Dead In Vinland

It's perfect for me. I have played about 40 hours so far. 7 or so in a first save on normal difficulty and then I restarted on easy. The depression stat was killing me and I realised I should have build the tavern much sooner. I prefer a more relaxed playstyle and the game is unforgiving on normal (at least for me). Easy isn't easy at all (for me), but it helps. My current save is on day 87 and I am proud of what I have accomplished so far. (Just keep in mind, that this is coming from someone who is bad at survival games.) What I really like: - You can forsee danger. (If you don't pay (full) tribute.) You know, when you scout the area, there is a chance of an hostile encounter. So you can just stay home if you have wounds/sickness issues to deal with. - Interesting storyarcs and characters (so far). (completed: Knut+Solveig; begun: Shanaw and Gudrun) - Dialogue choices make a difference. I know, because I did some things differently in the restart. - The fights are fast. And your enemies can have just as much (bad) luck as you. The only complaints I have (left after patch 1.03): - Sometimes Moira is a little weird/icky in her conversations with Kari. Thankfully Kari doesn't notice. - In the beginning depression is crippling, because there are fixed events dealing depression to characters while you lack the tools (mainly tavern) to deal with it. Building the tavern requires lumber. -> You get lumber from the lumber station/shipwreck. -> Both worsen depression (how much depends on constitution/courage; higher stat = less depression gain) / You can also get lumber from fights you win, but you will have to fight a lot to get enough to build the tavern. / There is a powder/potion to deplete depression, but you don't know, if you will get it from fights and making them requires the smithy. -> Building requires stone (+wood? I don't remember) -> Mining station (if build) -> depression (depending on constitution) I'm sorry for any spelling/grammatic/punctuation mistake.

Dead in Vinland is a mix with strategy (ressources gestion, charaters affiliations...), fights (turn-based game), and a good scenario. The gameplay is easy, and you can custom your difficulty. Dialogues and options are based on the character's skills, and you have a map to explore, a quest to realised only in increasing the levels of your characters, and you have the camp and ressources to contrôl. There is a good bonus and malus system, and the fight system is ok. But, if you have not the level to fight some ennemis (for main quests), the game seems repetitive and long. And even if the design is pretty, colorfull, it's just unanimated pictures (with a little repetitive animation of the characters, such as Ash of Gods and The Banner Saga) Conclusion : A good game that I enjoyed playing, the repetitive unanimated gameplay (and soundtracks) is my only negative point.

The gameplay loop is tedious. RNG happens and you react to it As the player, you don't feel like you have much agency on the "strategic" long term planning aspect you expect from a survival game, tons of shallow short term hurdles. RPG aspects are also mediocre. A story exist. The character interactions are pretty goofy ,unserious, pretty shallow. The english is a bit awkward. If you are looking for a survival game, there are better survival experiences elsewhere. If you are looking for a surival crpg, it will also dissappoint in both categories,

love the diverse cast of characters and interactions, definitely worth multiple playthroughs to see them all

I wish I had known about this game sooner. It's a survival-lite game, mechanically focused on balancing your colony's activities with the colonists' needs. The combat I'd compare to "Darkest Dungeon", but much more simplified. Everything is luck mitigation; which I personally prefer to a straight-forward puzzle solving optimization games. It's both relaxing and stressful; simple and complex. The artwork is charming, the writing is well done, and I loved the inclusion of real-life lore (both historical and mythological). I loved every bit of it.