Recent reviews by Urtel

Lets take a look at whats great and not so great about Endless Legend, a sequel to Endless Space 4x game that now takes a more fantasy-like setting. Its still a 4x game with all same tropes, yet it has several major advantages over Civ games in my opinion. For starters, it has better combat which is a big enough reason for me. Now let me list all the positives and negatives i found about this game.
Pros:
Great visual style and design
Easy to learn and very neat UI
Easy to pickup if you have already played 4x games
Different from other 4x games due to unique races and mechanics
Music is just phenominal
Actual battlefields for combat more in tone with HoMM rather than simplified Civ style
Has random quests and faction unique sorylines
Has Heroes and progressions, which strengthens HoMM vibe even more
Cons:
AI is still not that great, same as with other strategy games, it relies on cheats to provide better competition
Simplified Research when compared to Endless Space (might be a pro, if you are new or dislike complex tech trees)
Addicting like any other 4x game. Just one more turn, and one more ... Oh look, its 5am
All in all i strongly recommend this game to anyone, even if you never played 4x games or srategy games in general.
It really brings the feeling of magical and unknown world around you. And music is insane. Seriously. One of the best soundtracks i ever heard.