Yesterday I wrote MY personal review on UGG on Steam. I usually don't do reviews, however I like reading them since the actually give you a good taste of the absolute value and actual experience of the product before you committ to a purchase.
Now I'm writing a reply to a Topic, which got my attention due to its very challenging title.
Note: I usually don't do discussions on such kind of forums.
Long story short:
As for my personal experience I do not understand why some people treat UGG and it's whole game mechanic like a AAA title from one of those major publishers and mainstream game studios. It's not.
It's an Indie game which earned it's AAA status due to an innovative approach to Real Time Strategy, good execution( which is everything, since we all have ideas and know how to promote them, and apparently we also know how to execute them), creative design and customer feedback implementation...
All these things and many more mentioned are in set framework: Financial restrictions, Game Engine Restrictions( There is no perfect straightforward game engine), Restricted HISTORICAL Setting and with it is accuracy).
Not being too familiar with the original planning for UGG and the set business goals. But I think they are pretty satisfied when it comes down to evaluating their piece of work and it's overall perfomance.
Not being able to give a direct quote from one of the many post in this topic( due to personal / technical restrictions ), I vaguely recall a statement, that this game is doomed to fail from the very start and how it can not fully releash it's full potencial...That must have been a different game.
Somehow the "Long Story short" became longer than expected, I have to work on my execution...
Take note: I truely think criticism on this game and on an any game is necessary, but pls think in a box. If you think outside the box, you will have to enlarge your current box( without damaging the contnent) or just open another box.
Last but not least. I purchased UGG in early access, still playing it up to this day, meanwhile trying to handle the multiplayer which seems really challenging and overall I'm very satisfied with it. (Value for money!)
I consider it my "Hidden Gem" in my Steam library, I'm enthuastic Total War player( mainly NTW online, used to play a lot of SP in ETW but only due to available mods) and every now and then I feel like telling other people in the lobby: " hey have you heard of this game?"
Note: Usually when discussing about "limitations" of the Total War games. Some people say it's not the like total war franchise. Exactly. You got it. It is different and it's suppossed to be that way.
Keep up the good work and I'm looking forward to the Ipad and the upcoming patch.
Cheerio
Says the Kangaroo and hopped away
Haha just read the last sentence. Obviously I'm not looking foward to get an Ipad. Cheeky little bugger
