Battle Brother – a strategy game that everyone should play Storm Knight

I found Battle Brother on a crack site. At that time, I was still a student who depended on my family, so buying copyrighted games was something of a luxury. When I saw Battle Brother, my initial feeling about this game was that it was quite interesting and quite suitable for my taste. But when I started playing, I realized this was one of the games that impressed me the most. Not because of the game’s graphics, not because of the plot, but the appeal of this game lies in its addictive gameplay system and a deep world.

So, today I will take you into one of those games that will make you spend 400 hours playing and playing again. Basically, Battle Brother has no plot at all, it is simply the story of a group of mercenaries, hired to pay to do missions for cities, villages and possibly lords. Initially, Battle Brother gives us a choice of our starting points, and these starting points will anchor your gameplay in Battle Brother. You can choose to be a skilled mercenary unit but have few troops and finances, but sometimes you can be farmers who want to get rich, and countless other starting options make it difficult for you every time. Playing again is a completely different experience than last time.

Regarding gameplay, the game actually has a terribly high difficulty level, which can make newbies feel overwhelmed and frustrated when starting to play. Imagine, you begin your journey to become a notorious mercenary army, you equip your soldiers with equipment and recruit more soldiers. Then you choose a mission to kill thieves, and you think everything will be simple. But Battle Brothers said no! You will have to watch your legion be cut to death one by one, and the soldiers you care about be beheaded in the middle of a bloody battlefield. And most importantly, once you die, you will not be resurrected. So every defeat on the battlefield will be the end of your army

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But such high difficulty is the best point of Battle Brothers, because of that difficulty, players themselves will have to think carefully every time they choose a mission to do, because in addition to the benefits it brings to the army, players will have to think carefully every time they choose a mission to do. your group, but also the danger that comes from what you will have to confront. I do remember that the first time I played, it took 20 hours to survive and choose simple missions, the army at that time was quite strong and I decided to choose to fight a group of Orcs moving to pillage the city. nearby. And what do you know, right from the second turn, the soldier I liked the most and invested in the most was beheaded by an Orc and the other soldiers started to panic. That is the difficulty of this game.

When I go deeper into the game, I see the details of the game, from the soldiers I recruit, each soldier has a Background or Traits that illustrate that person. There are people who are veterans and have experience but have fear traits, but there are low-level farmers but have “good” traits like courage or perseverance. This makes your mercenary army more diverse and interesting. In addition, the weapon and armor system is also designed in great detail, with dozens of types of spears and more than 50 other types of weapons. Most importantly, each type of weapon has its own unique characteristics and abilities on the battlefield.

For example, Swords are divided into other types such as Swords, One-Handed Swords, Two-Handed Swords and Curved Swords. Get a comprehensive attacker, high accuracy but weak in armor destruction and weak in attack. A two-handed sword has great damage and is highly accurate, but it reduces the defense of the person holding it. In addition, Battle Brother also has Polearms with high accuracy and high criticality, good armor-breaking War Hammers and countless other weapons. But most importantly, how those weapons are used on the battlefield and how effective they are, I think each player will have their own views and opinions.

In Battle Brother, we also have a large world with many races living and many factions existing. It’s just a shame that Battle Brother doesn’t let us join a certain faction but can only perform the tasks they request. In Battle Brothers, we have Orcs, Goblins, Undead, Monsters, barbarians and human lords. Each race has its own strengths and weaknesses, for example, Orcs have high fighting power and good morale, but Orcs think wearing armor is nonsense, so they are easily injured and die. Each race has a different hierarchy, and the higher the level, the stronger they are. And most importantly, each race has a unique Boss that when defeated will drop one or two pieces of equipment considered legendary.

As you roam the world of Battle Brothers, we will come across many side quests, sometimes events and sometimes hidden quests with tiny hints that we have to ask the drunkards. in pubs. And as time passes, your army becomes stronger and more numerous, and that’s when the EndTime event appears. These events are events that change the whole Battle Brothers world, with terrifying difficulty but in return, money and fame will come to you if you can overcome them. Those events could be the invasion of the green-skinned army, the combination of Orcs and Goblins or wars between lords. Or worse, all of those events happen even though the percentage of them is very low. Every time this event takes place, the quests of lords and cities become more numerous, the difficulty is higher and sometimes you will encounter elite units of Orcs, Goblins or Undead hordes or worse, you will meet the Boss of the race. Each event will happen once in the world and there will be no repeats. But these events can be predicted thanks to hints from quests or information you get from pubs.

Having said that, Battle Brothers still has certain minus points, firstly, Battle Brothers’ map is small and depends a lot on the port, why is it like that? Because ports will help you move faster and at less cost, and also make you safer when having to cross forest and mountain roads. A place where enemies are easier to encounter and many times more dangerous. The second is the Task system. I think that these systems are really quite difficult and do not help new players become more familiar with the game. When playing in the early stages, I often choose easy tasks or go shopping, which will bring economic benefits. higher economy. And finally, at the end, your army is strong and has plenty of money, leading to your equipment always being genuine, making the game easier and losing excitement.

Battle Brothers is an indie game and was created by a company of only 5 people, but truth be told, this is one of the strategy games I appreciate the most in terms of precision and detail in the game. It’s just a pity that in Vietnam there is no community about this game to discuss and find instructions for newbies, but when I first played it, I struggled with it.