Builders of Greece

i don't know how they managed the full release game to be so much worse than the prologue editions etc. totally a moneygrab tactic.

This game is more bugged than the „early acces version/demo version”. Graphics looks fine! I like Caesar-style micromanagement. The buildings are historically accurate. But I cannot build a real greek city like Athens, Corinth, Thebes, Argos or Sparta. The serious problem is that there are a lot of bugs that ruined my experience, having only three maps, and it takes too long to research technologies to unlock other buildings. It's 2025 and the game doesn't have a day-night cycle or weather, whereas a game like Caesar IV could have in 2006. The army is a real mess, primitive recruit system with a primitive command system. The animations are poor - you don't see a hunter killing a deer in detail or a baker making bread, even though the game uses the Unity graphics engine. But in 20-25 year old Stronghold games, you can see every aspect of everyday life in detail. From what I can see, it's not great on the monumental side either - there are no diverse theaters and temples. I don't ...

I tried way too hard to like this game, but I just can't.... This game has a reasonable base, but is fundamentally flawed, anything but finished and bugged. Bugs include stuff like the collection of goods breaking down. The fix is to either move or delete and replace the nearest warehouse. Then goods will be gathered again, for a while. This mainly starts happening later in the game when you have more buildings and other issues to worry about. Another major issue is related to poor hit detection with mouse clicks either not registering or selecting another building. The real issues however are in gameplay design and the unfished state of this game. For example, you are getting (arguably too) frequently raided by outside forces on ships. These often land on the same locations which usually correspond with the major areas where you can gather fish and clay, two essential resources. You can’t intercept these vessels, only pay them off during the late game or destroy them once they l...

Do not buy it, game is unplayable after realese.

This game showed a lot of promise. The management system was simple enough, and the military add in was decent. The problem is that the game is broken. Its broken in ways you won't realize until you've banked several hours into a campaign only to be locked out of it. The devs appear to have abandoned any attempts at bug fixes. Their most recent update seems to have broken the game and they are not responding to requests for help. Even their Discord has requests left without a response for months. I know this dev has other games in the works but they have broken trust with me. No way am I wasting another $20 on a broken game that will be abandoned.

It's a beautifully designed game. The full release was great... and the game is entertaining and fun to play. BUT... it seems there are still a few bugs that need to be ironed out. I've played over 500 hours so far (mostly prerelease)... but a nasty ERROR keeps cropping up. -Incompatible Files Detected- Saved Game Can Not Be Loaded. It's not that fun if you have to keep playing from START... never being able to continue a saved game. Been looking for the 'fix' for this glitch... but haven't seen one yet. It's a shame... it was a fun game to play.