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Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator (UEBS): Fun in Inactivity

ULTIMATE Epic Battle Simulator is exactly what its title indicates, a simulator of epic battles.   Accurate ON the scale, “epic” is the upper boundary of what you can accomplish, so that shouldn’t discourage you from small scale encounters.  At some point, I watched 1000 Archers hold their position in the center of a city and fend off 1000 zombies funneling in from all sides.  Did it look cinematic and epic with a Triple-A showcase of animations?  Not at all and I would say that is the entire point.   Almost UEBS is a game the allows you to construct and observe battles across large maps filled with massive amounts of AI.  It’s developed by Brilliant Game Studios which is a “one-man show,” as their YouTube description states.  I find it enjoyable, so while I aim to talk about it accurately I am also not impartial. UEBS is simple.  From the start, after you interact with or close the Steam Workshop pop-up window, you are given your ...