The Settlers: New Allies

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2.6

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 98 Ratings

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  1. SylvaConnect
    Sep 4, 2023
    0
    This game is what happens when you try to copy paste AOE4. A game that was already 2/10, you lose the last 2 points for somehow being even worse than 4 is. Why would you copy a game whose overwhelmingly negative in reception to begin with? What an insult. At least in settlers 7 you could enjoy yourself still. But here lol, no chance.
  2. Echomike78
    Aug 4, 2023
    0
    It really shows that the Dev Team switched the title from a original Settlers game to a sh#tty RTS in the middle of the development. It`s utter garbage and should not exist. Another franchise ruined by ubisofts braindead execs.
  3. Ursulus
    Jul 30, 2023
    9
    I've been playing within the Settlers world since The Settlers in the 90's and was waiting impatiently for a new Settlers after Settlers 7. New Allies is a slightly different take, but there have been several different takes over the years.. some have worked better than others so to say it doesn't fit in with the "Settlers" family is disingenuous because the Settlers family is varied. II've been playing within the Settlers world since The Settlers in the 90's and was waiting impatiently for a new Settlers after Settlers 7. New Allies is a slightly different take, but there have been several different takes over the years.. some have worked better than others so to say it doesn't fit in with the "Settlers" family is disingenuous because the Settlers family is varied. I have to admit that there is work that needs to be done, but that has been the case for several iterations but the foundations they have built are beautiful and have massive potential! The developers are actively working on new content and improving the existing gameplay/content but it is still imminently playable if you want something a bit more economy based than Age of Empires, this is the game for you!… Expand
  4. PicklRick
    Jul 16, 2023
    0
    Horrible game no matter if you played the ones before! I did play all the settlers and used to love Ubisoft but as of now, I do not understand how Ubisoft still exist.
  5. nikt455
    Jun 13, 2023
    4
    This is full game and early access content. Game is no completed. AI no exists.
  6. PlayNery
    May 26, 2023
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Se a gente for falar de questão gráfica e jogabilidade o jogo é simplesmente mágico! Agora se formos falar de interface e experiência de usuário, o jogo deixou muito a desejar. Mas vamos falar primeiro dos gráficos, ele é fantástico; não deixou a desejar nenhum pouco, o brilho das imagens, os mapas, a qualidade do jogo em si é muito bem desenhada, eu sinceramente nunca vi nada igual. Alias, vi sim, o Age of Empires IV, mas aí já é um jogo diferente, enfim... Agora falando sobre interface e experiência de usuário, é desanimador, começando pelo menu, a gente já fica bem perdido sem saber por onde começar. Na parte multiplayer, não sabia quando ia jogar com a AI ou com um player, sei que o jogo lançou recentemente e pode haver mudanças, mas ainda sim acredito que poderia fazer algo bem melhor que o que fizeram. Sobre a mecânica do jogo, acredito que eles devem melhorar muito, pois no meio da partida, aconteceu de toda a produção parar do nada. simplesmente ninguém trabalhou mais. Não sei se tem a questão da "greve" no jogo kkkk mas aconteceu comigo isso e tenho certeza que aconteceu com outras pessoas com pelo menos 4 horas de jogo. Mas minhas considerações finais é que o jogo ainda sim conseguiu superar minhas expectativas. Então merece um 7… Expand
  7. Stik_Figure
    May 1, 2023
    4
    The Slog: New Boredom

    Combat: The Settlers is an overly easy RTS. This game literally requires zero thought in combat. It is pretty simple. Do you have more units than the enemy? Then you win. Amassing an army that can conquer the map is effortless. Gathering: Get used to the same buildings and roads over, and over, and over...Nothing upgrades, nothing can be made more powerful aside    The Slog: New Boredom

    Combat: The Settlers is an overly easy RTS. This game literally requires zero thought in combat. It is pretty simple. Do you have more units than the enemy? Then you win. Amassing an army that can conquer the map is effortless.

    Gathering: Get used to the same buildings and roads over, and over, and over...Nothing upgrades, nothing can be made more powerful aside from assigning an extra resource to it. Everything is cheap to make, nothing takes effort.

    The Story: Is a joke. Who is writing these games for Ubisoft? Fire them. "Hey there, just us oppressed Settlers,, the good guys cause we said so. Now lets go to a new island, amass an army, and slaughter every living person on it. Poor us." Just laughable.

    Overall: It's another identity-less, watered down, Ubisoft product. Bad design. Contrivances that take the place of difficulty spikes. Boring attempt at and underdog story. Just bad at every level, especially a few hours in when you realize, this is it. This is all you are getting for the rest of the game.

    No Thanks.    … Expand
  8. Daranix
    Mar 25, 2023
    9
    Let me explain the higher than average score please - the game itself is entertaing, it is a nice combination of the Settlers roots with a modern faster paced approach. It recieves bad ratings because the veteran playerbase wanted deep economy, single player oriented game, which it is not as much as they’ve wanted. The issues with crashes that the game has are bot helping the score asLet me explain the higher than average score please - the game itself is entertaing, it is a nice combination of the Settlers roots with a modern faster paced approach. It recieves bad ratings because the veteran playerbase wanted deep economy, single player oriented game, which it is not as much as they’ve wanted. The issues with crashes that the game has are bot helping the score as well, although quite a few has already been patched.

    Now to the positive side - the potential of the game is huge with it’s cross platform release and crossplay enabled. It looks great and please great as well when it works as it should, which it does most of the time by now. If the dev team keeps working on the game, I believe it should be given a chance.    … Expand
  9. Nernst
    Mar 13, 2023
    0
    An insult to the original creator, an insult to the community and the fans, an insult to the legacy.

    Leaving behind a product, made for profit only, without a soul, several itterations and changes, complete overhauls. Promising features with the announcement, that are now dearly missed. All that is left is a shallow and tasteless puddle of mediocrity not even a thirsty stray cat    An insult to the original creator, an insult to the community and the fans, an insult to the legacy.

    Leaving behind a product, made for profit only, without a soul, several itterations and changes, complete overhauls. Promising features with the announcement, that are now dearly missed.

    All that is left is a shallow and tasteless puddle of mediocrity not even a thirsty stray cat wants to gulp from.

    Feel ashamed. For you are nothing more but a peripheral shadow in the sight of the devotee, whose eyes are searching tirelessly in hope for a passionate piece of art that he can immerse himself into.

    This here? Will never be that.    … Expand
  10. Gregtami
    Mar 12, 2023
    0
    Thank you for killing another franchise Ubisoft. Can’t wait to see what will be your next victim… I mean “project”.
  11. Weidenwiesel
    Mar 9, 2023
    0
    It's just another diarrhea from Ubisoft.
    We all should know what to expect when they're involved.
  12. Avadon
    Mar 5, 2023
    3
    This could have been a good game, but unfortunately it feels like a game where different developers wanted to take it in different directions and they fought, but nobody won, so it ended up a mish mash of half baked features. The campaign is a snoozefest, soldiers have like 3000 ms built in lag before responding to any command, it's full of bugs, save game stops working, multiplayer isThis could have been a good game, but unfortunately it feels like a game where different developers wanted to take it in different directions and they fought, but nobody won, so it ended up a mish mash of half baked features. The campaign is a snoozefest, soldiers have like 3000 ms built in lag before responding to any command, it's full of bugs, save game stops working, multiplayer is broken and desyncs, crashes, basically the multiplayer is unplayable.

    The only good part of the game is Hardcore Mode, where you can play skirmish maps with modifiers which rotate weekly, with allies in co-op. Unfortunately, the game doesn't auto matchmake you with an ally for these challenges. No big deal, you can ask around in the game's discord, right? Well, no. The game doesn't have a discord. You have to browse the forums and find some unofficial fan discords.

    Overall, nobody seems to care about this game. Ubisoft barely promoted it, the developers are pretty much absent, it's missing basic features, and is broken in many ways. It doesn't feel like Ubisoft expects you to buy this game, it feels like they expect you to pay a month of Ubi+ subscription, try it, realize it's bad and then uninstall it. Just casual mitigation of the financial losses that they had when it became clear that the development wasn't going anywhere. I hope they at least fix the multiplayer connectivity problems before they drop it like a hot potato, which is clearly what they want to do as soon as possible, so the few players that actually like it can at least play it sometimes.    … Expand
  13. calmon
    Mar 4, 2023
    0
    Happens when you think all the nice elements of old settlers is to complicate for mass market and make everything more simple and not-settle-like.
  14. NeugablonzerG
    Mar 2, 2023
    0
    And again, an AAA-publisher takes his chance to burry a 30-year old franchise. This could easily be the worst game of the year. No need for details, they have been discussed for month now, but a few notes:

    1. This is NOT a Settlers Game. 2. This is a BAD and BORING RTS, why play this crap, if there are so many good RTS Games with various settings waiting ouit there for us? 3. It's    And again, an AAA-publisher takes his chance to burry a 30-year old franchise. This could easily be the worst game of the year. No need for details, they have been discussed for month now, but a few notes:

    1. This is NOT a Settlers Game.
    2. This is a BAD and BORING RTS, why play this crap, if there are so many good RTS Games with various settings waiting ouit there for us?
    3. It's technically a DISASTER. How could this get relased? HOW?
    4. Ingame shop is working, actually one thing is working kappa.
    5. The Campain is boring, bad and a waste of time.
    6. The AI is so bad, actually AI's should be offended by calling this thing AI.
    7. Dont buy this, burn your money or eat it instead of investing it in this game.
    8. Bye    … Expand
  15. Ursa06
    Mar 2, 2023
    6
    The have offers an interesting blend between the Settlers and more classical RTS, combining full combat unit control with complex production chains and interesting research tree.

    The game does still lack some depth and features of the modern strategy games, but I believe it's one or two major updates away from success, but maybe it should have not been a Settlers game but rather a    The have offers an interesting blend between the Settlers and more classical RTS, combining full combat unit control with complex production chains and interesting research tree.

    The game does still lack some depth and features of the modern strategy games, but I believe it's one or two major updates away from success, but maybe it should have not been a Settlers game but rather a standalone product.    … Expand
  16. JohnLSD
    Mar 1, 2023
    0
    Not a builder anymore. It's oversimplified and dumb downed. It has no depth and there is nothing to do except to wait. It's also full of bugs and glitches. But the worst part, there is a settlers limit of 500, even in Settlers 2 you could have more than that. The combat is mega clanky, each time you move a unit it will stop for a second while the enemy hits it. The story, for retardedNot a builder anymore. It's oversimplified and dumb downed. It has no depth and there is nothing to do except to wait. It's also full of bugs and glitches. But the worst part, there is a settlers limit of 500, even in Settlers 2 you could have more than that. The combat is mega clanky, each time you move a unit it will stop for a second while the enemy hits it. The story, for retarded kids. The campaign, with tone of crazy chores. You always have to do all kind of mission objectives, why cant i just play the game, why cant i just relax, why do i always have to do **** to be able to carry on? this game is broken on so many levels that it's impossible to fix with DLC's. And why do i have to buy DLC's to be able to play and enjoy a game that i have already bought?… Expand
  17. Banzai10000
    Mar 1, 2023
    6
    Settlers are no ideal, but not bad at all like many wrote. Yea, it had some 'raws' and rude angles but it's all can be polish and fixed. Many negative is go from "Store" in game... but it all visual. If you don't like new skins - don't buy it. It addon to the game visual and not are mechanic or gameplay of game.
    I hope Ubi will not drop this and will patch and full game. Now it's '6' for    Settlers are no ideal, but not bad at all like many wrote. Yea, it had some 'raws' and rude angles but it's all can be polish and fixed. Many negative is go from "Store" in game... but it all visual. If you don't like new skins - don't buy it. It addon to the game visual and not are mechanic or gameplay of game.
    I hope Ubi will not drop this and will patch and full game. Now it's '6' for new breath and experiments.    … Expand
  18. forzakorea
    Mar 1, 2023
    9
    Après avoir joué une dizaine d heure de jeu Le jeu est graphiquement magnifique super boulot Après ce n est plus un settlers ça ressemble plus à un âge of empire et à un northgard sans l hiver à survivre.
    Après seulement 3 factions Connaissant Ubisoft beaucoup de mise à jour vont être déployer pour peaufiner leur jeu avec du contenu additionnel qui va sûrement améliorer tout ça jeu acheté    Après avoir joué une dizaine d heure de jeu Le jeu est graphiquement magnifique super boulot Après ce n est plus un settlers ça ressemble plus à un âge of empire et à un northgard sans l hiver à survivre.
    Après seulement 3 factions Connaissant Ubisoft beaucoup de mise à jour vont être déployer pour peaufiner leur jeu avec du contenu additionnel qui va sûrement améliorer tout ça jeu acheté day one à 39e et je ne regrette pas le multijoueurs pas assez stable pour l instant    … Expand
  19. fervalosious
    Feb 28, 2023
    8
    The Settlers: New Allies is refreshingly reminiscent of Settlers 3. Some things have been dumbed down a bit and there is lots of room for improvement but overall it captures the same feel of the classics. There are lots of critics claiming that this game "doesn't know what it is" but I strongly disagree here.

    My biggest disappointments, however, is the lack of a free-for-all mode or    The Settlers: New Allies is refreshingly reminiscent of Settlers 3. Some things have been dumbed down a bit and there is lots of room for improvement but overall it captures the same feel of the classics. There are lots of critics claiming that this game "doesn't know what it is" but I strongly disagree here.

    My biggest disappointments, however, is the lack of a free-for-all mode or the option to play with AI teammates. It is also a huge let down that there is no editor or map generator.    … Expand
  20. jberry
    Feb 28, 2023
    1
    very disappointing game... I was baited by the name but it's totally different than I expected. I loved to play settler 1-4 and I still love to play anno 1800 but this game is more like a early access indie game than a building economy game with a little military action. It's more a bad military action game with a bit of building and economy... I don't understand why they changed the corevery disappointing game... I was baited by the name but it's totally different than I expected. I loved to play settler 1-4 and I still love to play anno 1800 but this game is more like a early access indie game than a building economy game with a little military action. It's more a bad military action game with a bit of building and economy... I don't understand why they changed the core gameplay mechanics of this franchise...… Expand
  21. Gnold
    Feb 27, 2023
    0
    The game does not work, like you cant find anyone to play vs. and when you get a game after 1 hour you desync 20 mins into the game, and **** there is no CHAT so you cant even talk to people. i dont know how the game is because it does not even work
  22. Finn883
    Feb 27, 2023
    1
    The game does not deserve the name The Settlers. It gets boring very quickly and has no depth. It is not a real Settlers game and not a real RTS like Age of Empires. Only 1 point because of the pretty graphics.

    After Volker Wertich rightly left the project, the game was doomed. Because then the wrong decisions were made by people who don't understand The Settlers. They try to get the    The game does not deserve the name The Settlers. It gets boring very quickly and has no depth. It is not a real Settlers game and not a real RTS like Age of Empires. Only 1 point because of the pretty graphics.

    After Volker Wertich rightly left the project, the game was doomed. Because then the wrong decisions were made by people who don't understand The Settlers. They try to get the maximum profit out of it. Keep the game simple, ingame shop with real money and console versions. A console version is basically not wrong, but only if the game does not lose depth in development for it.

    Pioneers of Pagonia will enter early access on Steam at the end of 2023. The new building strategy game by Volker Wertich, the father of The Settlers. Wait for this game, it's worth it!

    If you can't wait, play The Settlers 7 History Edition or Settlers 3 & 4 with the settlers-united fan patches: multiplayer lag fixes, better AI, new maps, real new HD graphics and more.
    But please, don't by this game.    … Expand
  23. aubrechtv
    Feb 24, 2023
    0
    I bought subscription because of it and spent 2 hours on it and in my opinion it's wasted money.

    - Game crashed on first run. - Real visuals of game (not PR materials) looks terrible, it looks worse than 13 years older Settlers 7. - It doesn't have surround audio - Whole game looks "cheap" and unfinished (UI is absolutely terrible) - I am not aware of any way to restart campaign (I    I bought subscription because of it and spent 2 hours on it and in my opinion it's wasted money.

    - Game crashed on first run.

    - Real visuals of game (not PR materials) looks terrible, it looks worse than 13 years older Settlers 7.

    - It doesn't have surround audio

    - Whole game looks "cheap" and unfinished (UI is absolutely terrible)

    - I am not aware of any way to restart campaign (I skipped intro videos as I was just testing graphics details at first and no way to watch it now...)

    - No changes of speed in a game (you can buy Booster packs for real money)

    - Seems like realtime strategy rather than Settlers:

    - You need to have resources in advance to be able to build building.

    - Warehouses must be in close proximity of gathering places.

    - Direct management army and building units
    (engineers)


    To some extend I liked it, but not enough to spend more time on it as it felt I am playing beta version of product which is just trying to get as much money from people for as low amount of effort as possible.    … Expand
  24. lambass147
    Feb 24, 2023
    2
    I'm big fan of Settlers but If you wanna spend money on Settlers game go and buy Settlers 2,3 and 4. Dont waste your money on this garbage with mix of all known great strategy games. AI are bad as it can be mostly beacuse of routes and storage places - settlers always grab items near of them and not near from production building or storage - example - i had stone miner builded i build goldI'm big fan of Settlers but If you wanna spend money on Settlers game go and buy Settlers 2,3 and 4. Dont waste your money on this garbage with mix of all known great strategy games. AI are bad as it can be mostly beacuse of routes and storage places - settlers always grab items near of them and not near from production building or storage - example - i had stone miner builded i build gold mine with 1 space from that stone mine and my settlers grab stones on gold mine from the furthest storage place. next thing is in-game cash, why we should spend any money on sorry for that word stupid visuals in our beloved Settlers game ? This thing should not be in game at all. Mostly disappointing is campaign we waited so many years for just 12 missions? That is really sad. In last the game is at it is you cant change any settings in game (except damm skins) you can't set difficulty you canť pick your map (its's always random) you just can't do nothing just play their game and spend your money.… Expand
  25. Mortimore
    Feb 24, 2023
    9
    Didn't expect to like the game this much. I think the Settlers has been in an identity crisis since at least settler's 3, so the fact that the game is oriented differently then previous once is fine to me.

    As I don't like multiplayer I can't say much about that, but it has been one of the campaigns I enjoyed by far the most in recent years. The difficulty is sadly not selectable and    Didn't expect to like the game this much. I think the Settlers has been in an identity crisis since at least settler's 3, so the fact that the game is oriented differently then previous once is fine to me.

    As I don't like multiplayer I can't say much about that, but it has been one of the campaigns I enjoyed by far the most in recent years. The difficulty is sadly not selectable and increases only really in the last 3 levels. I do have to say I really enjoy the mix between RTS and the economy based game. It is brilliant for a relaxed evening. I think the focus for the game is more with casuals, which most likely is the origin of the hate against it.    … Expand
  26. vinzentg37
    Feb 23, 2023
    0
    Wants to be a lot of things and ends up being nothing at all. Graphics are beautiful, but the price for that seems to be that the game keeps crashing. Also has a lot of other critical bugs.
  27. TheTruthIsHarsh
    Feb 23, 2023
    4
    Meh, zu wenig Siedler und die ganze produktionsketten sind ein Witz, und oft nur optional.
    Für ein RTS zu langsame Mechaniken und zu wenig verschiedene Einheiten und für ein Siedler zu wenig Siedler.
  28. P3-3T
    Feb 23, 2023
    9
    Good game. good graphics. maybe I'm lucky but the game doesn't crash or anything like that for me. typical settler mechanics. The only bug I have is that the game won't close from time to time. then i have to end this via the task manager. the game was still saved.
    I haven't played the beta, so I can't rate the difference.
  29. OrdoMalleus
    Feb 23, 2023
    1
    What a shame. I am and was a big fan of the settlers. I started as a child and really love it. And now? Is is definitly not an RTS, the RTS part is very weak an unbalanced. And sadly it is not an building simulation ever. It is only bad, and buggy just really sad so see what happened to this series..
  30. UselessMate
    Feb 22, 2023
    2
    The Game wants to be a fast and dynamic RTS but fails because the economy part takes too long and is too slow for that type of game design. But for base build game it is too shallow. Food totally optional and you end up buildung houses all the time and one production chain for millitary. Also place the overpowered towers and you are done. Thats not what settlers about. It would be anThe Game wants to be a fast and dynamic RTS but fails because the economy part takes too long and is too slow for that type of game design. But for base build game it is too shallow. Food totally optional and you end up buildung houses all the time and one production chain for millitary. Also place the overpowered towers and you are done. Thats not what settlers about. It would be an enjoyable game if they would at more economy elemets and more variaty in millitary units. But in the current state this is an abomination to what settlers once stood for.… Expand
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54

Mixed or average reviews - based on 23 Critic Reviews

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  1. Positive: 1 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 18 out of 23
  3. Negative: 4 out of 23
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 23, 2024
    40
    The game looks like a mobile game for the little ones, where production chains and military units have been kept to a minimum. Most of the options start and end on a chronic shortage of wood, and food isn't even considered an essential ingredient. [Issue#326]
  2. GameCritics
    Aug 11, 2023
    10
    The Settlers: New Allies is the latest entry in a beloved and longstanding franchise, and carries an inherent advantage of starting with a greatly successful formula. However, there simply aren’t any exciting updates or formula explorations here. The buggy quality of the code at time of review and utterly flat narrative are salt in the wound, resulting in a game that does not boast a single positive reason to warrant a purchase.
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  3. Wccftech
    Apr 16, 2023
    50
    The Settlers: New Allies isn't quite the return to Settlers that fans of the franchise would want. Shallow across all areas, with basic city-building and very basic strategy elements, held together by an average narrative. It's not a bad game, but it's also not good.
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