Bonaparte - A Mechanized Revolution

Как фанат истории, наполеоновских войн и в целом игр в жанровом поле Sword&Musket, я был крайне позитивно настроен на игру Bonaparte. Тайтл с альтернативно-исторической задумкой где в конце 18го века у европейских держав появляются боевые мéхи и нам предстоит вершить с ними судьбу новоиспеченной французской республики. К сожалению, помимо самой идеи, геймплея с роботами, который зайдет только ультра-мега-гига фанатам пошаговых стратежек и вайбов того времени, зацепиться собственно не за что. Сюжет, который по факту разделяется на три ветки: Роялистская - спасаем Людовика и Кирстен Данст, ветка Умеренной Партии - садимся на два стула, и ветка Робеспьера (political terror vibes) не имеет никакой динамики и вариативности. В целом, помимо персонажей, с которыми мы общаемся и торгуемся и пары диалогов особой разницы между ними нет. Также захватываем все провинции, также приходим на национальную ассамблею продвигать законы, которые мало на что влияют и чиллим в ожидании перекраса карты в нужный нам цвет на выбор. Также в игре фигурируют всякие технические косяки, баги и отсутствующие функции, необходимые в такого рода играх, но про это есть много комментов в других обзорах. Раз за сю…

I can't in all good concience reccommend this. It's an interesting idea for a game...an alternate history French revolution where you can guide your alternate Napoleon to help either the Jacobins, Moderates, or Royalists to power, but honestly it feels flat on pretty much every count. The Political Layer falls flat in that other than 2 choices at the start of the game to determine your faction alignment, there really isn't any choice or flavor too them; instead boiling down to a 'National Assembly' political system that just affects only small mechanical changes that barely impact the strategic layer, but quickly become irrelevant when a faction is eliminated every 15 turns or so. The Strategic Layer falls flat because the game is far too short and unbalanced. The game progresses through 'coups' roughly every 15 turns which are scripted battles that basically eliminate one of the factions as a serious contender; but means the game only seems to last around 45 turns...nowhere near enough for any meaningful depth. Why invest thousands of money on a building upgrade for an extra 10 influence a turn? It feels like a deeper campaign 'should' be there but the game ends far to…

There is no button to disband units. The most basic feature for the strategy games of this type is missing. How? Why was it so difficult to program this much-needed feature? Let me explain why it is pain in the ass. I recruited a good officer, but he came with a unit of peasant mob, armed with pitchforks. Now, I moved this officer to a proper unit, but to remove the trash troop, I must engage in battle and ensure it would die. Does this level of pointless micromanagement look funny to you? Because I hate it.

Its a good game I really enjoy it love the mechs fun to use them setting is interesting I personally would have went further with the steampunk mechanization like Musketeers with steampunk APC's or a steamwagon with a cannon that sounds awesome two thumbs up for me on this game

really fun game with a great idea, has some minor bugs which are mildly annoying and the army system is a bit weird, but other then those the game is really fun and thematic with the only things I would want fixed is the immortal generals which makes defeating them feel wasteful as they will just stay in place

abandonware