Driftland: The Magic Revival

If you are looking for a new / updated Net Storm experience or something similar to it, well this is not what you are looking for Pro: Graphics A fantasy-themed world with different races to play with Relaxing music Cons: Useful spells are scarce The tutorial doesn't do anything good in explaining what's going on and how the in-game mechanics work Tedious gameplay Bad Storytelling, not the story itself but how it is presented, adding a pop-up window in front of the player for story pertinent events would have been a good start point Examples of gameplay: You need resources, then move the corresponding slider You need an Island for expansion, then plant a banner to explore it, move it closer with a spell, build a bridge, plant a banner to discover resources / a different banner to raid resources or treasures You need troops, build a corresponding building, then recruit them "one by one", place bridges and plant a banner to hopefully move them there (when IA pick up its routines) The game is not broken, it's just not fun to play... 3 stars for the effort of developing it and trying new ideas, if you really want it anyway just get it while on sale

Installed this game and finished main campaign in 3 weeks, I didn't touch any other game for that time, it was that surprisingly good. It's a lightweight, easy game. Beautiful graphics, nice music, easy to figure out. Very pleasant game.

I played this on Steam and played it long enough to get the true ending achievement. And doing that was not worth it. As far as gameplay goes it's similar to Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim as it's a combination of city builder, SIMs npc interaction, and RTS. The main differences is resources are spread out over islands that you have to explore and use magic spells to create/move/destroy islands which is kinda cool. The problem is it has NONE of the personality that made Majesty good. No voice acting, no sounds, and text boxes to explain the story. Overall, it's a cool idea with a mediocre execution. But you are missing nothing by skipping it.

If you're a fan of hands off empire management I think you would find Driftlands enjoyable. Resource allocations are set by sliders - there's no need to find the individual building and change the number of workers. Quests - destroying a barbarian encampment or exploring an area - are done by setting a flag and the reward you want to give. If this sounds an awful lot like Majesty, that's because it is. I still play both Majesty on the PC and the phone, but Driftlands offered a graphics upgrade and that "something new" bit to entice me to play. The primary change in play is having to move islands into your reach, and learning how to manage your buildings on the space offered. You will rarely be able to exploit all of the resources present on an island simultaneously. There are several different races to play, each enjoying different benefits from different island biomes. There is definitely strategy involved - I find that my style of play often leaves my flanks exposed, which the computer ruthlessly (and annoyingly) uses to its advantage.