Recent reviews by Mercenary

Love the game. It was fun to play. There is some stuff to be aware of though. First off, the developers say it takes 150 hours to get to the end. That isn't even close to true. I just now unlocked everything in the game at hour 68. Less than half the time they said. Secondly, there isn't anything to work towards once you unlock everything. You only need the resources to maintain your gear and build a few fun things, which isn't expensive, so your giant factory that you needed to reach end game becomes relatively useless.

This is not a high speed, action packed, pretty light show meant for the masses. You can't be brain dead and make an impact or expect to progress. This is a thinkers game. You plot, scheme, and slowly build up. You start as one person, and where you go is up to you. The options to enact your strategy are endless, but it takes patience, and foresight. Instant gratification is not here. This game does not care that you exist, and it will go on whether you are successful or not, but you have all the opportunity to make an impact. Trade, Build, Think, Fight, pretty much says it all about this game.

We heard you like tutorial, so we made it over 2 freaking hours long, and then when you start a campaign for a different race, none of that 2 hour tutorial is applicable.

You know what my favorite part about Arcanum was? It was possible for the game to be unbeatable. Took me 10 characters or more before I was able to beat it back in the day.
Thank you :)

The greatest 4x just keeps getting better. I thought this game was done being worked on. And I never would have thought that another dlc would be as full of life as all the others. Wrong again :) The best just keeps on getting better.

I really like the concept of this game. Its fun to play, and the Art is amazing. Honestly there isn't anything that I can think of wrong with it (other than the usual frame dips, and minor pathing issues that is expected in early access) after playing about 15 games in about 3 hours. Everything is functional as far as I can tell.
It is my hope that this game gets a little more publicity. I didn't even know about it till the day before it released on early access.
I played against AI bots in all my matches simply because of the publicity thing, and not many people playing it, but the AI is smart enough to make it fun.
The only con that I can think is all you'll really be doing is playing bot matches, or the every so often player match if you can get one, simply because the campaign is not implemented into the game yet, and its obviously built around multiplayr. But since its fun, quick to play and really easy to learn, its easy to just load it up and play for 15 to 20 minutes at a time. Also it should be easy to schedule a game with a friend who plays it since, again, the games are pretty fast.

p.s. I'm rooting for you devs :) I hope you get your spotlight. I really do.

Buggy: yes
Netcode: not amazing
Imbalanced: slightly yes
Fun: HELL YES!
Deep Strategy: Yes, IF you can get past the learning curve
My Credentials: 1100+ freakin hours

The game we have is good, the game we will get later will probably be epic. Get past the "Give it to me now" mentality of not having all the features, see the game for what it is, and you will enjoy yourself.