

i'm loving what i'm seeing. The characters, the specials, its fun. one small detail. if your pc isnt strong to handle a huge army especially when playing 8 player mode by yourself. when beating all the bots in 8 player free for all, i was stuck on the win screen. your able to escape but even trying to escape loads very slow. but other than that, very fun and cant wait for the next update.

Absoutletely a gem in this

AI allies will take resource locations from you which stop you from using that resource. They will also build massive armies and then just. . . sit at home unless directly attacked. Meanwhile your enemy is throwing wave after wave at you. I enjoy the theme and ideas behind this game but hope the devs continue to improve the balancing for overall gameplay and AI behavior or friend and foe alike.

An modern look to classic fantasy RTS. Really enjoyed the campaign and the custom missions.
Game balances macro and micro. Heroes are important and feel good to use.
Basic units transfrom trough upgrades. Economy is interesting with multiple viable options (faith, gold, wood, food and housing).

It would be nice if with time there is a macthmaking system.

Fun game, still in development so i will withhold criticism.

A lot of potential; really cool to see a new RTS in the vein of Warcraft 3 with stylish graphics and smooth gameplay. If the updates remain constant, then this game should be a great little title come 1.0.

A few niggling complaints:
-I REALLY hope the voice acting for the god Meness gets an improvement. Dude is a savage pagan war god and he currently sounds like an edgy teenage boy. His voice sounds particularly ridiculous when he's trying to come across as angry. He's a major character in the campaign - they need to do him more justice.

-Pacing is messed up in the campaign. First three missions are a cake walk, mission 4 you're suddenly getting hit by artillery and endless waves of units. It's one thing to be challenging, it's another thing to hit you with mechanics you literally can't do anything about unless you have foreknowledge about them. My first attempt I attacked early, the (until then hidden) artillery wiped my men, and I had nothing to defend with. This is particularly problematic when there is no mid-mission save feature.

-Lack of being able to save mid-mission is a big yikes. Look, some of us have families and unpredictable schedules. There is absolutely no reason not to have a save feature. Especially when things are so unpredictable as per my above point.

-Multiple times the drag-select feature hasn't worked and I've had to try more than once to select my units; this needs to be fixed.

Overall I'm happy with the game, assuming there is still a good amount of content getting added in the coming months.

amazing game simple yet genius i love this reminds me of warcraft 3 when i was small so highly recommend. amazing RTS

i dont know... but its not hitting the right itch for me as an rts fan

This game reminds me alot of the "Golden age" of the RTS genre. I am having tons of fun playing it. TO THE DEVS. Keep up the great work!!!! You have the start of a true RTS MASTERPIECE!

First of all, if its only 2 devs working on the game as it says in the main menu, I want to thank you for your work. This game somehow reminded me of warcaft, with its dialogues in the campaign, overall flow and its vibe.

Now, lets move to the things that need an improvement:

1. The unit movement SFX keeps playing even if the game is on pause.
2. A-clicking feels strange, and I might be wrong here, but I wasn't able to find a quickcast option for a-click attacks, im not a big fan of clicking LMB right after A-click every single time.
3. Graphics felt weird, altho I got used in an hour or so, but that might be an issue to some random new player that would probably refund in their case.
4. UI needs an improvement. It's clunky, the HP bars are too small and other stuff is too big, so if Im to increase the UI size for HP bars, the other staff is going to flood my screen even more.
5. Pressing F1 doesn't center the camera on my hero, isn't that a standart?..
6. Didn't find the tutorial, decided to play the campaign in that case. I roam around the map, collect some random resourcess, unlock glyphs, yet there is no tips that tell me what it is and what is its usage.
7. There is no visual indication that a certain building is researching a new technology or producing a unit.
8. In the 3rd campaign mission, there is a side quest to bless a farmstead. After a few minutes of trying different things, I still haven't found the button or at least a hint to achieve what Im asked. If its the quest that teaches you bits of your hero's kit... well, its bad.
9. Units don't have death SFX.
10. I can hear battle SFX in a fog of war, my units also react with different lines to enemies aproaching, despite them being in fog of war.
11. No option to mute the game when im tabbed out of the game window.

Overall, there is much to improve, yet I appreciate your work and leave a positive review with my lil feedback in hopes that this game will eventually grow and succeed. Best of luck.

No matchmaking, literally nobody is hosting public games and the matchmaking channel in the official is dead. The AI is useless doesnt offer any challenge in vs and in the coop survival mode it is incapable of handling waves the same difficulty as it and just get knocked out after two or three waves, somehow. Currently the campaign is only 6 (enjoyable) missions, though you arent allowed to pause even in campaign which is as annoying as it is pointless. So once you've finished the campaign after a couple of hours the game is actually unplayable unless you have a bunch of friends who want to play it all the time. Just look at the playtimes of the positive reviews and compare them to other rts games playtimes. Most people play the game for about 15 hours or less and then abandon it because there's nothing to do in it.

Very nice groundwork so to say but lacks a bit in content but that is to be expected of an EA. Its sort of a mix with Northgard, WC3 and AoE 2 i would say it got some of my favorite games into one can very much recommend.

I really like how the game is going, interesting mechanics and it isn't one of those hyper reflex focused game.
Shame this isn't getting a much higher player base, it's definitely well worth the money personally.

great game.

For those who don't know, most of the names and places are Latvian. Latvia is beautiful country, ravaged by the soviets during the 20th century, but recently seen a rebirth and bloom. I love it all.

GG

9/10, a solid classic RTS game.

The gameplay is fun. Campaign, melee maps and challenge maps give variety to how to enjoy the game.
Also voice acting is endearing and art style is distinctively beautiful.