They Are Billions

best strategy/base builder I have ever played. I haven't had this much fun since Warcraft or Starcraft. I have been playing for years.

Wow. 1200 hours. At least that's over 6+ years. Still, yikes. Now, I'm someone who saves all of the time. I just saved three times in an AOE2 campaign today that I was certain to win. Just in case! However, in this game, there's no saving. I see some negative reviews saying that's a broken game mechanic. I think it's perfect. You have to embrace losing. One single zombie ambled in through the single hole in your defense and you lose after 2 hours? Yup! You lost. You can't load up 15 minutes ago and fix that hole. And then save and load up again when the next flaw is revealed. You need to watch them destroy your entire village, and then you need to try again. And again. This is a perfect game.

Its a good game but not my cup of tea. Too stressful. Needs to many retries to finish a level.
If you like that kind of gameplay it has nice graphics and some depth to it to keep you entertained.
If you're like me and dont want to replay the same level over and over again than better look somewhere else.

As per usual,first there are the general ratings,followed by the full review :
---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☑ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS
---{ Gameplay }---
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't
---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf
---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Grandma
---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☑ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer
---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☑ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls
---{ Grind }---
☐ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☑ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding
---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☑ Average
☐ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life
---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☐ Average
☑ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond
---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☐ Worth the price
☑ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money
---{ Bugs }---
☐ Never heard of
☑ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs
---{ ? / 10 }---
☐ 1
☐ 2
☐ 3
☐ 4
☐ 5
☐ 6
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☑ 8
☐ 9
☐ 10
They Are Billions is a hardcore RTS set in a post-apocalyptic world where you are tasked to expand the empire by setting up new villages,fighting off swarms of zombies and other monstrosities all they way until you'll be building up cities in some of the dodgiest and scariest places ever,where survival is mostly just a vague hope.
Graphically,the game looks good but it's also very artistic,the steampunk style is really well done and just helps set the atmosphere just right,there's a genuine reaction that you feel with every new map that you play on,with some very plagued maps all the way to rainy coasts or frosty mountains,it all looks great and feels good to look at.
Soundwise,it's pretty standard,the environment has a sad vibe and filled with threat tho,as it should be,the whole city itself has a soul to say so,some people are walking doing their jobs,others get scared by zombies that get to close to the walls or if they walk too close to them,in general,it's well made and just clicks with the game.
The story is also decent,it's mostly centered around the survival of humanity and expansion of the empire,you being one of the crazy yet brave generals that has this crazy and hard task of securing the future and make sure that humanity doesn't end in one big city.
Now as gameplay goes,that's where this game stands out by quite a lot. The main missions are relatively simple,mostly just you having to build up a settlement,kill some zombies or a boss,get a certain amount of resources,so technically,it's nothing complicated. But that's where you're wrong.
The game itself is very difficult,because you will in many cases,underestimate just how many zombies there will be,how easily they can get into your base,and once they're in,if you don't contain it fast,you will certainly lose,cause 3 zombies taking one house down,leads to 8 zombies and then two more houses will be almost 20 zombies. To make matters worse for the player,you got no checkpoints,you lose at the last minute,you have to try all over again. That is a bit bad since you lose all the progress on that map,but it does help getting more used to the way the game works.
There is a nice research tree that you will unlock as you progress the game,but do keep in mind you won't be able to get everything,so do think about your choices,cause you might end up making your game way harder than it's supposed to be. What i've found working well for me was having as much economy and less consumers,so that I could focus more on properly expanding and defending,rather that about all the needs and lacks.
Most missions will force you with some certain conditions,be it less food on some parts or more energy consumption,but even so,while you expand and get the hang of the layout,make sure that you build towers and walls,set some soldiers in them ( not archers,those are mostly for quick scouting ) and this way you'll prevent in most cases,losing your entire mission. I've learned the hard way what happens if you leave even a tiny corner unprotected....and it's not nice.
There's also a few missions where you control a hero,those are quite good for getting the resources for the research trees,also to beat certain swarm missions on the campaign,which is also spread out across different routes,to keep a bit of variety,but all of them slowly getting harder and more demanding.
Now bug related,there aren't many,one that kept sometimes happening was troops kinda getting stuck in each other when left alone patrolling,dunno why,maybe it was just a weird route i've set up or could be something different,but that was all.
Overall,for any RTS fans,especially those looking for a challenge, They Are Billions is definitely a must get,providing a huge difficulty from the very beginning that only get's tougher as you progress,but also the excitement and joy you get once you've finally beaten a hard level,is well worth it,but if you're more of a casual player,then maybe you should at least wait for a sale.
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Why they don`t make a sequel or DLC, I will never understand.

I adore this game, Would love a PVP game mode or even co-op PVE. such a fun game would HIGHLY recommend ! its not often I write a review on a game but this game deserves one

Great game. To bad they stopped working on it.