The visuals in this game are rather surprising. They're not necessarily the best on the block up close, but the game offers you the chance to zoom extremely far out, encompassing the entire island battlefield in your field of view. So while they're blocky when you zoom in, the option to zoom out to view hundreds of peasants and soldiers doing your bidding is not only an impressive feat for a browser based game, but also makes the graphics look better.

This is ultimately a title that will certainly fill up a few hours of your time if you're bored, but unless more single player content is added or you get very involved in multiplayer battles, it may not keep you occupied for very long. There is a multiplayer component but it's not yet very popular; among resident players you may be hard pressed to find a game so making new friends or inviting current ones to play against would be a good idea.  As this is a web based game, the lack of a client to download should make it much easier to invite friends to play against you.

For the single player experience, there is a relatively light amount of content currently available (though updates are promised), and you may become frustrated (at times) by an enemy AI that has room for improvement.

With surprising frequency I witnessed entire legions of enemy soldiers and workers line up in rows and stand idly by as my troops killed them off one by one. On occasion the computer controlled opponents would simply refuse to lose, they seemed to spawn enemies at a rate that is much faster than the player is allowed to, and without access to the necessary materials. It can be very frustrating when it occurs because it effectively ensures your defeat. Thankfully it happened only rarely during my time with the game.

The good news is that if you can put up with the occasional AI bug, then you're free to explore a solid introductory lesson into the wonderful world of the RTS. However, veterans of the genre who are looking for a new longtime focus shouldn't bother with this one since they're unlikely to find anything new or challenging.

Review Andrew Groen
October 10, 2009