Grand Attrition Reviews

Okay, I'm not a big review writer but I found this game and thought I'd give it a go. Things I liked: Over all this isn't too bad for a cheap indie game. All of the units (Normal, special, or otherwise) are actually unique with their own functions and purposes, which was rather nice. Map size goes from small to rather absurdly large. Honestly most of the standard stuff is par for the course but the things I really enjoyed are the Side-grades, the forts, the special units, and most importantly, the Talents. The side grades are all just that, sidegrades, they really change up how you can tackle a game and once I figured out that I could do that to the unit spawning buildings it really helped. The forts are these “Structures that contain “loot” that can be very beneficial for the rest of your current run. Then the special units, Some of them are spawnable units that cost a lot of resources but they all do different things aside from just attacking whats ever in front of them. Then you have the non-spawnable units which are also strange and fun to use. Finally the talents, I really love the talents in this game and it’s one of the main reasons I keep playing. They are a ton of fun to use and can really change up how you play a game. Furthermore, none of them feel particularly jarring or like you are supposed to have them. My favorite two are Explosive when touched and conversion blossom. My computer hates it but its great to watch unfold at higher difficulties. Things I don’t like: To start the music isn’t bad, but it ends rather quickly and kind of be a tad jarring when it switches between its tracks. If they could be looped to last a bit longer, that would be great. I can’t really tell how long games will take, you can set the time of your days and nights and the number of them you want to go through. It’s great for setting up simple and fast games but there is a fair bit of math involved in figuring out how long a game will go. If there could be a bit in the setup screen that tells you how long a game will go for, that would be nice. Now, this only happened once but the game did crash. I have no real idea what caused it and I’m not really game dev savvy so I can’t really speculate either. I did try to replicate it but I was not able to. Honestly, I could go on more about things I like and things I don’t like but this is already pretty long. Overall it’s not too bad and for under $4 I don’t consider my time or money wasted.

The graphics made me want to kill myself. The gameplay made me want to live. Gets good around difficulty 4 or 5, but before then is kind of meh. The best strategy is to turtle after difficulty 8. Gnomes get stupid tiny and can skullfuck your entire army. Wizards need to be nerfed. They can crap out 100000 magic buzz saws every second and are only stopped by barbarians. The inter-unit combat and boner dilating playstyle customization make the game worth it. Needs more content. Wait for a sale.

Fun free-form strategy game that doesn't lock you into one form of playing the game. A good way to pass the time with plenty of features to experiment with. The game has great potential and plenty of room for improvisation and improvement.