Разработчик: Light Arc Studio Ltd
Описание
Explore the illustrated world of “The Great Tapestry” through four story-rich campaigns: Fight to reclaim your lost homeland as Les Moustachiers. Laugh maniacally as The Clearly Evil Empire. Discover the astral mysteries of The Purperilous. And finally, set out on a hero’s journey as The Order of Awesome to stop the narrative from unravelling.
No soulless micro-transactions to help you here! Classic 4X style mechanics are condensed to their strategic core, meaning action packed matches are measured in minutes rather than hours. Thousands of troops can be in action at a time leading to all out swarm warfare.
Enjoy the melding of medieval melodies to the pulse of electronica in the Original Soundtrack by Ex-Static: https://xstatic.bandcamp.com/album/the-original-castle-battles-soundtrack
It’s time to play… Castle Battles
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Поддерживаемые языки: english
Системные требования
Windows
- OS *: Windows XP SP2
- Processor: 1.8 GHz
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: DX9+
- Storage: 1 GB available space
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: DX9+
- Storage: 1 GB available space
Mac
- OS: Mac OS X 10.8
- Processor: 1.8 GHz
- Graphics: DX9+
Отзывы пользователей
let not the playtime fool you, this is wondrous game that I would play endlessly years ago, it's a true hidden gem that I wish more people knew about
The music is increadible wonderful, the characters iconic and comedic (Steriatipe I will forever love you! : ) ahahah), the world unique...it's a litteral world made from threads and yard, this is very nice!
and of course the gameplay, as simeple as it is, it just so gosh darn fun...I am very very happy to have found this game when I did, it's everything I could ask for and more
Thank LightArc for making this!
And I cannot wait for the completion of IT STARES BACK, it's shaping up to be something truly unique and I will be happy to see it grow!
Farewell! And now, IT IS TIME TO FEAST : )
Very fun game. I don't regret buying it in the slightest! It has a funny story to it. Amazing voice acting!
A nice concept borrowed from Galcon Fusion and Mushroom Wars after that. It has an appealing art-style and intriguing game-play design but like both those aforementioned titles suffers from balance issues (after the initial promise) and is ruined when it becomes impossible to progress. Control Craft 2 is the only game of this type where i did not encounter such balance issues. So that's that.
Let me start of by saying that I really enjoyed my time in this game. While a very basic type of RTS it is still lots of fun, doesnt take itself seriously and has good visuals.
However there are 2 points wich really diminished my enjoyment of the game:
1. Random unit damage
If you dont know, there is only 1 type of unit for each faction and there is no way to upgrade them in any way.
This should have meant, that 2 units fighting (running into each other) should result in the death of both or leave the winner badly wounded to the point where he is useless without healing.
This isnt the case. Ive had instances were 1 of my units killed 5 enemies and vice versa. This gives the game a certain randomness to it that i dont enjoy. Say you need 6 units to take over a castle. You send 8 because there is 1 guard there. The guard kills 4 units and you lost...
Now this obviously isnt an issue when you have like 100 units but escpecially in the early game were getting 10 units can take quite a bit of time it can really take the fun out of it.
2. AI
To call the AI braindead would be quite an understatement.
Heres how i think the AI is programmed:
1. Attack any building with low health
2. Repeat
The AI loves attacking damaged buildings. It even attacks them while its loosing half of their own.
The best way to describe how much the AI loves to attack damaged buildings is by describing a situation wich i ran into around 5 minutes ago wich prompted me to write this review before finishing the game:
This happened on a (in comparison to all the previous maps) very large map. 4 civilizations i will call them were on it and 2 civs were on 1 side close to each other with the other 2 being on the other side of the map.
The civ that was close to me built a castle wich i attacked (this was very early into the game, i had maybe 7 units total) and conquered.
Now take a guess what one of the AI on the other side of the map did. Yep. Sent all its units over the entire map to the building i just took leaving all its bases undefended.
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So... there you have it. Not a perfect game by any stretch of the imagination but it was fun ill have to admit that.
Fun charming little game, excellent music with such a unique feel. Feel like they could've expanded on the finale story elements a bit more, but would recommend. Mobile version is arguably better as it suits on-the-go gaming.
This is another weird review mainly since I'm having a hard time finishing the game. I've gotten a portion of the way through the third act and then hit quite a large roadblock. These sorts of controls are not easy for me, and I continuously get clobbered. But this game's writing is VERY enjoyable to read, so even though this game is hard and I wish you could still get credit for beating a lv on easy, I wholeheartedly enjoyed it.
Worth it just for the voice voice acting! (The cheesy storyline is good too!)
Gameplay feels similar to Creeper world where it's more the terrain you're fighting against and the enemies are semi intelligent 'slime' that flows around the screen.
Game play isn't too deep, but enjoyable. And if you feel like you need to play like a high-APM starcraft player there's a x8 speed option. :P
This is one fun little game, and its diffculty isn't too bad, but it does become challenging as you play. Well worth the price.
I was very disapointed by this game, however it does deliver a few things.
1) has an actual story that you can fallow
2) has verring difficulty that becomes very difficult in some stages
some really bad things is
1) the 4 factions have 0 uniqueness its just reskins
2) game can be won in just a few hours of gameplay
3) has MP potential yet has no MP mode
4) 0 replayability outside difficulty even the fee game mode is boring as fuck
in the end it could be worth a few bucks but outside 5 I would stay away from it.
This game is really fun and alot of people I show this game to think the same. The gameplay is nice and retro and the misic is awsome even though the game it self is not hard if that is what you are looking for. The story if funney to hear and even better to play in.
As a long time RTS fan, Castle Battles hits the spot with simplistic but satisfying gameplay. I liked the effort put into the storyline as well(with the exception of the last campaign).
Anyone else stuck on the last level?
Cool riff on the amoeba style RTS where you conquer nodes, gain troops at a steady pace, and the only unit is basically a one-for-one trade. The main parts that make it cool are:
- Troops don't automatically beat an enemy troop and die--it seems to be a coin flip, so fights are 100% obvious in outcome
- The speed at which you expand is dependent on a couple special kinds of terrain. This means where you expand matters, and how you expand matters--you get to try to calculate the time it would take to build a new node vs how long it will take to expand.
- terrain affects how fast your troops move, and where they spawn in a more imaginative way than the usual node-centric setup. Thinking about distance and timing makes this more interesting than the typical version of this game.
- Art is fucking weird as hell and I love it. It's like a fever dream internet thing along the lines of Hotline Miami or Ghost in the Shell's digital world.
I'm not sure if this is by the same people as Conflicks: Revolutionary Space Battles, but it has a similar feel and exactly the same sense of humour. Conflicks had awful game mechanics, but this has excellent mechanics. The game is exactly what it shows in the video, no tech tree, only one type of unit for all 4 factions. Resource generation, logistics, and castle upgrades all run in the background. Combat is decided by tossing a coin when 2 units bump into each other. So the strategy is pretty pure: where to put castles, when to attack. And the lower-level tactics are also kept pretty pure - take a castle, cause 2 other factions to attack it, run away, run in again when they're all dead. Different maps completely change what strategies will work - but not in a prescriptive way that turns it into a puzzle game. The AI is possibly a bit thick - but it seems to not "cheat" unless you select the option for it to have an advantage (which I haven't tried). I haven't checked if there is multiplayer but hopefully there is - the campaign is good for a playthrough though even on Normal and it is a decent length. Nice to find a fun game after a run of dull ones.
Short and simple, but satisfying!
The game is simple to learn, and while I won't quite say "difficult to master", you'll definitely feel a sense of progression over the course of the campaigns. The story just gets more and more captivating the further into the game you go, and the visuals, music, and voice-work are all extremely impressive!
This game is easily worth the price of admission, and I for one would be happy to buy DLC down the road.
This is similer to a few rts games like plantets under attack in how the mechanics work but, maps are huge and, it works since its slower. but, there is a lot of depth to it. If you like 4x games like civ but, want something faster but, slow enough that its a strategy game not a reflex game try this game out. plus, the story is fun.
For the tl:dr crowd,
A decent game, easy mechanics to learn, a funny story with plenty of puns, worth it for the story. The sound track is nice too.
A rather simplistic game, you mass units that are identical to your opponent's and aim to take control of all the territory on the map by suiciding them into enemy castles. The usual strategy involves either out producing the AI or waiting for them to waste their units in an assault then counter attacking. There are three resources, stone (grey) is used to build more castles faster, gold(yellow) is used to produce units and medows(green) let's your castles upgrade faster. An upgraded castle controls more territory and thus can reach resources more than hexigon away.
The story is interesting enough. When your first opponent is called The Clearly Evil Empire you know what sort of story to expect. Plenty of puns and cliches but it works and will get a few laughs and eye rolls at least.
The game was made for mobile as well as PC and the controls reflect it, you won't need more than your mouse.
In summary: Worth trying, a decent story and time waster.
Hilarious story and characters, enthralling musics, smooth controls, and a simple yet enjoyable concept. Definetly a more casual oriented game, but could easily appeal to seasoned gamers.
I got this game when it released a week or two ago and have been playing it pretty regularly since. As a disclaimer, I'm nowhere near finishing the game- I've only finished two of the four campaigns. So far, I am definitely loving this Catan-esque RTS.
One of the first things I noticed (and loved) about the game was the music. From the title screen and all through the campaign, I was engrossed in the soundtrack. For such a small production, the music is absolutely stellar. The visuals are also very well done and I love the detail in all the castle and units, although I wish there was an ingame option to tone down the blur effects (I have sensitive eyes). The UI is crisp and clean although it's not entirely intuitive, I had gotten the hang of it by the second or third level. Luckily, the "tutorial" stages do a great job of teaching and pacing this information.
The voice acting is another highlight for me. It's utterly ridiculous, over the top, and self-aware and for that I love it. Paired with the pun-tastic (and often very meta) writing, I found myself constantly giggling at the cutscenes. The writers are definitely aware of the general tropes of the genre and play those up wonderfully.
I'm afraid I can't comment too much on the story, as I'm only roughly halfway through the game. So far it's been fairly fun and light-hearted although there are some definite twist and sinister undertones. It's much more than I was expecting and it has been delightful so far. Hopefully it only gets better as the story progresses.
I do have a few minor complaints so far, though. For one, the game is a little bit slow. While I appreciate having the option to speed up gameplay 2x, 4x, and 8x speed, I can't help but think maybe the game should have had the 2x speed at the default as that's the speed I most often used. Until control and combat can be a little bit imprecise but that's only ever been a minor annoyance so far. And even though the units and castles are wonderfully rendered and very crisp while zoomed in, it can be a bit difficult to see how many units are on a castle while zoomed out.
Overall, I can tell that a lot of time and work and love went into this game and it definitely shows through. The story and voice acting is engaging and hilarious, and the gameplay makes it super easy to just pick up and play. I've enjoyed it immensly so far and look forward to finishing it. Highly recommend.
The game is pretty.
It's story is quirky and often funny.
It oozes love and artistic talent in the kind of way that satirical Indy comic books or youTube video series do.
But those, you can usually enjoy without charge.
Truly, if ironic dialogue were all I was looking for, and the price was lower, I'd be recommending it.
But alas, this is supposed to be a Strategy... GAME... Not a quirky comic book.
By the 10th map in the first campaign it became too painful to continue playing. The unforgiving UI, with its clumsy controls obviously designed to be easily ported to a touch pad, makes any kind of precision control of your units FRUSTRATING if not impossible. And the lack of ANY mechanics changes (since the very first map) or even new unit types or special abilities (after closing in on two hours of play) told me that they were unlikely to be there at all.
TL;DR
The game, mechanically, is an under developed Galcon/Eufloria wanabe that might be worth half the price if you enjoyed the comic book feel of it...
Simple to play, fast-paced, awesome story. Not to mention absolutely gorgeous. It's easy to spend hours getting engrossed in the game, but simple enough to have fun with even if you only have a few minutes to kill. It's a beautifully polished game with a lot of heart; it's apparent that a lot of love went into the production. Definitely a must-have.
Дополнительная информация
| Разработчик | Light Arc Studio Ltd |
| Платформы | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| Ограничение возраста | Нет |
| Дата релиза | 02.02.2025 |
| Отзывы пользователей | 88% положительных (25) |