Kingdom Two Crowns 9+

I believe that Kingdom is an amazing game and i’ve played both the first and second game but while playing the second game i was on the first island and ive been playing for a while so i cleared out the whole forest in the first island and since i cleared out the forest theres no more Poor people so i cant hire anymore workers than i already have but since i wasnt able to go through the portal to the Greed’s dimension i wasnt able to completely finish them off so while im gone(in another island) they come and attack my kingdom and they attack my builders and take their hammers and the workers who were builders then pick up the bow and become soldiers and now i have lots of soldiers but zero builders so im basically stuck on the first island unless i reset the game because since i have no builders and i cant hire any new workers since i cleared out the whole forest now i have no one to build the boat for me so i haft to make a new save and start all over again.

iOS store has such a low bar for quality I get why this game is rated well however there is just a lot of frustrating game design choices that really take the fun out of the game. I am not afraid of difficulty at all but overcoming stupid problems is not the kind of challenge I’m trying to overcome.

I can’t list everything but I just learned the “leaping greed” can knock your crown and run past you to get it… whatever, but I’m tired of starting back at island one, building a ship for each island to subsequently re-light each shrine, partially rebuild each island. This is just tedium which bring me to a rock and a hard, place do I lower the difficulty so by the time I get back to my main island the difficulty is right when I get there and suffer boredom until I do or leave it and possibly arrive at winter as it will take even longer to get there with higher difficulty. It’s just a lot of boring maintenance time.

This is aside from others claims of garbage ai, inability to cancel anything, retaliation being a random side (not seeing it is boring and dangerous), RNG screwing you on a new island with no resources, no explanation of anything, lacking in real robustness, etc etc

I really like this game and am enjoying it on switch more so. The cross play to mobile is a nice support. I am excited to play this with my partner.

The *Only element* missing, that I want from this game - is a good endless mode. I am confused why there is not one, because all the procedural pieces appear to be in place? This would give a far greater emotional investment knowing that my kingdom could last and continue to grow. I much prefer to choose when the game ends, rather than being forced to lose my progress and then stop. I get that you can replay in a different mode, but that is not the same...

If you add this, then I will throw purchases and recommendations. I will come back and give a 5 star here, on steam, and switch, then buy all copies of the game for each platform, for myself and others.