Post by Tig on Aug 7, 2020 23:55:08 GMT -5
From my Steam review where I gave it thumbs down:
The Battle of Visby starts out as a sweet little snapshot of a moment in time as the town of Visby prepares to be assaulted by Vlademar IV of Denmark in 1361. I love medieval history games and I enjoyed walking through the small section of town and feeling like I was getting a 3D history lesson. The way the characters talked was fun and the music was fitting and pleasing. There is plenty of build-up to the impending siege across multiple characters. Then the attack happens and the game makes no assumptions that it's any kind of action game and the combat is limited to hitting WASD at the right time. For a game created by one person, I was quite thrilled to play it. Then, just as I'm thinking I'm having a good time, the game just ends. I hardly got a full hour out of it. No conclusions were presented for any of the characters that were introduced. A quick text note of history was added with a screenshot of modern Visby, and the end. So even though this was only $2.11 for me to play, I felt that the game could have had at least a few more minutes of story added for the characters and for the general history of Visby. What was accomplished here was well done, it just wasn't enough to market on Steam as a game. This could have easily been made as a history lesson on YouTube and been received just as well. I can't recommend this game but I do hope the developer continues on to create bigger and better things.
The Battle of Visby starts out as a sweet little snapshot of a moment in time as the town of Visby prepares to be assaulted by Vlademar IV of Denmark in 1361. I love medieval history games and I enjoyed walking through the small section of town and feeling like I was getting a 3D history lesson. The way the characters talked was fun and the music was fitting and pleasing. There is plenty of build-up to the impending siege across multiple characters. Then the attack happens and the game makes no assumptions that it's any kind of action game and the combat is limited to hitting WASD at the right time. For a game created by one person, I was quite thrilled to play it. Then, just as I'm thinking I'm having a good time, the game just ends. I hardly got a full hour out of it. No conclusions were presented for any of the characters that were introduced. A quick text note of history was added with a screenshot of modern Visby, and the end. So even though this was only $2.11 for me to play, I felt that the game could have had at least a few more minutes of story added for the characters and for the general history of Visby. What was accomplished here was well done, it just wasn't enough to market on Steam as a game. This could have easily been made as a history lesson on YouTube and been received just as well. I can't recommend this game but I do hope the developer continues on to create bigger and better things.