Realpolitiks II Reviews

A little rough around the edges, but for the most part everything works as intended. If you're a fan of the first Realpolitiks game I highly recommend giving this game a try. I myself picked this up a year or so ago, put it down, and picked up playing it again just recently and am finding it to be quite enjoyable and fun like I had with the first game. The third Realpolitiks game is in early access, hoping all the improved features from this second game are further polished and refined. Looking forward to what Jujubee has in store for us.

Wow...wow this is a HUGE step down from the first game. First off, it runs terrible. Visual glitches galore. This game's CPU optimization is terrible. It draws temperatures I have never seen in any other game. Meanwhile, it still stutters and lags like crazy Next...the gameplay. God, how did they ruin it? All info in the first game used to be easily accessible. Now it's buried in mobile-esque menus that you need to dig to under many others, or slide across infinitely to find. They've added like 3x more things to do, but no ability to automate it. Every army, navy, spy, building slot, barracks, diplomatic interaction, and etc must be micromanaged in real-time. This is crazy. Realpolitiks 1 was perfect for its complexity. Here they tripled the complexity and expect you to handle it all in realtime. Should be turn-based, or get some automation. They un-abstracted war to having individual units that move with no animations lmao. They choose not to tell you what random events will affect anymore. Colonization has gone from a world event to a scrollwheel clickfest of repetition that you do ALL GAME LONG. EVERY 30 SECONDS. The tutorial is broken, btw. There's just a point where it refuses to go any further. It's no wonder the review score is so bad. This is a broken, buggy, and poorly thought through sequel to a great grand strategy game.