Undead Horde 2: Necropolis

i loved the first game and was really looking forward to the sequel, only to be bitterly disappointed by it. Originally, i wanted to wait until i finished it to write this review but the last few hours i have been so utterly frustrated that i cannot hold back. First of all, there is not too much to undead horde in geenral, and that is fine. Sometimes i don't need an in-depth story, overly strategic fights - sometimes i just want to see who wins if i put a flock of chickens against orcs. The first game was PERFECT in that regard. i especially loved that you necromanced the exact enemies you killed (and if i remember correctly as soon as you had killed or necromanced a new enemy type you unlocked it as a statue in your base), which is the main idea of a necromancer game imo. if you killed one of the smaller bosses, you could necromance them and have them join your army. Undead horde 2 does it differently. You have to unlock slots that you can fill with unit types and you are only able to necromance those. So if you kill knights on horses you can raise them as chickens or bears, which makes no sense. The units also feel much weaker against enemies and you have to upgrade their houses to make them stronger. You also can assign "ability points" to counter the raised command value of your troops after upgrading their house. Because of the very limited ability points you have available, you pretty much have to build your army out of one type of troop (animal, skeleton, corpse, ...). Undead horde 2 wants to offer more strategy I think but makes the game much more complicated without necessarily making it better. It just feels like a lot more grind to get enough money to upgrade houses, troops, ... Even though i like the idea of necropolis, i have not had as much fun with the sequel than with the first game, sadly and don't have it in me at this point to recommend it. EDIT: So, i just finished the game. There are maps that are just a PAIN and you will die while trying to destroy all towers/ enemy spawner etc countless times, respawn and continue. I am not sure if this was deliberate to prolong playtime or if the levels are just badly balanced. Every now and again there are maps that will take you an hour + to clear and then you will rush through the next 3 without even losing a unit. Even the boss was very easy and didn't kill a single of my troops. Getting to a point where you have decent troops takes way too long and i just cannot get over the fact that you...

Ok fun, but first one was better. It is disappointing that you can't resurrect enemy units or heroes.