Review by
Nathan
on 2/9/2015.
Wow. Just wow. I would give this map 10 stars if I could. It is gorgeous, challenging, well-balanced and, most importantly, super fun. The ports force you to guard your hinterlands and prevent you from simply rolling forward to victory. The castles and terrain features add to the strategy, as well.
For those who don't like high-value bonus ratios, you can simply lower them. This map is just every kind of awesome.
15 out of 19 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Mudderducker on 2/8/2015.
I've praised enough while testing but here's more: The artwork and aesthetics of this map are outstanding! All the way from the small farm houses, to the trees to the little harbours and docks. The individual cities are something special and unique. The rivers, mountains/hills and woods add greatly to the strategy.
I must point out that I'm not a fan of the large bonuses, however because of the maps aim its not too major. I would have like to see a story and some kingdom bonuses, as I said in the test. However I think its very open to everyone's own imagination, as you said. The gameplay from the test game is actually very enjoyable, I think it will work well for FFa's and team games. Very good work.
Response by map creator
Ranek on 2/9/2015
once again thanks a lot for the praise and the help during the testgame.^^
10 out of 13 people found this review helpful.
Review by
zing103 on 2/11/2015.
The castle starts are somewhat unbalanced, but that is to be expected in an asymetrical map such as this. Additionally, connections along the river can be missed at first glance, but they help create a more tactical game. Overall, a well made and beautiful map.
7 out of 9 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Brotherdan on 2/15/2015.
Really awsome map! Great job! I agree on the fact that waterways are a bit "hidden", but it's ok. I don't like large maps, but this is really nice to see and to play on.
Visually it's a pleasure, with maniac attention to details (i.e. waterways on rivers only downstream of rapids!). Congratulations!
PS: missing likn between "Anaxy" and "Loud Lupus"
Response by map creator
Ranek on 2/19/2015
thanks dan. I've fixed that.
5 out of 8 people found this review helpful.
Review by
blob on 10/11/2015.
This is a nice map to look at, and I really like the river connections. Be prepared for a loong game if you want to beat the AIs, e.g., 82 turns. Territory flipflops a lot more than I've seen in other games. If you like some craziness like that, you'll probably like this map. After several times I still find it hard to see what connects to what - it'd be nice if that were made clearer. I think this could be done with some more visual cues.
Response by map creator
Ranek on 5/25/2015
I will consider it.
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by
A_B3 on 11/12/2017.
A terrific play. Great art, well balanced rewards. Highly recommended.
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by
Fabio on 6/23/2019.
Love it! just so smooth and spicy
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by
mitm on 3/2/2022.
Totally lame map where the last AI cannot be reached before 21 moves to win against the only AI that plays a diplomacy card to prevent a gold star. I rate all these maps a 1 where the coder must cheat a player to keep them from a star. Several of them so far. Every attempt lands at 21 just before killing last AI. These are the reasons I would never pay to play a game like this. I cannot stand maps that you have to have luck to win. That is not a challenge against the skill of a player, its an insult if anything. I starred in 20 moves and the AI did not play a diplomacy card so this is intentional to piss people off.
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by
Mokieman on 1/25/2020.
Pointless mission. Your opponents receives twice the amount of armies early on....soon three times the amounts nomatter what
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
AlphaTitan on 4/8/2020.
the map it way too big for the bonuses to be so large. late game army way 4K+ without farming and was a super tedious and inevitable grind. Also the enemy groupings are placed so there is no challenge for the player to grow to a snowball critical mass because only 1 ai is near play and the other three are grouped up together in the corner.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
King Crimson on 8/23/2020.
Somebody explain to me how you get a gold star without a ton of luck. On turn 21 I was within 2 spaces of every part of the map. Played a flawless game. Then on turn 22 get slapped with Diplomacy Card so do not get the star. 4 times in a row!!! Not wasting any more valuable time on this one.
BS!!
2 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
Review by
DCross on 6/18/2021.
love the natural blockades
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
stuart on 1/7/2022.
very good, nice easy map to use.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Chris on 3/31/2022.
Way too many territories, not fun
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Mjoth on 4/16/2022.
I enjoyed this map, the terrain layout was interesting. Fun game.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Erzherzog on 5/17/2022.
very varied map. really fun to play. nice work!
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Bob on 6/7/2022.
attractive map
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
andrew on 9/27/2022.
Ai can play diplomatic card when when only two of us left on map... and survive more turns...
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Dan Douglas on 12/31/2022.
Very well designed map. No bad connections, keeping an eye on dock connections makes for tougher strategy. A nicely balanced and loaded map. Even the look is appealing with no poor visual distractions.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Aaron on 1/24/2023.
nice
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
JackSpade on 2/19/2023.
too massive. autopilot necessary
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Banjo1464 on 3/8/2023.
Forgetting a random port can be an instant loss on a giant map. Why are there so many of them?
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
sklinkk on 11/24/2023.
Very charming design, great balance between restrictions/obstacles and freedom of movement. Seems like a great fit for all sorts of game modes and different numbers of players.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Endi on 1/5/2024.
Great map. The river ports allow for cool tactics. But I really wish the river ports themselves were way more visually distinct. Way too often I would go "oh crud, that was a port" and then the enemy attacks my backline and spreads like wildfire going from port to port and spreading out from the port.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
MetalGear4.5 on 3/7/2024.
Good map
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Thorny on 3/8/2024.
Like the map. The only downside is the last AI deploys a diplomacy card no matter what you do so you’ll never be able to get a gold star
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Natalia on 4/23/2024.
Loved it. Probably my favourite version yet
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Pharos on 2/11/2015.
Fun map to play and visually appealing. I love the water route connections.
3 out of 7 people found this review helpful.
Review by
psykkoman on 12/26/2015.
Beautiful map, but for me personally, (tele)ports added to game nothing but chaos. I discovered that there are connection lines between them 3 turns after somebody mysteriously jumped right into my area.
Response by map creator
Ranek on 7/6/2016
so you dislike the map, because you've been inattentive and probably lost your first game on it? I suggest to give it a second try, in which you will be aware of the river connections (teleport^^).
0 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by
Andalorium on 9/2/2016.
Decent layout and size is okay.
0 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by
UBC on 10/6/2016.
Too long
0 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by
ShangShenrin on 2/1/2018.
sdfd
0 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by
telge on 10/4/2018.
Mildly annoying
0 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by
warhawk on 3/11/2016.
The map maker of this game is very intentive as to it's detail.
0 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by
General Scott on 2/20/2015.
Best map i have played in a long time
1 out of 5 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Bull Dozer on 3/13/2015.
OMG, it is SOOOOOOOO awesome. it was the best map i have EVER played
1 out of 5 people found this review helpful.
Review by
VINAYAKA on 3/13/2015.
perfect battlefield
1 out of 5 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Hades on 8/17/2015.
Ok map, some confusing connections
0 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by
therealmj on 3/7/2015.
Suoer fun and creative map
0 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
Review by
slaythewinner on 3/13/2015.
Best map I have played in a while
0 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
Review by
OTPM on 2/11/2015.
ㅎㅎ
2 out of 12 people found this review helpful.
