8/5/2023 0 Comments Iron harvest reviews![]() They weren’t built from the base itself, they just appeared as a fighting force in the middle of my army. I’ve seen infantry and mechs pop into existence in an enemy base right in front of my own troops. This isn’t unusual – most RTS campaigns work this way, but this is perhaps the most aggressive and frustrating usage of these tricks I’ve seen. Hell, I found myself struggling on Easy sometimes, especially since the enemy in the campaign doesn’t appear to follow the same rules as the player. ![]() With that said, there are some harsh difficulty spikes. You’ve probably played it before, but it’s all done nicely enough and results in a solid campaign structure. There are missions where you’ll pick up troops along the way, missions where you can build a base and there’s even a couple of stealth sections. Likewise, the objective design is fairly predictable but executed rather well. Despite not being all that terrific, the story is weirdly charming and engaging with a few fun dramatic turns along the way. For that reason, I’d advise switching on the native language voice acting with subtitles which makes a much better experience. The story is mostly predictable and is almost comically overacted at times. Look him up, he’s awesome) to rescue him, and winds up helping the Polanian resistance.įrom there we get a tale of secret organizations seeking to undermine the fragile state of the world, which is still reeling from the great war. They come to Ana’s village and take her father away, and so Ana heads out with her trusty bear Wojtek (based on the real bear of the same name who was part of the Polish military. Years later, the war is over, but Rusviet has occupied a huge swathe of Polania. ![]() The story picks up with Ana Koss whose brother dies fighting the Rusviets in the Great War. It takes around 20-30 hours to complete the three faction campaigns, kicking off with Polania. One thing that Iron Harvest focuses on and does quite well at is bringing back the old fashioned RTS campaign. That is, quite simply, false advertisement, and yet despite the angry outcry of those who backed the game’s development on Kickstarter and those who purchased the game based on the Steam page, King Art Games has refused to adjust the store page. The developers say those things are coming (the co-op campaign is promised in the next few weeks) but no effort has been made to adjust the Steam page. The Steam page also lists things like full co-op campaign, Steam achievements and controller support, none of which currently exists. We also need to address some shady practices that have come from either the developers or the publishers regarding promises made that were not kept. For now, it’s a reasonable RTS with a great visual style and some solid foundations. Over time I hope King Art Games can build this into something special. Hopefully, it’ll also follow a similar trajectory, because like Company of Heroes 2 at launch, Iron Harvest is very promising, but hasn’t managed to realize that promise. Review code provided free of charge by the publisher. In fact, you could almost claim this to be an excellent fan-made mod of Relic’s games, so similar does the moment to moment action feel, at least initially. ![]() There’s a lot of Company of Heroes within Iron Harvest, from the pacing of matches to the heavy focus on cover and capturing points on the map to attain victory. Mechanically, these machines of war are not vastly different from regular tanks in how they behave, but they sure do look a hell of a lot cooler, don’t they? As squads of gunmen slam into cover and open fire, a massive mech will power into the frame and begin unloading artillery rounds. It’s all inspired by polish artist Jakub Rozalski’s 1920+ series of paintings, which also acted as inspiration for an excellent board game by the name of Scythe. Set in an alternative 1920’s, Iron Harvest mixes infantry with hulking diesel-powered mechs that stomp across the landscape. Iron Harvest certainly does a good job of making itself appealing to any RTS fan.
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