Stormshot

This game surprised me!! Looks a bit childish at first but its a quite complex RPG / Strategy kind of Settlers but with large online world split into knigdoms.. where different alliances take place with real human players behind.. therefore you either fall into wrong company that will use you and everyone around.. or you find a group of people from around the world that you will have interesting conversations, good teamplay, common development goals, help each other, and simply have fun together. To be honest this online community approach is what makes me come back and play :-)
As a general goal you need to make your kingdom win different challenges. World is divied into kingdoms that consist of alliances. Strongest alliance (not always the best or kind) controls the crown of the kingdom. There are lots of different minigames and calendar scheduled events that allow you to get different kind of artifacts that enable troops hire, skills development, research economy/warfare/skills/etc, building/gathering speed, and many many more. There are also in-game purchases that enable rapid development and unlock some unique items that are not available otherwise.
What I don't like and really need improvements is the laggy game UI/UX that is terribly slow (forget about playing in VM) requires clicking several times the same button and wait for the action (on a high end PC), there are lots of distractive actions that require you to click several places in order to perform single action or incoming messages are spread into too many different sections, etc. I only play this game in a short breaks so time is important.
There is a PC/Desktop and Mobile version.. I wish macOS, Android, and other OS builds (like BSD) would be nice to have!

"Stormshot, a thunderous mix of excitement and frustration, outshines its rivals in explosive gameplay."

Feeling like a duck in a hurricane with Stormshot! Graphics so sharp, they could slice a virtual tomato. Storyline? More convoluted than my ex's lies. Still, the chaotic fun is worth the mental gymnastics!

Drawing parallels to classics like Call of Duty, Stormshot impresses with its tactical gameplay and stunning graphics. However, it falls short in providing a compelling narrative, a feature its genre counterparts excel at.

Two things can be true at the same time:
The marketing is scummy. The advertisements don't show what the game is about.
The gameplay is Not bad!, regular strategy a'la civ3, only online...
Regular guild v guild stuff; nothing entirely new, just regular stuff, with armies and such.
Glitches: yes there are some glitches, oftentimes when you try to see what a rally's details are, it will glitch and require a re-launch to fix itself.
Also, on PC, there is a game launcher to accomodate this game not being a proper PC application but some half-assed emulation thing... that itself glitches after a few days without rebooting; it'll fail to launch and only fix itself after you do a reboot.
All in all the F2P elements are the usual fair: too many popups, nothing new here, you're either used to it by this point -or- you just don't tolerate it and don't bother with this.
That's my two cents.

goated game extremely pay to win but if you learn the game and stay f2p strength will come fast

This game, Stormshot, is like if Picasso painted a hurricane – visually impressive, but leaves you spinning in confusion.