Murat Oktay writes: "A game we've waited five years for should be a masterpiece. The Settlers: New Allies review shows how a production can hit rock bottom."
WTMG's Leo Faria: "Can you have fun with The Settlers: New Allies? Well yes, absolutely. It’s not a terrible city builder, nor is it a terrible real-time strategy game. It’s just utterly mediocre on both fronts, resulting in a game that fails to please two completely different audiences. The classic case of a jack of all trades, master of none. I also have to commend the developers for a truly gorgeous presentation, decent tutorial and a user interface that isn’t half-bad, despite being made with a largely forgettable gameplay loop in mind. We have enough city builders and strategy games out there right now. Just get one of each and enjoy their vastly different purposes. You don’t need a game trying to be both at the same time."
The Settlers: New Allies is a new city-builder with old problems.
2023 is still young, and yet, the release schedule is already picking up. Hogwarts Legacy, Wild Hearts, Like a Dragon: Ishin!, and more on the way. We pick the most interesting February games, from AAA to indie, so you can make sense of everything coming out.
Seriously February is insane. Then we have another boatload afterwards... it's like 2017 again.
Amazing month indeed. Highly interested the following:
Scars Above
Deliver Us Mars
Perish
Hogwarts Legacy
Wanted: Dead
Atomic Heart
Like a Dragon: Ishin!
Sons of the Forest
Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe