Posted on: March 4, 2016
EyeNixon
Games: 99 Reviews: 26
Shallow and Clunky
Lethis is a pretty game, and initially, a promising one, but then you quickly realize that even its greatest asset, its art design, is bringing the game down. The easiest way to describe Lethis is essentially an Impressions city builder, like Pharaoh or Caesar, you construct domestic structures for your population, then expand your city by adding necessities and better amenities to basically "upgrade" your city. It seems smooth at first, but quickly Lethis proves itself to be disappointing. The massive buildings get in the way, as will many other aspects of the art design. There's very little information in the game on what anything does, and the gameplay amounts to little more than building blocks and slowly placing structures to improve them. Controls are fairly abysmal, with the interface not being particularly responsive or well designed. You'll reach the limits of what Lethis has to offer fairly quickly, and if you're a seasoned fan of city builders, you'll pretty much just build up the desire to go back and play an Impressions title instead of a skeletal imitation of one. Buy Pharaoh or Zeus, skip this one.
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