Hammerting

Anyone thinking of buying this game, beware that the description is from 2019 when it entered Early Access. "Allies on the surface will have all manner of requests." - No, they won't. There are a few standard quests for the Overworld depending on the type of settlement but never will any Overworld kingdom ask for something specific or make a specific request for a certain type of weapons. "build conveyor belts" - they don't exist. The only thing that does exist is rail lines you can build so the dwarfs can move faster and one of the two cart types can transport goods between buildings (but can't pick them up from the floor) And the most important lie in the description: "Want to bring your own spin to Hammerting? The game has been built with modding in mind!" - NO, IT IS NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There's no SDK, no modding tools and based on a report from a programmer, the game is coded in a way that makes it especially difficult, if not outright impossible, to mod. And that's the biggest shame because an active modding community would have fixed the game. I own the game. I played it for almost 400 hours. When I play it, I have fun and can sink hours into it. But you have to know what you're getting into. The game is unfinished, buggy, several things lack function, the AI can be frustrating, especially when your dwarfes carry things and then simply drop them, the non-agressive critters never move and so on, and so on. As of writing this, the game is on sale with a 90% discount. Buy it if you liked Craft The World, but be warned that it will not be what the description says.

First, this game has promise of being a great 2D colony builder focused on Dwarves and them building stuff to sell to the other races on the overworld. However, as we've seen with a ton of other games, "promise" means nothing. The Good: 1. The game looks decent & sounds really good. 2. There is a tech tree and progression system in the game. 3. There are customization options at the start of the game for a more custom game. 4. There is a system that allows you to customize jobs for each of your Dwarves to make them more focused on certain skills. The Bad: 1. The AI is really bad. The latest patch fixed some of those issues, but the AI can still be brain dead when transporting materials to chests and job sites, and in doing other jobs like mining. 2. Some resources are extremely rare, like wood, if the player doesn't get a map with mushrooms that can be chopped down for wood or overworld villages that sell wood. That severely hampers the progression of the game as wood is used for the houses of the Dwarves that are required so they can grow their greed & store their coins. 3. Certain computers have a hard time playing this game and crashes a lot due to video issues. Sometimes those crashes require the player to kill the program via the Windows task manager as it won't close normally. 4. The devs have stated that they are done with the game. That means it is abandoned. I would normally give this a pass IF the game was in a good state. Based on the negatives, it clearly isn't. So, all of the issues above will never be solved. So, especially due to my last statement, with this game being in it's current state, I cannot recommend anyone buy it.

Don't buy it, seriously. It's okay/playable in the current state, but will not be further developed and is definately NOT finished or polished. Waste of money!!

Overall, Hammerting is an excellent game - similar in premise to Craft The World, where you manage a team of Dwarves and build an underground citadel for them to live, work and craft in. Have played a considerable number of hours and apart from the pathfinding issues that others have reported, I've found it quite enjoyable, with no lag or CTD's. The graphics are good and the soundtrack is very atmospheric. However. The "...but..." is that after the latest update, Warpzone Studios have now moved on to other things - seemingly abandoning development of Hammerting. This is annoying when there have been promises of Mod Support, etc. - all of which have now been taken off of the table. This has also tainted the game with an "unfinished" feeling. Is it worth the full price? Well, I suppose so, but it's probably better to wait until it's on sale. (I would have rated this with 5 stars, but I've deducted two for the false promises that Warpzone made prior to my purchase.)