Info about Warnament:

Official game description:
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About the Game
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Warnament is a turn-based grand strategy designed together with the community to combine simplicity, depth, and a high level of customization. You can play as theocratic France during lunch and attack Berlin playing as communist Luxembourg by dinner. Or create your own scenario featuring alternative history or something completely unrelated to the real world whatsoever.
Influence and manipulate
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Declare wars and sign peace treaties, make pacts and alliances
Guarantee the independence of your allies, force someone into vassalage, or simply insult your opponents (as seen on TV)
Get rich by trading with the big shots of global politics or choke your opponents with economic sanctions
Drag your allies into international conflicts: the more, the deadlier!
Crush and rule
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Wipe out your enemies with a deadly array of military forces—from infantry to nuclear bombs
Rule the seven seas with cruisers, battleships, and aircraft carriers
Protect your land with fortresses and other defensive infrastructure
Despise the laws of warfare using a chemical or nuclear weapon
Expand and thrive
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Progress through the technology tree to discover a wide variety of buildings and structures
Choose one of half a dozen political regimes, and make political decisions that might change the course of history
Control each province of your country independently to ensure an economic and scientific breakthrough
Create, share, and play your own worlds
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Make your own scenarios in the included editor
Use the editor for creating your own maps, as historically accurate (or not) as you want
Share them with other players, if you wish to: best community-made content even makes it into the official game
Use the timelapse editor to create your own history

Release date: 7 Aug, 2025

Categories: Turn-based Strategy, Strategy, Economic Simulation, Military Management, Diplomacy, Map Editor, Mod Support, Multiplayer


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Below are summaries of things people say about the game per category.
Each point is assigned a weight that represents how often it is mentioned across all reviews.
What players like:
- Enjoyable and Deep Strategy (weight 0.99): Players find the game highly enjoyable and easy to pick up, especially for a strategy game. It offers a deep and well-thought-out grand strategy experience, standing out among turn-based titles.
- High Player Freedom & Choice (weight 0.22): The game provides extensive freedom for players to choose any country and pursue diverse geopolitical strategies. This includes the ability to play as unique or unexpected factions, fostering creative gameplay.
- Robust Workshop Features (weight 0.13): The game's workshop feature is highly valued, allowing players to create and share custom maps, scenarios, and even generate timelapses for video content, enhancing community engagement.
- Simple Operations & Controls (weight 0.13): Players appreciate the simplicity of operations and the intuitive control scheme. This makes the game accessible and easy to manage despite its strategic depth.
- High Player Anticipation (weight 0.13): Players expressed significant excitement leading up to the game's release, looking forward to manipulating historical events and achieving specific in-game goals like acquiring a Nuke.
- Great Map & Scenarios (weight 0.12): The game features a great world map and offers engaging current scenarios. These elements contribute positively to the overall strategic experience.
- Accessible Grand Strategy (weight 0.12): The game is seen as a more accessible alternative to complex grand strategy games like Hearts of Iron. Some describe it as a 'coloring game' due to its straightforward nature.
- Good Chinese Localization (weight 0.07): The Chinese localization is reported to be sufficiently complete, allowing Chinese-speaking players to fully enjoy the game without language barriers.
- DLC Issue Resolved (weight 0.06): The developer successfully resolved an issue related to DLC, indicating responsiveness to player feedback and commitment to game quality.

Common complaints:
- Poor user interface design (weight 0.6): The user interface is consistently criticized for being poorly designed, unreadable, and requiring excessive clicks for basic actions. This significantly hinders the player experience.
- Lacks content and depth (weight 0.52): Players feel the game is incomplete and lacks essential features, depth, and content, suggesting it was released prematurely. Many core mechanics and quality-of-life features are missing or poorly implemented.
- Game-breaking army movement bug (weight 0.08): A critical bug causes armies to move erratically across the world instead of to their intended destinations, making the game unplayable for some users.
- Online mode non-functional (weight 0.08): The online multiplayer mode is reported to be non-functional, preventing players from engaging in multiplayer experiences.
- Poor in-game explanations (weight 0.07): The game lacks proper tutorials or explanations for its mechanics, leaving players confused about how to play and what certain elements mean.
- DLC recognition issues (weight 0.07): Players reported issues where purchased DLCs were not recognized by the game, prompting them to buy the content again, indicating a licensing or recognition bug.
- Economic imbalance (Russia) (weight 0.07): There's an imbalance in the game's economy, specifically noting that Russia starts with an unusually high income compared to other nations that need to develop their economy for war.
- Extensive AI artwork use (weight 0.05): The game is noted for making extensive use of AI for its artwork, which some players may find concerning or indicative of a lack of human artistic effort.

Gameplay feedback:
- Simplified UI and Map (weight 0.22): Players note that the game features a simplified user interface and a basic, flat map, distinguishing it from more complex Paradox titles like Hearts of Iron. This simplicity is a recurring theme in the feedback.
- Classic Strategy Experience (weight 0.07): Despite its simplicity, some players appreciate the game as a classic strategy experience. This suggests that the core strategic elements are enjoyable for a segment of the audience.

Performance notes:
- Frequent game crashes (weight 0): Players are experiencing frequent crashes, especially during critical moments like boss fights or area transitions. This severely disrupts gameplay and leads to frustration, often resulting in lost progress.
- Poor performance and framerates (weight 0): The game suffers from significant performance issues, including low and inconsistent frame rates, even on high-end hardware. This makes the game feel sluggish and unresponsive, detracting from the overall experience.
- Numerous in-game bugs (weight 0): Many players report a variety of bugs, such as characters getting stuck, quests not progressing, and visual glitches. These issues, while not always game-breaking, accumulate to create a less polished experience.
- Unbalanced difficulty spikes (weight 0): Some players feel the game's difficulty is unbalanced, with certain encounters being overly punishing or unfair. This can lead to frustration and a sense of unfairness rather than challenge.
- Weak story and characters (weight 0): The game's narrative and character development are criticized for being unengaging and generic. Players find it difficult to connect with the story or its inhabitants, diminishing immersion.
- Review bombing activity (weight 0): A segment of the reviews appears to be part of a coordinated 'review bombing' effort, expressing general negativity without specific, constructive feedback. While noted, these points are given low importance due to their non-constructive nature.

Recommendations:
- Highly Recommended Game (weight 0.26): Players highly recommend the game, especially for fans of grand strategy. The overall sentiment is very positive, suggesting a strong appeal within its genre.

Other player notes:
- Desire for more content (weight 0.26): Players are looking forward to future content updates, specifically more scenarios and historical maps. There's also a desire for missing characters to be added, indicating a need for content completeness.
- Online mode bug fix (weight 0.08): A specific bug in the online mode has been identified and players hope for a quick resolution. This suggests a critical issue impacting multiplayer experience.
- Spherical world map option (weight 0.07): Players are requesting an option to change the world map projection to spherical. This indicates a desire for more customization and potentially a more realistic or preferred visual style.

Emotions:
- Disappointment (weight 0.19): Players expressed disappointment due to the game's perceived lack of content, depth, and quality of life features. Specific issues included an unfinished state at release, high price, and problems with Chinese language display and font flickering. The game's difficulty and economic imbalance were also cited as causes for dissatisfaction.
- Satisfaction (weight 0.19): Satisfaction stemmed from the game's quality, particularly after fixes, and its value for money. Players enjoyed the sandbox nature, the workshop capabilities, and the concise design. The game's genre, mechanics, and good Chinese localization also contributed to positive experiences.
- Excitement (weight 0.17): Excitement was driven by the game's overall quality, its status as a favorite RTS, and the anticipation of future content. The alternative history setting and the potential for player-driven narratives, such as twisting history and acquiring a nuke, also generated significant enthusiasm.
- Joy (weight 0.15): Joy was consistently reported due to the game's fun and enjoyable nature, particularly for strategy enthusiasts. Players appreciated the simple operations and ease of learning, finding the game to be a high-quality turn-based experience.
- Frustration (weight 0.08): Frustration arose from significant technical issues, including a non-functional online mode, game-breaking bugs, and a problematic user interface. Initial problems with DLCs, missing Chinese characters, and map limitations also contributed to player frustration.
- Hope (weight 0.08): Players expressed hope for future improvements, specifically desiring more scenarios, historical maps, and bug fixes. The desire for a spherical map was also a recurring point of hope for future development.
- Mild disappointment (weight 0.02): Mild disappointment was noted due to missing characters and a non-continuous map, indicating minor but noticeable flaws in the game's presentation.
- Mixed feelings (weight 0.02): Players experienced mixed feelings regarding the game's gameplay and graphics, suggesting that some aspects were positive while others were less appealing.
- Admiration (weight 0.02): Admiration was expressed for the game's depth and its genre, indicating appreciation for the strategic complexity and the overall design of the game type.
- Relief (weight 0.02): Relief was felt when the developer addressed and fixed issues with the DLC, resolving a significant problem for players.
- Mild frustration (weight 0.02): Mild frustration was caused by some unclear parts within the game that negatively affected the overall viewing experience.
- Enjoyment (weight 0.02): Enjoyment was specifically derived from the core gameplay loop of building an empire, highlighting a key satisfying aspect of the game.
- Interest (weight 0.02): Interest was generated by the game's perceived depth, suggesting that players were drawn to the potential for complex strategic engagement.}