Bellfortis Steam Charts & Stats

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Found it way to boring, better go and try Rising Lords if you want a medivial game

Feels like early alpha gameplay. If it was EA I would say it has a good potential as it's not bad, but it plays in similar way as in Age of Conquest just with more interesting battles which gets boring quickly due to their small scale. +Archers are squishy AF, which makes no sense... I get the idea they have disadavantage but for one horse unit to go over my 6 squads of archers like butter = BS

This game is really good for those who like classic strategy games like the Total War series (especially the first Medieval Total War) and the Paradox games, and the inspiration is quite visible. It is quite simple to get into and the mechanics are quite easy to understand, especially if you played similar games before. Despite it being simple to understand it has good campaign mechanics that keeps you engaged while the battles are also interesting and fun, though they could benefit of more variety. It's perfect for people that want something faster with campaigns that don't take days to finish, while still getting that feel of a grand strategy. It's worth to note that as of the moment I'm writing this review, it has several rough edges that need to be polished. Nevertheless, the devs are quite active, giving regular patches, listening to the community and even helping you with issues you encounter. Lastly, I want to mention for the Linux users out there that it works like a charm out of the box with proton, I only experienced two crashes. All in all, easy recommend.

Overall, great! I'm a pretty experienced management/strategy player. Bellfortis is definitely amongst the hardest (on the management side). I've played the Vikings a number of times on the smallest map, and it's supposed to be the easiest faction to win with, but so far.... I just keep going bankrupt and get wiped out by the other factions. The 'normal' difficulty level might be just a bit hard :) The battles, though simple in comparison to other titles, are fun! You definitely have to think about where to place your troops, and how to manoeuvre them when the battle starts. The dev is very responsive to feedback, and will be looking at a very rare minor bug I found (in the battle section). Overall, the game is great fun! Even if I lose every single time. Perhaps some more money from wood and food might be useful, as it's hard to keep your kingdom profitable from taxes, without having rebellions. And you need a lot of money to hire troops to defend your kingdom, and attack others.

Solid, simple enough strategy game. Scratches the grand strategy itch without having to get too in depth with a bunch of different mechanics. What the game does have it does really well. Would definitely suggest it.

+ Reduced install space on hard dive + Fast load time after launching + Can resize window's edges after selecting windowed display mode + Combining all the maps : a great amount of factions and starting locations + Faction configuration options + Turn-based : no RTS pressure / battles can be auto-resolved + Tactical-battle scenarios that are easy to play, but difficult to master + Saving and loading games are fast & easy, with each file informatively described + And there is a per-turn auto-save + Visual appearance is very good for a small-file, low-RAM-usage game + Realm management offers many options for recruitment, building, research, advisers, events, etc. + Realm resource-management requires careful choices + Regularly, there are quests and special events that pop-up, prompting choices + Not a game that absurdly hogs a computer's CPU & RAM resources + If you activate, in options, watching computer-player moves, you might notice that the CPs -- even on the easiest difficulty level -- are : competitively aggressive against each other + lose battles against neutral regions -- which indicates that they do not cheat in those types of circumstances. Have not played enough hours yet to fully evaluate the computer players' skill & cheating, but there are positive signs of competitiveness & fairness (read above). It is a simplified equivalent to games like Knights of Honor II -- which can be perceived as good (my case) or bad - Cannot delete a save-game file from the menu : must overwrite an existing file - Save-game files are not easy to find on the HDD in order to manually delete them - Several regional names make no historical sense - Several regions start with absurd types of buildings & units -- historically incorrect - No religious buildings offered to be built -- historically inadequate - Flags for the 2 Islamic factions are empty : add at least crescent moons! - Zero female character-portrait offered during game setup - Some missions, offered by the nobles, are either impossible to succeed in the allotted time, or with far too costly consequences (such as war with a powerful neighbor) to be worth the effort - A few countries -- such as Wales & Bohemia -- start with only 1 region : without a special military bonus, they are too vulnerable (on defense) and too impotent (for attacks)