Empire of the Ants: A Glorious Family Trip to Crashville Installed it—smooth as butter. The family was packed, the car was gassed, and we were ready for an epic adventure in the insect kingdom. First launch: long scenic route to the main menu. Kids were getting restless. Crashed right before we could pick our destination. Second launch: made it to the menu, started story mode, BAM—car broke down just outside Tutorial Town. Third try: made it in! Climbed a stick, took a heroic leap… right off the map and into the eternal void. Crash. Fourth attempt: green screen. Nothing else. Just pure chlorophyll. Aunt Edna’s probably buried under it. At this point, Cousin Eddie is trying to debug the game with a flyswatter, the kids are chanting “refund,” and I’m wondering if we just dreamed the whole ant empire thing. Great premise, beautiful aspirations, but this vacation ain’t roadworthy yet. At this point, the queen's missing, the workers are rioting, and Uncle Larry’s stuck...

Ants...

I was looking for some spiritual successor to SimAnt, and this really hit the spot! It's got more strategy to it, but SimAnt is pretty easy nowadays anyway so that's fine. It also has gorgeous graphics... like, so much looks photo-realistic, but it doesn't chug like some other UE5 games. The tutorial was also great at teaching all the mechanics EXCEPT how to sprint, that gets pretty important in later levels.

very boring gameplay loop and not at all what you would expect (in a bad way)

i can only say it looks nice; but its a flawed game, mechanics are weak and obring, not worth full price or even 10$

Graphics and music are incredible and the engine is very smooth, but the gameplay is not fun. Missions are either repetitive or insanely hectic, devolving to constantly running (or burrowing) around. If the gameplay could be tweaked, e.g. allowing nest management remotely, or a birds eye view to control / position legions in battle, this might help, but won't change the fact that the core gameplay is very basic and repetitive. At least the harder battle missions would be playable + enjoyable. As it is, I would skip the missions and only play it to wander around the bases and enjoy the beautiful graphics engine and music which are both really fantastic. But that's nowhere near worth $40 IMO

every thing a about it is amazing the graphics just every thing is good. but I do have a problem none of my friends have it :(

Amazing graphics and gameplay

The graphics in this game are good, better than you are thinking. I see some complaints about crashes, with a 3090 and i7 I have not had any with max settings on 4K. The gameplay is not difficult, it consists of a mix of Pikmin with ant levels and 3D platforming/exploration levels. I recommend this game just based on the pure graphical excellence and polish, even if it is a bit on the pricy side. Had to post a positive review because I think you would have to be insane to post a negative review for an indy game with this level of polish and very clear effort put into it.