![]() Terrain looks to be made of low-resolution textures and the roads that cut through them (which offer no speed advantage to those that travel on them) look to have been drawn in with little care. Character models scan both boring and stiff in their animations. ![]() You’re never given a way to improve your soldiers, artillery or equipment before or during missions.ġ00 Year’s Wars’ serviceable graphics prove underwhelming for a title released in 2019. 100 Years’ War offers little in terms of rewards. Attacking from the rear often means winning a melee, but flanking doesn’t grant an advantage, and as any strategy player knows, flanking is one of the most important tactics. Most melees come down to a roll of the dice, and you’ll likely see numerically superior units bested by inferior enemy units once or twice during each battle. Perhaps the worst element of the game, however, is that the title offers little in the way of tactics. In short, you will likely want to play this game with the sound off or turn off the sound effects in the settings menu. The game provides exactly one sound for when units are killed, one for when units meet in melee, one for when horse-mounted cavalry move in the environment, so on and so forth. Slogging Through the MudĪmong the worst sins of this game are the battle sounds. Hexwar forgoes skill trees, and offers precious little in the way of leveling up your units or ways to exploit the environment to your advantage. Unfortunately, when it comes to gameplay, the game sacrifices much of what players of the RTS genre enjoy on the pyre of simplicity. The music is unobtrusive but evocative of the period. The developers have adorned the home screen, menus and loading screen with artwork evoking the period and script fonts that look the part of notes written in the 1300s. In terms of immersion and atmosphere leading into your conquests, 100 Years’ War shines. ![]() The game is surprisingly educational and well-researched given its status as a budget title from a small indie developer. These aren’t fantastical scenarios dreamed up by the developer, but rather real conflicts that happened during England’s 100 Years’ war. There’s even more battle to be had in either of the $1.99 expansions.Įach battle you fight is given its historical context on the loading screen. With the option to fight battles from both sides, Hexwar’s RTS offers up two dozen skirmishes to win and multiple paths to victory as you learn to master different units and exploit their strengths. Less Total War: Rome than Total War: Phone, 100 Years’ war offers a good deal of conquest to be had in this $2.99 title. ![]()
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