The Settlers: New Allies got off to a lackluster start. Players complain about the very simplified gameplay and the poor technical state of the game. Moreover, it seems that few people play the title.
Friday saw the PC debut of The Settlers: New Allies, the latest installment in Blue Byte’s popular strategy game series. Although it is a game from a well-known franchise, before its release Ubisoft did not do much to publicize it and The beginning of the game was very strange.
- So far, no reviews of the game have surfaced online. Ubisoft didn’t provide keys to reviewers ahead of launch, so we won’t see early reviews until next week. Such an approach is usually a very bad sign and usually means that the publisher does not believe in the success of the game.
- The game is only available on Ubisoft Store and Epic Games Store, where no user ratings are provided, making it difficult to gauge how players received the title.
- Reddit users aren’t thrilled. They mainly praise the graphics. Contrary to, criticized is the very simplified gameplay, which is disappointing, given the traditions of the series. Players also dislike the low difficulty level and poor AI.
- Besides, It seems that the game is not very popular. The dedicated Reddit sub is surprisingly down for the release of a new game from such a well-known brand. above many players report difficulty finding people willing to play multiplayer. Some even claim that it sometimes takes tens of minutes or even several hours before matchmaking finds us users for a session. It seems that the population of the network of this strategy is almost non-existent.
- The Settlers: New Allies would also have many technical problemscausing crashes, deluxe content to disappear, or sync errors in multiplayer.
Things are not going well. I expect next week’s reviews to be devastating. It’s a sad prospect, considering the reputation the series has enjoyed so far. It seems that after a very bumpy development (the game was originally announced in 2018 and their vision during the work underwent major changes), Ubisoft decided that the new installment was not worth saving and the game was published as is.
Fans of the brand are already pinning their hopes on the project revealed a few days ago, called Pioneers of Pagonia. He is the spiritual heir to The Settlers, which is being worked on by series father Volker Wertich. The game is set to debut on Steam Early Access later this year.
- The Colonists: New Allies – official site