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Video: Bad North is an RTS that even RTS-haters might enjoy

I m not sure if Bad North is a strategy game for the inept or the lazy. It does a lot that speaks to both: the islands you re defending are small, you ve only a few units to guide and those instructions don t extend beyond go there or hide in that . When they do get there they auto-attack any marauders in reach and pursue the stragglers. It even slurps into slow motion when you select units, giving you extra thinking time, or time to watch diddy soldiers deliver vicious beatings. For someone so bad at multitasking I can t even walk and drink from a can at the same time, this is an RTS game I can finally play. See the video for proof…

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