Another Great Spin-Off
Its great to see your still continuing the AoW series, as I'm quite a fan of them.
The others were great, but this one is Amazing.
Keep up the good work
Reviews for "Siegius"
Good, but it's got problems
Finally, a war game that doesn't lag my terrible computer. Please keep this in future gaming.
On the plus side, commendable gameplay, upgrade system, and overall layout. Simple, visually appealing and not tedious. The writing was alright, but a lot of the humour seemed hit or miss, especially for an "M" game (not sure why this is).
However, some problems. Certain missions were annoyingly difficult and tedious without both the proper units and the correct upgrades on those units (I speak mainly of the Out of the Frying Pan level in the Gaulish campaign). Also note that in these levels, it is actually impossible for the opponent to win once you have maxed out archers on the tower because the funds received outweighs the cost of repairs. Also did not quite follow those archer's ranges, which inexplicably hits long distance units at a farther range than close range units. Also, regardless of the range upgrades on the Roman archers, they continue to go into the same spot away from the enemy base as ones who were not upgraded, which was only annoying when a 300 or so gold unit gets stomped by slow infantry because they decided to make a line unnecessarily close to the enemy base...
Also, watch spelling. I did see some errors, nothing too major, can't remember where...
Other than trivial things, a good game.
Really fun.
Okay, so Siegus is simple enough that you don't need to be a well practiced strategist and well....I like that! Yet I've noticed some designs in your game elements which balance out the playing field, like you cabn't just use shitloads of archers to storm a base because as soon as they start shooting a fort it generally kills them all. I did find myself, however, using archers and defenders in combo throughout most of the game. I used the legionaries to some effect but they just didn't satisfy me. I also like how on the last upgrade for x3 amount it would decrease costs making it more efficient to buy in bulk...which made players want to upgrade more.
My only issues are two things...1- gauls were boring to play.
and 2- archers were solution to almost any situation after you max their range.
4/5 and 9/10.
Exactly what I wanted
I was looking for a roman army side scroller and happened upon this. I loved the Caesar campaign but the other two got boring quickly and i felt they were a little out of order because the campaigns only seemed to get easier. Overall though it was a really fun game and kept me entertained for quite a while. I'd love playing another but maybe add the armies of some of the other people the romans conquered, save thier campaign for last and, add more units/upgrade w/ visuals.
God this game was my childhood, while replaying it here, the sound quality isn't the best, and some of the levels are really brutal, but the game play loop and general idea is so cool, it's kind of like stick war combined with some other strategy game and I love it.