Prime & Load : 1776

Prime & Load : 1776
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Metacritic
77
Steam
67.611
xDR
Our rating is calculated based on the reviews and popularity of the game.
Price
$7.99
Release date
25 November 2020
Steam reviews score
Total
77 (297 votes)

Set in the American Revolution, Prime & Load : 1776 lets command and control your very own regiment.

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Prime & Load : 1776 system requirements

Minimum:

  • OS: Windows 7 SP1 (x64), Windows 8 (x64), Windows 10 (x64)
  • Processor: 2 GHz Dual Core
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Direct X 11 Compatible Card
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 5 GB available space
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DeeBob
DeeBob

I rarely see players does anyone want to play with me?

cawsâgwin
cawsâgwin

An inferior version of Holdfast, with clunky controls and terrible gameplay. On top of that, it crashed four times in twenty minutes.

Edit: I gave it a second chance, and I think the game has potential, but it has an awful long way to go. I'll keep my eye on it!

Wattz
Wattz

I like the game because it's interactive battlefields that are like a mix between Holdfast and Mount & Blade. I think the game has a good future with it's still small yet dedicated community and can be fun for anyone single or multiplayer.

Mikey Mike
Mikey Mike

Commander mode is a refreshing edition to games in this genre. If you play line-battle games, you will no undoubtedly have fun with this. What makes P&L different than games like Holdfast & War of Rights? Commander mode. The strategy aspect of line battles is front and center now that every player is an Officer with 20 soldier bots. At first, having bots turned me off. After I played it, I realized that bots actually listen to your commands. A game with 7 Commanders on each side is surprisingly fun.

Pasky
Pasky

In what started as a Mount and Blade look-a-like, the addition of Commander Mode adds a whole new dimension into this game. Nothing is more satisfying that getting a line into position and leveling your muskets right before the enemy can, and then watching the kill feed for the results. The game still needs work in some areas, but there's lot's of promise and an active, friendly dev group

Aaron!
Aaron!

so far so good love the commander battle mode.

Sovidaloca
Sovidaloca

The game is good but has a very laggy ping/ms for me that I am South American. so I tried to open a server to play with my friends, dedicated server but not worked

alvarogarzaga
alvarogarzaga

this is a good game bit it is hard to understant at the bigining maybey a tutorial option? well aniwase this game is great so devs keep it up

Fanofstrategy1998
Fanofstrategy1998

MINI TOTAL WAR IN THE MB NAPOLEONIC ENGINE - YES!!!

The concept this game operates is something i searched for years. a hybrid between total war and holfast/mb

Every Player commands a platoon of AI.

Mind you this game is not good AT ALL. But this is the future of multiplayer historical games. 20/10 for the effort. damn worth the price!!

van cleef
van cleef

great! commander mode is awesome. great to be able to play offline. also has siege mode that also works offline unlike mount and blade. this was my favourite mode in that game.

[WGEF] Foxdo
[WGEF] Foxdo

love it needs more players though

Air Chief Marshal Sir Woods
Air Chief Mars…

FIRE BY RANK FIRST RANK FIRE SECOND RANK FIRE THIRD RANK FIRE

rhysgleaves042
rhysgleaves042

Been playing a few hours now,brilliant game and the new commander mode is good.

г г
г г

Abandoned project. Dead game. Do not waste your money on this.

RankMath
RankMath

Review based only on the Commander game mode.
I always liked the American revolution and this game is an interesting mp game about this era. Its graphics are siimilar (maybe i'm wrong) to Napoleonic Wars dlc on Mount and Blade warband. Its so far really cheap (5 canadian dollars)

Graphics : 7/10. They arent up to date with 2020 per say but they are pretty still, just not made for 2000$ pc. Its really made for large audience i guess and it does the job to me. (the art design of uniforms and flags is great) I also love that they introduced the ''Canadian'' aka Québec regiment in the game on the american side.

Setting/Era : 10/10 , the american revolution/18th century style warfare, always a winner to me.

Gameplay : 5/10 : have a lot of fun but the bots need alot of improvements and the auto charge for bots is an easy way to lose when you need your troops to fire instead of not listening to officer. Also, the bots have weird priority aim that makes them confuse on their targets, sometimes deciding to select 3 different locations and thus making your firing inneficient.
(If these things would be improved and they added more game modes, even a single player campaign just to learn the basics etc, i wouild make it go to 9/10 for gameplay)

Servers : 7/10 : when there is no players on the commander servers you can still play against bots etc. But the servers shut down sometimes after a while all of a sudden so i put the servers at 7/10 for ''stability'' reasons even though i have no ideas why they shut down.

Overrall : these are the most important categories i wanted to analyze. This game deserves more love and the devs seems to listened to the public. It is 5$ easily invested in a game much fun despite all its flaws. I hope the devs will put a roadmap for the players to know whats going to happen in the coming months/years. Would be a nice way to entice players to buy and keep the game. Note : 7/10.

Maxagaze
Maxagaze

This game lacks content, but i consider it a continuation of Holdfast. In this game you do not play a single soldier in a chaos. In this game you have your own brigade and you are forced to play with line battles as it should, during that time. It just needs more time and way more people.

Hotspot
Hotspot

Worth the money, 2 hours in and im loving it

Sloppy
Sloppy

hehe, The 54th Regiment of Royal Welsh Fusiliers Volley go BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

cooppoop12
cooppoop12

This game is very fun, its still rough but very fun

WeAreRoma
WeAreRoma

I would say if your looking for a game to just command bots in I would say this game is pretty good at it. They just need to resize the names so I can see it because its hard to see but other then that the commander game mode is really fun.

Demumin the drunk Wizard
Demumin the dr…

It looks the almost the same as War of Rights, however with commander mode added, it feel like you can command a unit in total war games. Though in development, it's still fun and hopeful for future updates.

ZeHorse
ZeHorse

Been trying to play the game for a week and the servers are still down???

Nostromo
Nostromo

Not really good at reviews, but i'll try to sum up what I think of the game.

It's 10/10 game in my eyes.

If you're obsessed with this era of warfare like me, you'll love this game.
The commander mode is a perfect mixture of Holdfast and Total War, something that really sets this game out from others. It's still in its beginning stages, but going off of how the devs are, it can only get much better.
Again, if you're like me and you just can't get enough of line infantry warfare, this game is perfect for you. plus, you just can't beat that price.
I hope this helps if you're interested in the game, and I only hope to see you on the battlefield! Hopefully wearing a red uniform as well! :)

Sinteral 5005
Sinteral 5005

A great game, really recomend you play commander mode really brings in a historic feeling inside you.

jdeckson1
jdeckson1

Big let down. Was exited to get it learning that it was set during the 1700s and it was popular on youtube and saw that it was only 7.99. That price should've been a warning. Gameplay was lame considering that you weren't ever in formation. The servers were small and buggy and single player has hardly any costumization and don't forget the lack of character customization. Boring let down of a game.

Firelock
Firelock

After an admittedly shakey start last year, the introduction of Commander mode has MADE this game. Plenty of stuff still needs tweaking but with a receptive dev group and enthusiastic returning players this game hopefully has legs again.. Company, to the Front.. MARCH!

TanktheGod216
TanktheGod216

This game is fun as hell if you can get a lobby going.

Chevalier
Chevalier

A great game, 100% worth it's price. Battles are intense and exciting and it has all the tactics a history buff like myself could ask for. A little sticky and it does feel a little incomplete but overall, would recommend.

harry
harry

I wonder when the modding tools will be released and I would be appreciated it if someone can make a tutorial about exporting and importing custom models into games.

Aldarith
Aldarith

With the addition of Commander Mode this game is an incredible value at the $5 CAD it demands.
More units than I can name and you could spend all lunch bossing bots into formation and volleying fire against hostile bots.
Good fun!

원광성
원광성

The more it gets updated, the more bugs it has, the worse it becomes. The game often get unbalanced in number of players, most of the time you will fight 2v3 or 3v4. The game is extremely buggy, when you're unlucky (which happens very often), your soldiers will freeze in the middle of a fight (they wont shoot or wont reload), which causes you unreasonable and ridiculous death and losses.
The game has poor physic, the units have no path finding, they run only in singular vector.
The game has great historical theme, nice gameplay idea, but it will get you frustrating while playing PvP due to the bugs, poor physic structures and lack of team balance, I've seen alot of anger, hate talk and rage quit occur in this game.

-=PR=-_Miller
-=PR=-_Miller

For $8, its a great commander battle game.

Melly Gibson
Melly Gibson

Lot can happen in the time it takes to fire two shots, 'specially against British regulars.

Mike
Mike

Underwhelmed at first. It's now pretty fun, given that Commander Battle mode has been added.

lgkulp
lgkulp

this game is really fun if you like line battles!!!!!

TB-[20thGA.D]1stSgt.Gonzo
TB-[20thGA.D]1…

Great Little Gem for a Great Low Price.
Still needs a bit of updating/Patches but... for the Price you really cant go wrong.

Markeister
Markeister

---{Graphics}---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☐ Good
[/] Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS

---{Gameplay}---
☐ Very good
[/] Good
☐ It‘s just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't

---{Audio}---
☐ Eargasm
☐ Very good
[/] Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf

---{Audience}---
☐ Kids
[/] Teens
[/] Adults
☐ All

---{PC Requirements}---
☐ Check if you can run paint
[/] Potato
☐ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{Difficulity}---
☐ Just press 'W'
[/] Easy
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

---{Grind}---
[/] Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You‘ll need a second live for grinding

---{Story}---
[/] No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☐ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ It‘ll replace your life

---{Game Time}---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
[/] Average
☐ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond

---{Price}---
☐ It’s free!
[/] Worth the price
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

---{Bugs}---
☐ Never heard of
[/] Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

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Pros:
+ If you are a linebattle nut, this is a recommended game! Eye-level view gives the game an element of strategy and surprise.
+ Single player session with AI

Cons:
- At the current iteration, there are no tutorials yet in game. You can learn most of the functionalities through the control options but a tutorial page / screentip could be useful in the future for new players.

Anonymous
Anonymous

Can you guys make a forest map?

Gatari
Gatari

Just shot us a fellow and took his boots
I customize my rifle like it's 1862
Just scammed a pirate out of his golden tooth
I want to colonize this land but it's full of Zulus!

Just shot a native and killed him - bingo!
If you don't speak English, you must learn the lingo
If I catch you in St Albans, you'd better wear a helmet
I keep my royal garments clean, velvet

You're going to go to Australia if you commit a crime
When I get on the gramophone, I bust a rhyme

dylaneation
dylaneation

It is a good game, but sadly it has a loss of players. I have mixed thoughts about this game, but I will say it has many stuff in it. So yes.

Kailem
Kailem

Please add some mode or Naval battle.In this game naval battle is missing.

Obama
Obama

The Graphics don't matter the gameplay does and the gameplay is beautiful and astonishing

Rip_Van_Winkle
Rip_Van_Winkle

daer Mr. MArk. I played yuor game and I took your advice, and i have to say, commander mode is the greatest thing in my life (next to joe biden being elected and us toppling a orange dictator) I have a feeling george floym wouldve played tis game in commar modeand. i hope every wholesome non racist trans loving MAP pride scully chungus. may St. Fauci bless yuo.

P.S. When playing the commander mode, I found a slight bug where bots of the 12th south carolinr infantry would randomly call me racial slurs and talk about the rothschilds negatively. Please fix!

LilianBeat
LilianBeat

this game runs very well for where it is at currently and fun if there were more players. the con i notice is the lack of a playerbase to have some exciting line battles. if more people have this game then we will see some flanking routes being done. even with this con i still recommend this game for the fact that i want more players to come and play this or to even give it a try.

Jclayton
Jclayton

Pretty good game. Needs hella rework on part of the AI. They are relatively stupid and beligerent in commander mode. Worst of their behavior being aim; while your troops actually shoot like its the 18th century with crappy weapons, the AI shoots with lazer beams destroying whole parts of you line in seconds. Forming up is a pain in the ass also because the AI always wants to break reloads and disrupt the line. Overall 3 out of 5.

Ghost Maker
Ghost Maker

Very fun bit of learning but up there with all the others in this genre imo.

SpartanSpaghetti
SpartanSpaghetti

Very fun but i wish there were more players

LiberalCrusher
LiberalCrusher

From what I played the game is still in development and has a lot of potential to be even greater. Other than some minor bugs this game is fantastic.

showbizz51
showbizz51

this game is awsome so i would recommend this game to others also those who hate this game fuck you

Hollywood
Hollywood

I do not usually write reviews as I generally don't care to. However, this game allows me to relive my Mount & Blade Warband: Napoleonic Wars days. I mean more specifically the commander battles involved within Prime & Load: 1776. While this is not set during the Napoleonic wars, the characteristics and mechanics are very similar which make it easy to learn. More importantly, unlike Napoleonic Wars, you can customize custom battles to the point you have unlimited amounts of fun while playing simply by yourself! The mechanics are wonderful and simplistic to add a large amount of fun while being easy to understand and use in the heat of combat.

To add, the game was beautiful graphics and good mechanics. Probably the only thing I have a problem with is the artillery in the game. It is difficult to see where the shot lands, where it is going, and aiming the thing in general. The only downfall I see is the optimization of the game.. I wish it were more optimized as having absolutely massive commander battles would be wonderful! But nevertheless, the game is a wonderful addition to your library and for the price is a great deal. Give the game a shot and trust me, you will not be disappointed.

IV_CORPS_GEN_Brainmaster360
IV_CORPS_GEN_B…

Great Game. If you want to know what its like to lead men into battle the old fashion way. Then this is a great game for. Take you men and form a line of battle and have them fire volley after volley into you enemy! However there are very to none multiplayer action so make sure you have some friends to play with if you buy. Otherwise play with the bots after you host a match.

rapidstrike
rapidstrike

Absolutely a thumbs down. First, the opening screen says to play the tutorial but there is none or at least one that can be easily found. I figured I would spawn into a game on a live server. Was anyone there? Nope. Tried the server at 9:00 PM EST. No people on the server? Total scam.

Stonewewe
Stonewewe

Its a great representation of the war, especially for a game. I reenact and I really enjoyed this, it was fun, not too slow paced, good action, cool uniforms and great models. Over all a really good game and my only concern is that not enough people play it, which I hope changes because it deserves more!

The Legume Child
The Legume Child

I've never felt more joy destroying my own people

CanadianBakin
CanadianBakin

played this for about 20 minutes alone on a server since the community isnt large yet im guessing, this could be loads of fun with real people playing until then its meh. still for $5 its more than worth it

Copperfield [SAC]
Copperfield [SAC]

Full of dirty, filthy inbred yanks who absolutely refuse to pay their taxes.

gaming
gaming

This is game is great it would be even more great if there was people playing it though. Its very fun to go against the bots I love how there is many historically right maps and different legions for both British and Americans. I say get this game because its not that much and its a great alternative when your board of like war of rights holdfast mount and blade warband napo wars

figglemuffin172
figglemuffin172

this is a good game if you like muskets

CogkillerSG
CogkillerSG

Its a fun game but no one Plays it anymore it was dead on release RIP

Caligula
Caligula

Dead on arrival sadly

Long Story Short - This concept is nothing new and has been done many times before and in much greater quality. If this game came out in say 2010, I have no doubt it would have been a hit! That being said, it's a buggy mess with poor UI. We already have many better alternatives and the player base (or lack there of) clearly shows that.

Phantom
Phantom

This game is hated on way to much, It is very good the graphics are okay. There are some bugs but overall I love this game.

angellesambre
angellesambre

It's a shame, because it seems like a cool game, but it doesn't want to load. I tried deleting and reinstalling it several times, but the same error message always comes back as soon as you click for the tutorial.
"Played for 52 minutes" equals "looked at an error message for 52 minutes".
Meats were useless for support ( "Not our game! Try their website!") and probably neither know nor care that they have lost a customer with 102 games over a lousy four bucks. It's the principal of the matter, and obviously they have none.
Lesson learned, "Rush to D/L every purchase and make sure it isn't a dumpster fire before your "two weeks runs out". Else they don't care if your purchase is usable or not...

FireCapTalker27
FireCapTalker27

I would recommend this game to people who like American History and who enjoy talking about the American Revolution.

truckerrich73
truckerrich73

I love the game I just wish more people played it...I actually prefer it to Holdfast

General Takino
General Takino

Fun Game, I mean it
For around like £5, Pretty fun and good,
May experience some laggy issues or glitching out of sky and black appearing
Fun tho
Really worth checking into until battle cry of freedom comes out.

REAPER
REAPER

It is a really good game just wish there were more people online and they expand more from revolution to civil

SixSpartan114
SixSpartan114

Throughout my experience on this game, I would recommend it to other players who like this style of gameplay and who are into the American Revolution.

BigSock
BigSock

Worth the five bucks if youre playing with/against friends.

could use more updates tho

Pezzar
Pezzar

Such a shame. So much promise and now a dead game. I wouldn't pay a shiny British penny for it, if i didn't already own it. Awful graphics, clunky game play, no community.
I had high hopes when it came out.
RIP 1776. Back to Holdfast I go. Huzzzaaaaah!

Artyom
Artyom

The game always freezes in less than 5 minutes, forcing me to use Task Manager to close it. Can't even play the game. Don't waste your money on this.

MD-[28thPA-A] Rct.Grant
MD-[28thPA-A] …

i like it but it needs new players

lcaraccio
lcaraccio

Its very fun! I love how you command command troops, and it really immerses you in the heat of battle with headphones!

jmosby1974
jmosby1974

I'd have to ask for a refund because game will not load on my pc(windows 7 ultimate?

rasouliabraham
rasouliabraham

It's a good game but i needs more players i used to play it when i just downloaded it but there is no one with play with and the bots are not well made.

Kapten Överste Major Erik
Kapten Överste…

I am a proud player of this game, the playerbase consists of pretty much me. Anyways its been a while now since i played, so maybe more people has started playing it. Well I felt like posting an honest review.

The gameplay is fun and unique, i like it. The graphics could be better, but hey, nothing is perfect. Still a bit too much laggy with troop movements and shit but its fine. The sounds are cool, they should update it more pls, so far only holdfast has made a similiar gamemode but this game is better.

Great game, 10/10 would recommend.
Please update.
Dont givie up on this.
weeeeeeee
Erik out.

TheGuardsman
TheGuardsman

It was a fun game when it first came out but the development staff just lost interest in continuing the game and it just died