So I just tried to play Warriors & Castles, a game I bought back in 2015—but haven’t launched until now.

The conceit is that this is a medieval Capture the Flag. You can be a knight, an archer, or a wizard. And the goal is to get inside the castle and defeat your opponent’s queen.

There’s just one issue—it’s a PvP game, and the servers are a ghost town. No one’s playing. Whoops.

So instead I opted for a bot match. And unfortunately, the bots aren’t too smart. I pretty much just avoided them and stormed the castle gates.

Tediously, it took a long time to break them down. I died lots in the process. But after many, many respawns, I finally defeated the queen.

The win was very unceremonial. I just got text on my screen that said “Victory”—then a chance to start over again. Since I knew the result would be the same, yet would be just as tedious, I opted not to continue.

In all, it took me 40 minutes. I guess I “beat” the game. Or, at least, as much as a PvP with bots would allow.

I will say this much for Warriors & Castles. For a game that started development in 2015, it still looks somewhat okay. Not impressive, but okay.

Do I recommend this? No, Warriors & Castles is stuck in “early access”, and the last update was eight years ago.

Nevertheless, it was a good idea for a PvP. If all you want is a casual PvP with a medieval theme, this could have been good. Alas, the developers abandoned it and whatever community existed has vanished.