The Settlers: New Allies

 PlayStation 4
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  1. Digitally Downloaded
    Jul 11, 2023
    50
    Ubisoft’s city builders tend to be good: Anno was released on console just last year and it is a genuinely good time. But then Anno respects the player’s intelligence and allows them to make mistakes and try things along the way. The Settlers: New Allies wants you to play like an automaton, and the inflexibility and lack of variety in this game become draining far too quickly. It’s a treat to look at, but it’s a sour thing to play, and it’s immensely disappointing that we’ve waited 13 years for this.

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  1. Fantastic__Fox
    Aug 30, 2023
    0
    Let me preface this stating I have never played any of the previous Settlers games and I didn’t even know about this series till now. I haveLet me preface this stating I have never played any of the previous Settlers games and I didn’t even know about this series till now. I have played plenty of RTS games like C&C and AoE and the like.

    This game is one of the most confusing and badly balanced games I’ve ever come across. Recently got it on “sale” for $60. I wouldn’t recommend this game at $6.

    Here are some issues we had with the game off the top of my head:

    For the love of God why would you have the Logging Farm cost WOOD, in order to farm wood?! We got 2 hrs into a multiplayer game when my wife ran out of wood (coz some buildings auto suck up resources if you don’t turn their production off specifically, something a beginner would not be expected to know at all!). There are trees right there but she can’t build anything coz it costs Wood to build the building that farms the wood. What sort of joke is this? So we had to abandon this game coz of this basic poor design, literally RTS 101.

    Can’t party up on Co-op. Invites just refuse to work and the system is broken and confusing. We ended up just both searching for a casual game at the same time and hoping we’d be matched and it worked coz no one else is playing this game since it’s so trash.

    Why on earth can you not select a multiplayer map or set up the AI difficulty or set up anything for that matter. No map, no difficulty, no win conditions, no setting up teams. Just the very pure basics of the game aren’t there.

    The store and skins seems to work seamlessly so we know where the focus for Ubisoft is.

    Multiplayer maps that keep you completely separated. As in your armies can’t interact and you can’t attack each other. Completely divided by mountains etc. and you have to win by other methods. I realised this was a thing for the series deep into a game, which is fine. But you can’t even pick the mode/win condition when you join a game. What trash design.

    Honestly this game is not worth your time or money. Save yourself the trouble and go play something else. Ubisoft seem to make very bad quality games lately and I should’ve known I’d get burnt on this. Very disappointed.    … Full Review »
  2. nSpire
    Aug 23, 2023
    8
    Half way through the campaign and I’m really enjoying this on the PS5. Graphics are great and I’m finding the game engaging. Coming from theHalf way through the campaign and I’m really enjoying this on the PS5. Graphics are great and I’m finding the game engaging. Coming from the days of Westwoods Dune 2 and the original Warcraft I’m having a lot of fun.… Full Review »