Nice game ...kind of sucks cause I can only choose from 4 nations :(....
Reviews for "Battle Sails"
Fun little game. Nice visual assets and decent subject matter, but game mechanics and design aren't quite there and the music is pretty generic. Other commentors are complaining, but their complaints don't make sense.
Someone said ship battles are too long, but they aren't that long at all; I never found myself wishing for an auto resolve feature.
Someone also said that the game was too slow / difficult, with too many pirate attacks and natural disasters, and making money is too slow. I don't see how that makes sense at all:
- on hardest difficulty, I beat the game (all territories conquered) in only 9 turns
- those 9 turns went so fast, I didn't have time to research more than 4 out of 14 technologies
- I lost zero forts and 7 ships (enemy losses: 13 forts, 39 ships)
- I lost maybe 1 ship to pirates and natural disasters
- by the end, I was making more than 1,000 gold per turn
If anything, it needs to be balanced for being too quick and easy.
The game needs balancing. I have all techs, but I only have 4 places with 219 gold each turn. Yes I can get a galleon each turn, but I'm losing 2-3 ships nearly every turn to pirates and natural disasters. I am getting ahead, but at a pace that is not fun.
Loved the game , but the ship fighting takes way too long. I understand that it is supposed to be like that since it is an turn-based game , but a skip button / automatic fighting would be awesome !
I saw this game on many sites it always put a smile on my face when a new Hoplite game comes out! Great work!