Kingdom of Atham: Crown of the Champions
- January 12, 2024
- Sofa Mauve Studio Inc.
- 27h median play time
Get on Steam"Kingdom of Atham: Crown of the Champions" is a turn-based strategy game set in a vibrant fantasy world. As a budding champion, you must recruit a team of heroes, build up your kingdom, and defeat rival factions in tactical battles. With a variety of character classes, skills, and equipment, every playthrough offers a unique experience.
PC
Windows
Reviews
- The game has a nostalgic feel reminiscent of older RPGs, making it enjoyable for fans of the genre.
- The crafting and building mechanics are functional and provide a good foundation for gameplay.
- The developers are active and responsive to community feedback, showing commitment to improving the game.
- The game is riddled with bugs and feels incomplete, leading to a frustrating experience for many players.
- Graphics and animations are dated, which detracts from the overall immersion and enjoyment.
- There is a lack of direction and clarity in gameplay, making it difficult for players to understand objectives and mechanics.
- graphics53 mentions
- 26 % positive mentions
- 58 % neutral mentions
- 15 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game are widely regarded as outdated and lacking polish, with many users describing them as reminiscent of games from 15 years ago. While some appreciate the unique art style and find the graphics forgivable due to the enjoyable gameplay, others criticize the animations and overall visual quality, suggesting that significant improvements are needed. Despite the graphical shortcomings, many players emphasize that the game's depth and fun factor outweigh the visual deficiencies.
“The art style is very cool looking, and I hope this is less disappointing one day.”
“When you don't judge the game on its graphics, you get a really good and fun game.”
“Where do I start? Some may say its graphics are 'sub par' and need updating, but I say the graphics it has give it its own personality.”
“Graphics are just terrible though.”
“The game is ugly (even at max settings), and unbearable at minimum settings...the graphical settings don't allow for me to reduce view distance, or improve character textures, or remove the 16 patches of grass, in the snow, that don't even make sense in the first place.”
“I dont leave many reviews but this has to be the worst graphics and animations I've seen since the initial release of Everquest.”
- story24 mentions
- 13 % positive mentions
- 75 % neutral mentions
- 13 % negative mentions
The story aspect of the game has received mixed reviews, with many players finding it lacking in depth and clarity. While some appreciate the hints of world-building and potential for future quests, others criticize the absence of a coherent narrative and functional quest system, leading to a sense of aimlessness. Overall, players express hope for improvements in storytelling and quest integration in future updates.
“The system is paced super nicely so you don't feel like you're spending ages getting nowhere, and there is some fun story progression too that really keeps things moving along.”
“Pros: magic, crafting system that functions well, harvesting that feels rewarding and useful, nice amount of armor, weapons, and tools, merchants, unique mobs, and story.”
“After experiencing some of the early updates, I changed my review of this in single-player mode to a no-go, but the devs have been working hard, including adding features for the single-player mode. At this point, it is a viable fun game to play.”
“The world is bland, uninspiring, the characters are forgettable, and I could not find any story to talk about.”
“The quest seemed written by the marketing department, speaking about bustling cities and epic adventures, rather than the placeholder assets and empty 'city' I saw in-game.”
“Lots of quest dialogue, but no way to complete quests and the main quest lines are gone.”
- gameplay22 mentions
- 32 % positive mentions
- 55 % neutral mentions
- 14 % negative mentions
The gameplay is a mixed bag, featuring enjoyable building and crafting mechanics alongside a vast world ripe for exploration. While many players appreciate the survival elements and spell-casting features, others criticize the overall design and user interface as frustrating and inconvenient. Despite some solid mechanics and potential for improvement, issues like optimization and combat mechanics detract from the experience, leaving players divided on its overall execution.
“The buildings and survival mechanics are extremely fun, the ability to craft and use multiple different types of spells is amazing, and the vast world feels open to exploration.”
“Even in its current phase of creation, the core elements and mechanics are already pretty solid!”
“It's got a lot of elements of gameplay that remind me of the best parts of other games I've played (but never had together in one game), and there are lots of new ideas and approaches as well.”
“Everything you do feels terrible; every element of gameplay, the user interface, game systems (e.g. weapon degradation, repairing, building, crafting), etc. feels badly designed and inconvenient.”
“It's gonna be a no right now if the first 15 minutes of gameplay is already frustrating.”
“Aside from that, the mechanics seem to be there, and it could be a sound game, but gated by poor optimization, this won't see that market.”
- grinding11 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Players generally find the game to be quite grindy, with mixed feelings about the experience. While some appreciate the old-school style of skill progression and the satisfaction of leveling up through farming and crafting, others express frustration over unclear game mechanics and the necessity of managing multiple farming tools. Overall, the grinding aspect is seen as integral to the gameplay, appealing to those who enjoy crafting and resource gathering.
“The devs don't even know what's in the game or not anymore. I spent hours farming for something a dev told me would drop, only to find out it's not even in the game.”
“This is a very grindy game so far - I'm not sure how I feel about that.”
“Can get a bit grindy depending on what you are trying to do.”
- stability11 mentions
- 27 % positive mentions
- -18 % neutral mentions
- 91 % negative mentions
The game is currently plagued by numerous bugs and glitches, including issues with key mapping, teleportation errors, and freezing problems that require a restart. While players acknowledge its potential, many recommend waiting several months to a year for stability improvements before purchasing, as it is still in early access and not yet ready for a polished experience.
“The game runs smoothly most of the time, and any minor issues are quickly addressed by the developers.”
“Despite being in early access, the stability of the game is impressive, with only occasional hiccups.”
“The developers are committed to improving stability, and it shows in the regular updates and fixes.”
“It's clearly got room for improvement, but so far has not shown me that the dodge key is needed since you could just use the stamina to hit the creature twice instead of wasting the time on a poorly animated and visibly buggy animation.”
“This is one terrible buggy mess!”
“Too damn buggy of a game - wait another 6 months to 1 year at least before you purchase this unless you are a masochist.”
- optimization7 mentions
- 43 % positive mentions
- 14 % neutral mentions
- 43 % negative mentions
The game's optimization has been widely criticized, with players reporting severe performance issues, including high resource usage and slow UI responsiveness, even on high-end systems. Despite the developers' active engagement with the community to address these concerns, many feel that the game's potential is hindered by its current optimization state, leading to frustration and a lack of confidence in its performance improvements.
“Dev team is hyperactive with players to make sure everything runs smoothly.”
“I have a beefy rig and am baffled by the performance swings I was seeing given the environment.”
“I will redownload in June to see if the optimization is any better.”
“The game is so poorly optimized, it's scary.”
“The UI is slow, the game runs slow; it's just really poorly optimized.”
“Aside from that, the mechanics seem to be there, and it could be a sound game, but gated by poor optimization, this won't see that market.”
- music5 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The music in the game has received positive feedback, with players appreciating its quality and pleasantness. Many found the soundtrack to be a standout feature, enhancing their overall experience despite the game's lower profile. Overall, the music is described as a delightful and unexpected highlight.
“Music is a nice touch that I wasn't expecting to pay much attention to, but I like it and it's pleasant to listen to.”
“The soundtrack is top notch too.”
“And the music is great in this game.”
- humor4 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The game's humor is largely seen as a failure, with attempts at comedic elements feeling forced and ineffective, leading to a lack of immersion. While some players found isolated moments, like the container cart, amusing, the overall execution of humor fell flat, overshadowed by poor graphics and character design.
“The container cart is funny and fun.”
- monetization3 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Players express frustration over the game's monetization strategy, particularly criticizing the developers for promoting and selling DLC while the game is still in early access, which they believe is inappropriate.
“The developers are advertising all of their DLC in this game, even though it's in early access and they shouldn't be selling DLC at all.”
“The developers are advertising all of their DLC in this game, even though it's in early access and they shouldn't be selling DLC at all.”
“Do you have any advertising skills or legal know-how?”
