Battlefall: State of Conflict

[h1]Pros:[/h1] ✅ [b]The story reminds me a lot of the Krush Kill ’N Destroy RTS game, and the factions are similar.[/b] ✅ [b]Short but interesting campaign (two more campaigns for different factions are planned).[/b] ✅ [b]The graphics strongly resemble classic Westwood games (Command & Conquer).[/b] ✅ [b]Achievements.[/b] [h1]Cons:[/h1] ❌ [b]The AI is really dumb. It just charges its entire army into your base, and if it doesn’t have units that can destroy units like helicopters for example, it will simply stand still and take all the damage until it’s destroyed.[/b] ❌ [b]The controls are a bit confusing and …

The only 'substantial' update this game has recieved since release was during a sale recently in an obvious attempt to boost viewership and buyer engagement. In between that time it's been recieving news posts like many developers do nowadays in order to avoid Valve's 'this game hasn't been updated in 3 months' tag, even though this and games like it haven't actually recieved any substantial patches, updates, additions or changes since release - which was over a year ago as of writing this mind you. It seems like unfished nostalgia bait by developers who aren't interested in intereacting with their consumer base and would rather push out micro patches if and when they feel like, and typically during sales for as I stated the dual purpose of avoiding the tag and further customer engagement. Until this game actually recieves any 'actual' consistent or substantial updates or buyers like myself notice any change in behavior from the developers AVOID IT. Also the last mission is nothing but a slog designed to drag out the two hour refund limit with zero balancing or strategy needed, just two long rows of the enemies buildings spamming over and over with no resources being gathere…

Unfortunately, at the time of review, this game is just not good enough for 20 bux. Even at -50%, I'd hesitate. It tries to be something of a Tiberian Sun, with UX equal to, or lower, than C&C 1. Let me give a few examples: [list] [*] There are deployable units (like artillery). However, if you deploy units, you lose both their selection and their control group. If you undeploy them, you don't get them back in the control group. C&C 1 didn't have deployable artillery - just slow and vulnerable units. When TibSun introduced (re)deployable units, it also improved the UX, so that unit assignments persisted through deployment. [*] There is no way to add units to control groups. You just need to select all the units and redefine the control group. [*] The pathfinding is very bad, with absolutely no magic boxing - it feels like a pure A*, with units being able to block each other's pathfinding, and run off across the map (into the enemy base). Two selections of Goliaths are easier to control. [*] Infantry units occupy 1 square each. This makes them far less powerful than in C&C, where 5 infantry units could crowd in single square. It's very hard to move infantry through infantry, or veh…

Good bones, Cool art direction. VERY EARLY ACCESS FEEL. Both of the two available factions feel unique both visually and gameplay wise. The map Selection is decent and has a good mix of more RP/Sim maps as well as straight competitive style maps. That said still even after a while of giving it time to have it's updates and brew a bit longer. It still feels pretty "Early Access". For a modern title even at $24(CAD) You'd expect slightly better AI and a more fleshed out tech tree It feels as though there's not really much to explore and unlock that you can't achieve entirely within the first 5 minutes of a skirmish match and it still remains very much a doom stack assault pretty much every time. I would likely reccomend at a later stage in EA, but currently I'm gonna have to say you'd be better off waiting.

x-- 7/10 --x A straight-forward, and very well developed RTS game. The graphics, while simplistic, work really well and brought back feelings of playing Tiberium Sun for the first time.

A cautious recommend. While many will point out the CnC influence, it is clear that the devs are going for something closer to KKnD2, which is neat as not a lot of people talk about that game and it's pretty good. The music is good and the art style is fun. A lot of little details and personality quirks to Battlefall in general really. Two out of three factions are in the game, each faction has a distinct personality to it that is enjoyable. If you like commanding vehicles this is a good pick as there are many to choose from as opposed to the infantry options. The infantry aren't bad, there are just three options to produce and I love infantry in RTS games so that's a bit of a let down personally. The battlefall upgrade system is interesting, similar to CnC generals. I'm not sure what could be done but it seems a little sparse only upgrading unit stats or calling in paratroopers/income, maybe add some support powers or WMD strikes. It's a unique vision that wears its influences on its sleeve. Although it's a tad barebones compared to what is planned down the road. I really hope it succeeds as this is a solid foundation and could be something really fun when finished. It's …