Well, it's a complete DLC that adds a new area with a new level cap(15), a new class built around a weapon(crossbow), the usual arena, champion(2) and missions.
It's Vikings!
There is also a new siege mechanic that gives hope for the future but overall it's a small improvement over the base game if you have the dlc and don't want to explore the new area. I played the first hour with a 180 hour save file here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhS7qoRvgYE
It's a positive review because they put quite a lot of work into it but they really need a way to unify all the difficulty settings and introduce procedural content as well, not just linear.
Pro: a new zone with every little thing in it, seems like a nice map but it doesn't have anything special, it's built more like a narrative experience so the player is more invested.
The new crossbow adds a new unit to all factions and seems interesting. Some new cool equipment with a few new recipes, the combat is a little harder as well. It's takes about 10 hours if you have an experienced squad.
Cons: No player base, roaming armies, random events, faction interactions etc. The problem is that they keep copying a region and not tying it together. They really have to make some updates that brings all the regions,factions and dangers together with a lot of randomisation and balancing the adaptive/region locked to be a single option.
Another big problem is that the game is geting really woke. Half of the main characters are women and they are wearing full plate armor. It's always been part of the game but the terrible dialogue, mediocre story and forced representation is geting out of hand. I mean, you want more women in combat? then make them fiting armor, they look like cosplayers. You want more women as mayors, leaders, bandits, pirates etc? Then make it fit the story, don't just replace men. You want more women in combat? Then give them more apropiate classes like archers, trappers, skirmishers, assassins etc.
While the review is positive, you would need a full restart to understand the difficulty and nuances of the game. And sadly you need to play Adaptive Extreme now to feel any difficulty but after 20 hours you always feel overpowered.
Right now, my archer can handdle all the combat alone and i haven't even optimised his gear or stats
izigame.me
It may take some time when the page for viewing is loaded for the first time...
