When my friend recommended _Empire of the Ants_, he said that he was talking about the epic of the war in the micro-world. As a result, I played for three days, and now I want to persuade them to change the game when I see the ants crawling on the ground.
At first, I was really amazed by the picture. The details of every ant are lifelike, and the sunlight shining through the leaves at the entrance of the anthill is as beautiful as a documentary. But this good impression was broken in the first level. The enemy’s AI is so stupid that make people anxious. Obviously, there are strengthening skills, but they are never used. I can easily win by setting up a formation casually.
The most painful task is to defend seven nests at the same time. The enemy came from all directions. I hurriedly transferred troops and sent generals, but I still lost a nest and failed directly. I hit it again five times, and I had to start from the beginning every time. The last wave of enemies was purely based on the number of hard piles. My ant army was submerged in a sea of worms, and I was so angry that I wanted to drop the keyboard.
Non-combat missions are even more boring. Once I controlled a worker ant to look for ladybugs on the grass. The guy’s protective color was perfect. I stared at the screen for half an hour and almost went blind. The proximity sensor doesn’t show the direction at all, and I can only turn around like a headless fly. In the end, I had no choice. I found a strategy on the Internet and knew that I had to squat in a specific position and wait for the rabbit.
The stealth mission is even more like a virtual setting. Even if it is found by the enemy, there will be no consequences. If you die, you will be resurrected immediately. This is not sneaking, but obviously shopping. The funniest thing is to catch fireflies. They always fly away suddenly when I’m about to meet them. I can only wait stupidly on their fixed route, feeling that I’m stupider than ants.
The most unfortunate thing in the game is that the setting of “microworld” is not used well. Except for occasionally running on glass bottles or toys, they basically fight on the flat ground. The only interesting thing is the task of fighting upside down on the ceiling. It’s really funny to watch the ant corpses fall down like rain. But there are too few such highlights.
The plot is even more inexplicable. What kind of termite threat, ant civil war, there is no beginning or end. I still don’t understand why these ants are fighting here and there. It is said that it is still adapted from a novel, but even the original author may not recognize it.
If you ask me if I recommend this game, my advice is: unless you want to experience how suffocating it is to be an ant commander, you’d better save this money. What I regret most now is that I didn’t refund in time when I played the second task. Have you ever encountered this kind of “amazing picture but the gameplay is discouraged” in the game? Come to the comment section to complain and let me know that I am not alone.
