8-Bit Hordes

8-Bit Hordes 8/10
The base gameplay in Hordes is the same as the rest of Petroglyph's "8-bit" line, so expect to play something that feels loosely like Command and Conquer, but this time with a bit of WarCraft mixed in. Unfortunately a lot of the issues with pathfinding, destroying terrain, workers going insane, etc, do persist as well. The positives also carry over. For a lower budget game, the micro in more open spaces works fine, hotkeying through big deathballs works well, and the C&C type UI is extremely intuitive, especially for newer players.
The campaign takes place after 8-Bit armies, and has some of the same drawbacks(lack of production value, no real story, no cutscenes, but there are a lot of scenarios to play through, and trying for 3 stars on all the missions is pretty engaging, and gave me good reason to go back and retry earlier levels. The benefits from 3 staring the missions are ridiculously overpowering, however, for some missions like the finale of the Lightbringer(humans) campaign, it's probably worth it. If you're newer to RTS games, I would like to note that there isn't really a perceptible difference between normal and hard difficulty. Getting bronze on most missions is very easy, but even during a few missions on the standard difficulty for the Lightbringers, you'll hit inconsistent challenge spikes that aren't mitigated by dropping difficulty. You'll be able to finish everything in the game without issue, just know that things might get grindy or attritional at times, and not in the best way. For the most part, though, the missions are good.

people are saying that this is just reskin of previous game, and it's kinda true, but game still feels different. Maybe it's balance or specific units.
I definitely recommend to give a shot for this game, but maybe not for full price.
Music is still awesome, keep it up, Frank!

Good game but buy on sale, traditonal rts game but with no cutscenes

It's fun, but i have no friend to play this with and you explore everything the game has to offer pretty quickly.

This game is a LOT of fun....especially if you're a fan of old school RTS. It reminds me of playing Starcraft, Warcraft or Command and Conquer. I'm really glad I got this game as I can spend hours and hours on it. It's also great for someone starting in RTS.

Reminds me of Warcraft, a game from my youth. Very fun to play.

did you like Warcraft if so you will love this game.