Much to the eye, little for the brain

Once again, the iconic bustle to goods and territories was reissued. Always the versions had some weaknesses about which one could but good-naturedly overlooked. The construction of the complex production chains has provided hours of fun, the struggle rather minor matter.

First spoiled with great attention to detail designed graphics, you can see the individual handles the artisans and even the sheepdog strays around and takes off and his leg. For this, the animation runs very smoothly, on my not-so-new computer. Unfortunately, one often wants to be able to zoom out a little further.

Compared to previous versions, resulting in the game concept a few changes, not always for the better
1) At the beginning of each mission you can get a leader - choose provided with different talents (eg lower consumption of resources, stronger economy and more favorable warfare).. This is the game for many important processes necessary (eg. B. negotiations, commodity purchase and land reclamation). It's annoying, unfortunately, because the deployment of the good wife or the husband takes time and. Specially should own feeding place for the arg battered horse ready.
2) In addition to the camp already known, there is also the castle and church, their location is always specified. Again, there is room for improvement, since the bearing can be extended, but with increasing playing time is always full. It has no other choice than to stop production or to sell off the stuff, if a trading partner is available. In the earlier versions, the transport routes were thus optimize, here every worker must at the mercy in this go a warehouse.
3) There are few dependencies between the individual producer, as a rule, everyone needs just a commodity, which passes through a maximum of another station or even leads directly into a final product. Apparently was a Swabian in development team, because the Kehrwoche is now a part of everyday village life, which manifests itself in new industries such as broom and soap maker.
4) seasons complicate logistics. Some food sources are not available during the winter. Therefore, one should check its inventory before winter, otherwise you quickly feel the displeasure of the starving population. Again frozen rivers open shorter distances or the opportunity to attack his enemy on strategic positions. The soldiers have in good time before the melt the ice again, because there are all non-swimmers.

Overall, I LE rather disappointed as fascinated. I find the new ideas not really convincing, overall the operation is more difficult than in previous versions.

The missions are relatively easy to master. The wolves are often more dangerous than the "human" opponents and there are always friendly tribes who provide support for a little cash or petty cash prizes. Basically, you only need enough time.

In short, I can not see any further development beyond the graphics, on the contrary. Therefore, I would only awarded 2 stars.