Crown of Greed

Crown of Greed is a good clone of the Majesty series, but it doesn't bring any new ideas and it might be worth waiting a while longer for the remaining bugs to be fixed. It's also a shame that it only contains a campaign, although it's good, but nothing more. You can relax and have fun playing the game, just don't expect too much from it.

BLUM Entertainment picks up where Majesty left off to create an entertaining game that, despite its missteps, revives a very distinctive subgenre within the RTS genre. It’s an interesting, fun, and—to a certain extent—original game that’s a pleasure to play, even if you have to turn a blind eye to certain aspects at times.

"Crown of Greed" replaces direct control with indirect incentives, which takes time to get used to and isn’t always well explained. The rough onboarding, occasional lack of clarity, and limited hero progression hold it back. But once it clicks, it offers a distinct strategic flow where your influence feels meaningful without full control.

Crown of Greed arrived too early. Not in the sense that the concept wasn't mature—because the concept is excellent and well-executed at its best. It arrived too early in the sense that it launched with bugs that severely hindered the first impression of a game that relies on functional AI for its core premise to make sense.