Songs of Conquest

Pro: - Feels like HOMM - Good Layout - I actually had fun - good performance (99%) I really tried to but... here's why i do recommend it but have to mark as not recommended (thanks steam for no Neutral button): Con: - Balancing is not really existing. - If enemy attacks you and is in your sight of view, it sometimes stutters a bit - AI (playing for the player) is not the smartest, wait it's actually dumb (in fair difficulty). Enemy got lot of AOE? Let's group up! He does not? Lets split! If this should be kind of punishment for not playing by urself, nah thanks. - Campaign feels wayyyyy to short, they going for an addon to expand the campaign probably more expensiv than the game itself in sale - Achievements do not track correctly (i achieved some ingame, steam doesn't show as completed) - Achievements LOCKED behind Addons is a no go. - Too much content split into addons instead of doing a real addon - that's just greed.

This game has the fun factor! We speak of 'technical polish' of a game, meaning fewer bugs and jank and it just performs well. This game has a very high level of 'gameplay polish'. Many tactical RPGs are complex and therefore can be a bit stressful. So far this game hits the perfect balance of enough exploration and tactical battle choices to not be too simple, yet not too many as to become a bit too complex. I enjoy playing this game at standard difficulty, with no worries. The game has the 'just let me explore a bit more' feel. For me, in comparison, Age of Wonders 4, has amazing customization and is very sophisticated (complex), but this game hits the sweet spot of fun better and this game has a stronger story campaign. I thought I wouldn't like the game because of the pixel graphics, and I very much prefer Age of Wonders 4's better graphics, but for the first time in a long time I'll play a game with simple pixel graphics because the game itself is so fun.

Being a hardcore Heroes 3 player, this is a more lite and chill type of game. The reason that I DO NOT RECOMMEND this game is because after buying it, I found out that I have to pay extra for the VANIR and ROOTS factions...so yeah...any company that makes you pay more to get the whole game, deserves to gth :)

Good HOMM-like. Pretty, sounds good, nice presentation, both army and magic are strong, research is an interesting addition if flawed (encourages spamming one or two unit types, often discourages large dwelling units), command and stack limits introduce different limits. I like the campaigns, auto-resolve is good to have. Logistics and scout skills are legitimate options and not dead weight, helped by overworld XP sources and tutor. The AI is unfortunately kind of a headless chicken strategically. That would be my one gripe: it either crushes you with spawn bonuses at higher difficulties, or you roll it over with better decision making. Could use more maps if you enjoy larger ones but what game doesn't? There is also modding now, including attempts at rebalancing some things (revortex at time of writing is pretty nice).

Songs of Conquest (53hs) (PC) - Played through the base game campaign (all 4 songs) in Overwhelming difficulty. Visually 9.4 (Graphics 9 / Artistic Direction 10 / UI 9 / Performance 9.5) - I loved the pixel art from this game. All units are exceptionally realized and translate super well to both the big screen and the Steam Deck. It all fits together, and the UI is clean and intuitive. Performance was great in both PC and Deck.. with the deck version having slightly longer loadtimes for battles than I would have liked, but still fairly tolerable (around 15 seconds). Sound 8.5 (Music 9 / Voice acting N/A / Sound effects 8) - Very good music and instrumentals. I specially enjoyed the song section after each campaign mission. Story 8.1 (Main Story 8 / Cinematics 7 / Writing 8.5 / Lore 9) - The game has great writing and lore - I am super interested to see where they take the story moving forward. The base game, however, was a bit like an introduction to the world and why are all these...

ᓚᘏᗢ If you enjoy games inspired by the [i]Heroes of Might & Magic[/i] or [i]King's Bounty[/i] series, don't miss [i][b]Songs of Conquest[/b][/i]. Here, this game type is cleverly redesigned with a pleasant and functional interface. The pixel art, music, and atmosphere are superb. However, [i][b]Songs of Conquest[/b][/i] is less epic than its "ancestors" and lacks their depth. The pace is fast and enjoyable, but the strategy less taxing on the neurons. Perfect to chill out!

Tool-tip system for adventure map objects is terrible. I get an exploration spirit and a touch of old-school. But tool-tip shows what the object does only for the selected hero that visited it. I need to switch to the hero that visited it to see what were the modifiers if I have several heroes. And tool-tip for the object stops showing the modifier after the battle, if it was timed to the first battle. Do you expect me to write all those down every time in my notebook? It is terribly annoying. I've been playing the genre since HoMM1 but UX have gone a long way since then. Old school games suppose to bring back the feeling of the old games, not the frustration of a bad UX.

I never made it past campaign. The game lacks depth and any sort of memorability. Having put in 23 hours I can't remember any unit names. Granted I played 80% of battles on quick battle because the essence for spell casts drove me nuts. The songs between the campaign missions are pretty cool though

It's a lot like heroes of might and magic, however it falls far short. Balancing for costs of units and stats, and spells is all over the place, some units costing way too much gold for far too little value, while others cost too little, and being far too weak. The unit variety, while smaller than most games which resemble HOMM, is not particularly inspiring of strategy either. Most of the factions are extremely similar to each other, and require very little fine tuning to pick up, which makes for a nice easy learning curve, but very little options for anyone to master and utilize with finesse. If you have a higher functioning brain, you won't enjoy this game. Hero growth is poorly setup, you can choose up to 3 random skills/traits to advance per level, but once command is maxed you lose a slot to choose from, meaning you can only choose 2 skills or traits to improve. A small thing to some but a serious detriment to those who want to max command quickly without screwing their hero d...

As an idea Songs of Conquest has some neat unique features not found in any other strategy game I have played. However none of those are worth talking about when we consider it's weakest feature : all knowing cheating AI. - Every turn the AI can see where your army is located even when it has no means to do so. The AI will react by being at least 1 step away from where you could attack it as it min/maxes its movement. The day they revert this or turn it of is when I will revisit this game. Otherwise I suggest you watch a 'let's play' instead of buying it. - The map options are also far too limiting for my personal tastes. I can pick out at least 5 games that came before this one and say why don't you have features XYZ for map generation? Normally I give a game at least 50-100 hours once I've bought it to try and see if there is any redemption. That was not necessary here. I hope you save your time and money by staying away from this product. I wish I didn't have to say th...