Posted on: April 26, 2020
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Excellently-executed Settlers-like
Prelude metareview: this game was released early in its development cycle, and while now quite mature is still evolving. It’s a labour of love (I suspect) from its developer. So reviews written prior to 2020 - particularly those which refer to it as short, incomplete, or otherwise unpolished, are now quite outdated and inaccurate. This is a fantastic Settlers-like - the best I’ve played, including The Settlers games themselves. The art style is what it is - you might not be a fan, as I was not at first impression, but it actually grows on you and now I really like it. The soundtrack is very nicely done too. The game can feel very zen-like, if you want (i.e. if you don’t play military missions, which are optional in the campaign). It has a very comprehensive - daunting, at first, but quite incremental & learnable - set of resources & buildings. They’re very well balanced, and there’s plenty of depth for building complicated production networks and transport pipelines. There’s also a moderately deep tech upgrades system which helps your colony scale and helps guide your focus through each mission. It can be challenging at times, but always in a good way. Managing resources is the heart of the game, and the GUI is excellent for this, providing tremendous detail - if you want it - quite clearly. There’s an immense amount of customisation you can do, if you want to really micromanage, but by and large you don’t have to - it helps, but it’s mostly not required for completing the missions nor for simply enjoying the game. I experienced some unusual and severe bugs when I first started playing - specific to my hardware setup, I think - but the developer (one lone guy!) worked studiously with me to address them in short order - again, this game is steadily evolving, and there’s a new update with bug fixes - and sometimes neat new features! - almost every time I open Steam. It’s one of my favourite games of the last couple of years - well worth checking out.
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