A promising turn-based wargame from a Russian developer

User Rating: 7 | Codex of Victory (Early Access) PC

I must say the game looked appealing enough to try it out, even though I'm not a fan of the genre.

What I saw:

  • Original and attractive visual style (although units and buildings have less visual detail than environment)
  • Interesting gameplay mechanics (except flying across the planet — it wasn't fun at all)
  • Bug quantity and frequency is surprisingly low for an Early Access title, though there are some minor mission trigger bugs and shortcomings
  • Some amount of interface and localization quirks
  • Music/ambient is a bit more complex and invasive than it should be, some SFX are too loud (even on default levels)
  • Backstory, unfortunately, is vague and provides little motivation for progression
  • Generally dull scenery and map/mission layout

Regarding Early Access... Looks like the devs are not planning to abandon the project. The game is being updated and it is becoming better, slowly but steadily.

The verdict: if you’re into wargames, you should definitely give this game a try.