Recent reviews by DrunkMonk

As a long term fan of Northgard I jumped on this as it was released as it's produced by the same developers. The game is relatively easy to pick up but with enough depth in some of the mechanics to add some nuance. The factions all seem different enough to make for different play styles that can lead to some interesting aspects of play.

This game could be fantastic but there are definitely a few shortcomings at present. This is not surprising since the game is early in its development life-cycle, and could easily be addressed by implementing some changes and fixes.

An option for a larger, and slightly more varied maps would hugely help with replayability, as would additional factions, or at least the option for more players/different game modes other than just the 1v1 and 4 player map. More than one player could easily play as the same faction in some circumstances. I think it could also create for more advanced tactics and dynamics if there was a market for all resources other than just spice/solari, as this would create more of a purpose for plascrete etc. in the late game where it's somewhat redundant.

There is also a slightly game breaking bug that's still not been addressed, whereby AI factions will accept a minimal amount of solari or plascrete for an unlimited amount of favour, as long as favour shows for them as a low priority resource. Some of the victory conditions also need to be reworked (assassination victory is best avoided at the moment). Lastly, the AI in general could use a tweak, as even with hardest AI and game elements all set to hardest, it's quite easy to win most of the time, especially in the dual mode, which takes some challenge and enjoyment from the game (the hardest part usually being the constant raids from rebels).

Overall, a fantastic game with huge scope for further growth, improvement and replayability, I do hope content will be added to the base game though rather than the constant DLC form that Northgard took.