Of Orcs And Men Reviews

Fun game

Took me a while to get used to the combat, solid game though.

The game gives some eurojunk vibes, has its issues, but was an enjoyable experience overall. - Story and Lore There's very little lore or worldbuilding, but within that there's a little, but enjoyable, twist on the typical fantasy races, especially goblins. The story is also pretty simple, not bad nor good nor too cinematic for the most part, and writing isn't very deep, but works as an overall goal to reach and adds flavor, especially Styx writing. - Combat Combat is pretty simple: you control two very different characters, a tank/berserk and an assassin, by giving them orders, which you can queue. When it works properly it's enjoyable, it can kinda feel like a dungeoncrawler as you go through very linear maps filled with enemies, but there are some issues that can make giving orders feel clunky, especially if combined with enemies being able to interrupt your abilities; at its worst it can be frustrating. The game also gives you the chance to use stealth to kill some enemies, the stealth itself is very basic but allows you to reduce the size of a group of enemies before engaging the fight. The way it works feels like a little puzzle game: some enemies are isolated, some are patrolling, some are watching another enemy and others are looking at each other: they are placed so that you need to figure out the order in which you need to take them down to kill the most you can. - Environments Most maps are linear and lack strong environmental story telling, so there isn't much exploration to be done, but, while it's visually nothing special for a 2012 game, most environments are still pretty.