Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin

No reason to keep playing after 3 chapters. I was bored and the difficulty on the easiest already felt pointlessly challenging. apparantly there is like 20 missions and I have no desire to grind for 1 hour just to watch a cutscene I can look up on youtube if the gameplay is not rewarding. The first 3 chapters were okay but felt like something was missing and I don't know what they could introduce in the later chapters that would motivate me to play the whole game. Unfortunate because the game looks good and has potential but really is quite empty.

First off, sorry but this game left me a bit salty today and that will be reflected in this review by my tone. I'm usually a calm person, but this game really managed to tick off a bunch of things I can't stand in games these days. After having this game in my library for ages, I decided to give it a try. I lasted a little over 2 hours before deciding to uninstall the game halfway the second mission. Decided to play on Veteran, had no issue with it but surely its too early to tell. My issues with the game are something else... Graphics are fine, animations are fine, we can customize our armies which is great (although I didn't bother with this). The conquest mode looks promising but the way the game plays really put me off before even trying it. The game feels a bit like playing Starcraft or Warcraft in the old days, without the base building and slower. Everything moves slowly, which is fine if you are into that kind of thing. I usually prefer a bit faster, but I can adapt. So what are my issues? 1) The first two missions are essentially: "follow this path at a very slow pace" which I found very annoying. Surely that is not the case later on, but I have a feeling that this wi…

Beautiful graphics, beautiful models, terrible RTS. Combat is slow, tactical depth is basically nonexistent, and enemies keep appearing from random directions because apparently positioning is optional now. Really unfortunate. A proper Age of Sigmar RTS could have been fantastic. At least it looks nice while you’re not having fun.

The campaign was fun, the battles feel great, and I really like the Warhammer atmosphere. The different factions and heroes are also enjoyable to play. My only disappointment is that the game didn't get a proper campaign expansion or new factions. I wish they had continued the story and added more content.

This mixed review of the game almost made me avoid it, but the story totally worth experiencing it, if you can buy it on a sale. Before I go to the positives and negatives, I have to pin this down, that I'm not exactly an RTS fanatic. Probably I would say this is an RTS game for someone who's new to the genre, not that extremely hard, but not that complex what an RTS fan would want. Positives: - Story gives you a good mix of scenarios, fighting on the side of both the "good" and "bad" guys - Graphics and cinematics are really nice - The UX feels user friendly, not overly complicated Negatives: - Sometimes the unit behavior is random, there is time when you stuck to an enemy like a magnet and can't fall back or move through them, other times units do nothing even if the biggest fights are going on next to them

For 77 dollar game pathing should not be broken causing units to getstuck on walls. Controls are horrible. No tooltips. Pace is so slow to move and so quick to fight it is very imbalanced and poorly executed game.