Alright, this is going to be a bit to get into but I'll put the TLDR here first:

If you have ever liked any 4X game (Explore, Expand, Exploit, Exterminate) but specifically: Stellaris, Total War: warhammer 3 or Endless Legend
If you have ever liked the old Heroes of Might and Magic Games
If you like Magic the Gathering TCG deckbuilding
If you like any tactical game
If you are new to strategy games but love the high fantasy tropes:

This game is a must buy and play.

I am blown away, I haven't played a videogame in sooooooooo long and felt like I was 10 years old playing my first strategy game for the first time.

This game does everything innovative and does it all right

You expand your cities in a very intuitive way where city placement and growth as choices feel good and important but not huge headaches.

The combat system feels like a mixture between Endless Legends and Heroes of Might and Magic and chef's kiss they did it beautifully.

You create your own High Fantasy empire and it is executed brilliantly, I'm mulling over a long time what I want to play, so many things to try and I can't get enough of it --- it all leads into what you 'Research' in this game.

You research Magical Tomes, NOT Science, the different Magics have their own attribute called affinity. This tells you how much of that magic is influencing your faction and because you can mix and match: It feels like you have lots of funny, cool, or terrifying possibilities to sink your teeth into. It does remind me of thematic magic the gathering deck building and it fits this game soooooo well.

Now is this game perfect? No - but damn it is close, honestly I probably won't ever care to download mods as long as the devs put out new content and fix the bugs - which I will maintain. Is very important.

It had a semi-rocky launch on bugs and it seems to be only multiplayer ones left, I'm waiting to see how fast they can get fixed and how much the devs are interested in this game long term (past their season pass).

I'm interested in this being a permanent upkeep game, in my eyes the game is perfect design wise, give me a longer pantheon tree, more civilization options and more unique map settings.

I haven't played games much in the past year, I have played this every day since iv'e found it. I don't plan on stopping anytime soon - I'll update this when Dawn of Dragons releases.

Alright, this is going to be a bit to get into but I'll put the TLDR here first: If you have ever liked any 4X game (Explore, Expand, Exploit, Exterminate) but specifically: Stellaris, Total War: warhammer 3 or Endless Legend If you have ever liked the old Heroes of Might and Magic Games If you like Magic the Gathering TCG deckbuilding If you like any tactical game If you are new to strategy games but love the high fantasy tropes: This game is a [i]must buy and play.[/i] I am blown away, I haven't played a videogame in sooooooooo long and felt like I was 10 years old playing my first strategy game for the first time. This game does everything innovative and does it all [i]right[/i] You expand your cities in a very intuitive way where city placement and growth as choices feel good and important but not huge headaches. The combat system feels like a mixture between Endless Legends and Heroes of Might and Magic and [i]chef's kiss[/i] they did it beautifully. You create your own High Fantasy empire and it is [i]executed brilliantly[/i], I'm mulling over a long time what I want to play, so many things to try and I can't get enough of it --- it all leads into what you 'Research' in this game. You research Magical Tomes, NOT Science, the different Magics have their own attribute called affinity. This tells you how much of that magic is influencing your faction and because you can mix and match: It feels like you have lots of funny, cool, or terrifying possibilities to sink your teeth into. It does remind me of thematic magic the gathering deck building and it fits this game soooooo well. Now is this game perfect? No - but damn it is close, honestly I probably won't ever care to download mods as long as the devs put out new content and fix the bugs - which I will maintain. Is very important. It had a semi-rocky launch on bugs and it seems to be only multiplayer ones left, I'm waiting to see how fast they can get fixed and how much the devs are interested in this game long term (past their season pass). I'm interested in this being a permanent upkeep game, in my eyes the game is perfect design wise, give me a longer pantheon tree, more civilization options and more unique map settings. I haven't played games much in the past year, I have played this every day since iv'e found it. I don't plan on stopping anytime soon - I'll update this when Dawn of Dragons releases.