If you're wondering why the game places such draconian restrictions on the fun bits, the answer is simple: to make money. Constructing a whole new building can take up to a day - and of course, you can only construct or upgrade four buildings at a time. Upgrading a building might take half an hour. As you get past the tutorial phase ofCastle Siege, training units takes three to five minutes. That means that everything you do takes time - and not the few seconds to a minute that buildings and units usually required in previous installments. So far, so good, but remember, this is not a traditional real-time strategy game: This is a free-to-play title. Earn enough resources, and you can bring your civilization into the next Age, which gives you access to new buildings, new technology and new types of soldiers. When you get enough resources, you can build military structures and recruit an army to wage war on enemy towns. You start with a limited number of resources (food and wood) and construct mills and farms in order to gather more. Beyond that, the game is exceptionally well-balanced and engaging.To be fair, the game looks a lot like a traditional Age of Empires experience, at first blush. Everything visible can be affected by the war machine, but there are no visual backdrops. The physics in the game are incredibly realistic, but that realism costs the game the resources required to provide any background visuals. Watching each machine attempt to get through the level is what makes this game so addictive. The machines are built with a simple drag-and-drop mechanism, and the physics of the game engine will determine whether or not the machine will succeed. Elements include blades, springs, flamethrowers, wheels, pistons, and much more.īuilding your war machine is quite intuitive, and players will quickly pick up what works and what doesn't. Indeed, the limit of the game is most likely the player's imagination and not the content of the game itself. The game includes tons of war components to make just about any machine you can imagine. The levels are all different and require unique approaches to succeed, and the game allows the player to win in any way that works.Įach level starts with the player being shown the level they must complete, then the machine editor is activated so players can customize a machine for the specific level. There are 15 levels that the player must advance through to win the game, and the objective for each level is to simply destroy the enemies.

Besiege is a classic war simulation game that lets the player test their skills at designing and implementing war machines specifically meant to defeat a singular enemy.īesiege is an incredibly addictive game thanks to the straightforward objectives and engaging war machine editing potential.

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