The Settlers: New Allies
The Settlers: New Allies
The Settlers: New Allies, développé par Ubisoft Blue Byte et édité par Ubisoft Entertainment, est sorti le 17 février 2023 sur PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch et Xbox One. Presque trente ans après les débuts de la série, ce titre de stratégie en temps réel et de simulation, construit avec le moteur Snowdrop, marque le retour de la série sur Windows PC. L'histoire suit les Settlers contraints de quitter leurs terres après un tremblement de terre d'origine mystérieuse, partis vers l'inconnu pour trouver un nouveau foyer et affrontant de nouveaux défis ainsi qu'un ancien mystère. Le jeu propose une expérience de construction et des batailles stratégiques en temps réel, réimaginée avec des graphismes et animations détaillés, trois factions jouables (les Elari, les Maru et les Jorn), une campagne narrative ainsi qu'un mode Hardcore, et des parties en ligne jusqu'à huit joueurs. L'Édition Deluxe comprend le jeu, le pack Deluxe et le pack Explorateur, et le prix est de 39,99 euros. La presse a salué certains aspects tout en exprimant des réserves : Softpedia a écrit que le jeu « has a good core loop that, unfortunately, lacks a solid connection with the series' history », tandis qu'Eurogamer Germany a indiqué que les fans de la série seraient déçus par le manque de profondeur mais que le titre restait « decently playable ». Certains joueurs sur Metacritic ont regretté la qualité du texte et l'écart avec la nostalgie attendue, et un avis négatif sur Steam a tout de même relevé une bonne ambiance et un plaisir des yeux. L'évaluation agrégée du titre s'élève à 60,00.
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Critiques de la Presse (Metacritic)
« The Settlers: New Allies has a good core loop that, unfortunately, lacks a solid connection with the series' history. There’s too much military action and not enough focus on delivering products to citizens. The land-claiming concept is interesting but under-used. Ubisoft could have used the same gameplay and another name and players might be more interested. But the game does not do enough to differentiate itself from better experiences in the genre. The Settlers: New Allies wants to tweak a classic formula but never finds the best way to do that. »
« Fans of the series will be disappointed by the new game due to its lack of depth. If you're able to look beyond this shortcoming, this is a decently playable and visually appealing game that otherwise doesn't have any major problems. »
« A game we've waited five years for should be a masterpiece. At the very least, it should have advanced strategy elements. It would be a much better positioning if the game only came to the tablet. »
« It is still an enjoyable experience where you can build your own frontier with a relatively easy system. However, the entire process to win the game is too long and boring to aim for a shift to a competitive RTS. It is not easy to motivate the frontier exploring since pretty much all activities are for just military buildup. »
« The Settlers: New Allies feels confused by its own identity. Is it a live service game? Is it a homage to the great RTS games of the past? Is it The Settlers, or a lesser Age of Empires? The answers seem to dance away the longer you play, and the further your settlements grow. While it houses a gorgeous world that actively encourages you to keep exploring, placing roads, and looking after your flock, a lack of depth and identity makes New Allies feel like a muddled experiment. »
« The Settlers: New Allies is a solid starting point to reboot the RTS franchise. While its campaign is dull enough to be ignored, the game’s bones are strong enough to support solidly entertaining online play. Despite its issues it has the potential to breathe new life into The Settlers as a franchise, which would be great for all RTS fans. »
« The core idea for The Settlers: New Allies is evidently a good one, but oversimplification of certain aspects of this famous series - while simultaneously trying to go back to the roots - was a mistake. Apparently, even Ubisoft didn't fully believe in its success as it didn't advertise the game at all. »
« The Settlers: New Allies may provide decent entertainment for more modest players, but it's not the sequel that fans have been asking for. Although it is visually pleasing. Settlement construction is easy to manage, but lacks more depth, and the same is true with combat. Not a single component is elaborated enough to arouse more interest. »
Avis des Joueurs (Metacritic)
« World: So so pretty. Gameplay/Voice&Video/Mechanics/Basic English Writing: So so pretty ....****. Was this outsourced?! Not even grammatically correct text?! So disappointed but then again it's Ubisoft. »
« I got really happy over the trailer, gave in to the nostalgia "The Setllers is comming back with a fresh coat of paint and modernized" but nope, I ended up getting mobile game material. Here's a suggestion: make it free to play with microtransactions and you're golden. We scratch the itch of playing "The Settlers", playing a simple game and you might even earn some money on the side with the cosmetics. »
« First the positive thing(s): The graphics are amazing. I really like the islands and the tropical vibe the story takes place in. But this doesn't make up for the horrible gameplay. The setting up of a settlement is, compared to the other settler games, a repetitive dismaying task. The claiming of new land is repetitive and really time consuming. The attacks is not worthy of being called RTS-like. You have no influence howsoever how a group of units attack, neither it lets you select a certain unit screenwide. I'm back to my old settler games for now. I bought it cheap in a sale, but even those 12 euro's were a waste of money. »
« It´s a good game, because the graphics are great and other issues are not so extreme »
« I have buy it! and this game give me the feeling from Settlers 3 and 4 for me is fun it look good and its a real Settler. for me a 10/10 »
« I've played all of the settlers universe and this one is also as enjoyable as 1,2,3,4 edition »
« The game has beautiful graphics. Gameplay is actually very fun and a good mix between economy and combat. It could have a bit deeper economy, but it is still complex enough to allow forging different strategies. Also the latest updates went in a good direction (new buildings: berry press which produces potions and charcoal maker which produces coal and the forester was reworked from "garden-style" to free-planting). An they even added a new map which allows a settler limit of 1000 settlers instead of the normal 500. In general this game excels in multiplayer. A match can take between 30 minutes and multiple hours depending on the number of players and play style. The campaign is also playable but quite boring. I would not recommend to pay 60€ for the game but sometimes there are huge discounts and 20-30€ is really ok in my opinion. There is an ingame shop but its literally irrelevant and the items repeat very often and without any problems you can buy them using the earned currency from playing the games. Unfortunately sometimes there are some technical problems/bugs, for example I spend 2,5 hours in a multiplayer match and did not receive any rewards for the victory which can be extremely frustrating. My wishes for future changes/features: - building pallisades - mines require food - mines should not be infinite or always have 100% efficency - big open wheat fields instead of the farm-internal "garden-style" 2 hexagon wheat field - Provide proper AI which is able to fill empty player slots and which is not just bad - Add ingame chat / quick chat -Add controllable ships which can be used to travel to other islands - More differences between factions in general (including different music styles like in Settlers 3/4) - Upgradable units with gold or gems (golden armor instead of silver armor) - Decorative buildings As you can see my list of feature requests is long and I see a lot of potential in this game. Unfortunately the development is very slow and the worst part is the communication to the community. So game itself is 8/10. Communication is -1/10. »
« I have played the game for 12 hours now and i realy like the game. Graphics is great it fits how a settlers game should look like. Buiding is fun. updates are great they take the time to lisen and fix the problems. »
