Kingdoms and Castles

As Uzrathixius and others have indicated in their excellent reviews, this game is fun for a few hours, but lacks depth. It is an early effort, and the devs have already released post-release updates adding docks and trade routes, so I am hopeful that they will continue to expand the game. The game is easy to pick up and play,. and very cute, but the lack of RTS-type control over villagers - even to the basic point of assigning professions to specific people - is frustrating and limiting, and the limited number of buildings and focal areas leads to a short fascination with building a little gem of a colony followed by hours of clicking to grow for growth's sake. There needs to be more decision-making, or at least more varied building types, ornamentation, and stuff to do. The threats of vikings and dragons really aren't threats after you reach a certain size and wealth, so at that point you find yourself playing for play's sake. I don't expect too much from a $10 game, and Kingdoms & Castles provides a pleasing aesthetic, great performance, and enough interest to make me feel like my $10 was worth it - it is a great "let's see what I can do in an hour" game, but not much deeper that that. I am hopeful that Lion Shield continues to invest in this game. Between the appealing visuals and structure and the wide-open directions for development - there is a great deal of potential - if they want it.

This is a very enjoyable simple game for casual play. It's still in development so I can see that some of the difficulty tuning needs to be done, even in normal difficulty it still feels like a sandbox. I was looking for something that I could play at the end of the day after work and this is a great game for that.

It didn't take a long time to realize that there is no more to this game than building a wall around the city. It is quite simple, requires little planning as is mostly just a struggle of patience in regards to resource gathering. At some point you realize what you're working towards, is making the game pointless - any future effort needless. It has endearing graphics and it is fun, but has little depth to it. If you just wanna build and don't wanna think too much about it, it's perfect. If you want just one deeper layer... Then look elsewhere. It's not bad, just a bit shallow.

I do like the game, but I have problems with it. The game is VERY limited. The only "Defense" in the game are Archer & Ballista towers. I expected a lot more from this game. Also, the enemies in the game. Only two? For a fantasy game, they could've been a bit tweaked at that. The Vikings are predicatble, as they do the same thing every time ( Setting buildings on fire, kidnapping the peasants, etc. ). The dragons need more attacks, and they get very irritating, since they fly around burning my kingdom. I'm fine with MOST buildings. The defensive buildings, I don't like, and the fact that they're the only defensive buildings tick me off. Armies perhaps? Nope, not an idea of the devs. Maybe a few more towers, like magic ones? This is a fantasy game with dragons, right? Once again, devs don't care. Other than that, I actually like this game, and i'm sure some others out there will disagree with me. Everyone has their opinions. I'm not trying to judge them, I just want a good update, y'know? When is it actually going to come, or are they not even going to make one? I'm looking forward to changes and additions to the game.

Cons: - Enemy crossing water - Only balista tower and archer towers - Annoying advisers - Road to granary is ALWAYS too long - No terraforming - No ports and ships (no battleships, no fishing boats) - Matererial can not be sold - "event window" is too big - No achivments - Akveduct can't distribute water -"yellow field" can't be change in to "green" - Pros: +Fun +Really BIG towers :) +Beauty graphics +Creative! + Army!