The Settlers: New Allies
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Critic Reviews for The Settlers: New Allies
A slow-paced and overly simplistic take on city building and war waging, but blessed with wholesome looks and a relaxing atmosphere.
The Settlers: New Allies tries to reinvent the series, simplifying its city-builders core mechanics to make room for newcomers more familiar with the RTS genre. Unfortunately, the final shape is a game that struggles to find its identity and that isn't really convincing neither as an RTS nor as a city-builder.
Review in Italian | Read full review
The core idea for The Settlers: New Allies is evidently a good one, but oversimplification of certain aspects of this famous series – while simultaneously trying to go back to the roots – was a mistake. Apparently, even Ubisoft didn't fully believe in its success as it didn't advertise the game at all.
Review in Polish | Read full review
New Allies fails in breathing new life in The Settlers' franchise: the crossover between the classic gameplay and the RTS mechanics feels dull and rushed, leaving the player with the feeling that this is not The Settlers' return they longly waited for.
Review in Italian | Read full review
It's not everyone who gets to create the worst of the series. Give the old games a chance and keep your money in your pocket and your nerves intact.
Review in Turkish | Read full review
The Settlers: New Allies has a good core loop that, unfortunately, lacks a solid connection with the series' history. There’s too much military action and not enough focus on delivering products to citizens. The land-claiming concept is interesting but under-used.
The Settlers: New Allies may provide decent entertainment for more modest players, but it's not the sequel that fans have been asking for. Although it is visually pleasing. Settlement construction is easy to manage, but lacks more depth, and the same is true with combat. Not a single component is elaborated enough to arouse more interest.
Review in Slovak | Read full review
Fans have had to wait thirteen years for it, but The Settlers is back! It plays well and looks very nice, but soon the game turns out to offer less challenge and variety than hoped. Playing online is an important part of the game, but it doesn't work well: a game takes too long and technical problems make it difficult to complete an entire game. The game is popular, but does not taste like more.
Review in Dutch | Read full review
