Thea: The Awakening

Thea was a game that I really wanted to like... It brought some memories of King of Dragon Pass (in GOG as well). To sum it up: In King of Dragon Pass, you learn to play by submerging into the Orlanthi culture: once you learn about it, the game systems become intuitive and worked together as a whole, with the goal of inmersing the player into the game world, telling stories and having lots of fun in the process. On the other hand, while Thea initially seems to offer a similar experience, based in the Slavic culture this time, in reality it is offering a buffet of mini-games that are complicated for the sake of complexity. Thus, Thea's appeal is for players who value precisely that. To elaborate a bit more: While King of Dragon Pass offers a timeless experience that profits from higly sinergic components, the original Thea felt (for me at least) made of disjointed parts. Plus, Thea did not make itself easy to start with at all. Also, the crafting system was complicated and essential to the game, and for those who do not care too much about crafting, that was hindering the gameplay. Then, the combat with a card game offered interesting features, such as not only representing physical combat, but also combat of wits, etcetera. But again, it was complicated and (for me) eventually repetitive (YMMV). If you feel that you can enjoy learning all the nuts and bolts of the different game systems, this game may well be for you.

I have played this game and lost my progress now on 3 different computers, it has held up well over time. This game is fun to play, it is challenging and you will lose, but the developers want you to have fun. The building resouces part of the game is fun, you can use different resouces to build every thing, and the resouces you use impacts the quality of building and how it impacts the game. You can build a wall our of wood, stone, bone or combinations of them. The story is compelling and you are rewarded for not taking the option of direct combat (although that is almost always an option).

Dieses Spiel ist der Wahnsinn, und gehört zu meinen absoluten Lieblingsspielen! Es bietet ein ganz eigenes Spielgefühl, hat extrem viel Mikro-Management und einen gut anpassbaren Schwierigkeitsgrad. Für alle die mal ein unkonventionelles rundenbasiertes Strategiespiel ausprobieren wollen. Tipp: Sammel sollte an oberster Stelle stehen!

A really lovely combination of Survival, RPG and Strategy! I think the moment my village had a marriage and the people there partied so hard, that a demon showed up the next day and simply wnated to stay, and with that became a playable character was the moment I fell in love with this gem. I admit, I had to get used to the wacky humor of the writing at first, but it quickly grew on me. I also appreciate how progressive the game is and the underlying views on how to live together and all are pretty good imo

I'll be short, the game is a really good one. Nice graphics, pleasant music and interesting story with strong variability of ways how you can play the game. Interesting crafting and battle system. I've spent many hours playing it with pleasure.