Niffelheim
Niffelheim Review
Niffelheim offers you a different but very addictive adventure, and that is not all!
Some key points that this game offers:
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Stunning visuals and animations.
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In depth crafting system.
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A little bit of everything, some RPG, some Strategy, some Mining and a whole lot more.
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Indie Gem 5/5
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Very addictive play.
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Co-op and Multiplayer options available.
Gameplay & Controls:
The game has full controller support. However, if you prefer to stick to the trusty keyboard and mouse, fret not the game plays beautifully with either. The mouse can be used to complete a whole bunch of actions, which can get confusing or just limit the effects. By effects I mean, we get to hunt, forage, chop trees and mine, there are buttons for each of these actions. You do have the options to remap keys to your liking.
– Real player with 671.4 hrs in game
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WHAT THIS GAME ISN’T: a regular action 2D “hack and slash” game.
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WHAT THIS GAME IS: a resource gathering & crafting survival game. (gather, hunt, eat, mine & craft to further kill bosses and defend your self from hordes)
The violence in the game is secondary, is a very chill game with its dangers enough to make it very fun!. It is very addictive due its rewardness .
However tha combat system isn’t that obvious. (You have to manually block and hit; thankfully you can play with a controller which I found funner. The combat is simple and fun enough for the experience it offers. I combat is so much easier and fast with controller)
– Real player with 89.8 hrs in game
Niflhel Survival
Welcome to Niflhel also known as Niflheim, a harsh world of ice and fog.
You managed to escape from the goddess of death Hel, but remember - she will not leave it like that! Her minions are on your heels, but they are not the only ones you should be afraid of. If you are not eaten by wild animals, goblins or frost giants, you will almost certainly be killed by an eerie cold. To survive, you will have to find food, obtain the necessary resources, create weapons and strong armor, build a reliable shelter, earn the favor of Odin and find a way to leave Niflhel!
Features of the game:
● Flexible construction system.
● The system of creating various items.
● Open world based on Scandinavian myths and legends.
● Combat system with four directions for strikes and block.
● Riding a horse and the ability to fight on horseback.
● Boss battles.
● System of character needs.
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Mythos: Slavic Builder
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Before the missionaries came to the Slavic lands to start writing down the known history, there was the Age of Mythos:
Forests, valleys and fields are full of creatures from Slavic beliefs. Even though they may look like monsters, you don’t have to fight them all. Make proper offerings to them and you will gain powerful allies.
Give your workers a roof over their heads and a good supper and they will build a thriving settlement for you. Do not disappoint your subjects, because dissatisfied people may leave you.
A long spear and a sharp sword will always be useful - your settlement is threatened by monsters, other tribes, Vikings or even demons from distant lands.
Follow Slavic traditions to earn points that you may spend on special blessings from the gods - the warlike Perun, the generous Mokosh and the mysterious Veles.
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Divine Commander
Divine Commander is an Action-RTS designed specifically for controller. By mixing Action elements with Real Time Strategy, players can get the RTS experience on their couch.
Play as a god
You control a powerful Greek god, replacing the mouse cursor from classic RTS games. Travel across the map and destroy anything in your path. Build your base where you want to, and command your units by having them rally to your position. Switch to your commander for surgical precision to quickly and accurately position your units.
Build your base
Expand your influence on the world by building temples, gather resources, and keep your base safe with defenses. Build your military buildings to start raising an army.
Go to war
Command your troops and dash headlong into battle. Ravage your opponent’s temples and claim victory!
Builders of Greece
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Builders of Greece is a city management game which lets you display your strategic and economic mastery. If you’ve made it all the way here, then the grace of gods is with us. Have your builders and craftsmen raise magnificent structures and monuments in your name. As for yourself, look closely into all the nuances of planning, politics, and economics. Make your city expand beyond the horizons and let the word of its splendour reach the furthest corners of this land. Builders of Greece grants you the opportunity to witness the greatness of Hellenic metropolises before the time of Roman conquests.
_Knowledge of the fact differs from knowledge of the reason for the fact.
– Aristotle_
Plan out your city with great precision by creating efficient infrastructure between buildings and establishing unabated production chains. Select your advisors wisely to create the cradle of liberty and sciences or unite Greece by force – as you prefer. Compare your accomplishments with historic figures among Greek constructors in an epic campaign or achieve the highest rank in competitive mode.
_He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
– Socrates_
Even the most well-designed city is never fully self-sufficient – maintain good relations with your neighbours to reap the lucrative benefits of trade. Supply your city with resources crucial to its proper functioning as it expands ever further. Eventually, the prestige of your urban wonder may attract esteemed philosophers to its doorstep. This task may prove to be quite a challenge but offer wealth and enlightenment as rewards.
_It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.
– Aristotle_
A city is not only brick and marble but foremost its citizens, and their needs have to be met – from the most basic ones, such as food and security, to sophisticated demands of luxury goods and access to bathhouses or the announcement of the Dionysia. Fulfilling one need may risk disrupting another. For example, locating your buildings so that they don’t conflict with one another may take careful planning but will certainly pay off in the end. Should your city attain the required splendour, it may strive for constructing a major temple dedicated to the deities of the Hellenic pantheon.
_One should attend to one’s enemies, for they are the first persons to detect one’s errors.
– Antisthenes of Athens_
The fame you attain as the designer of cities will not be to everyone’s liking. At some point you will need to decide whether peace is to be maintained with coin, blood or intrigue weaved to set your rivals against each other. No, differently than the favour of the gods, having a reliable ally may prove indispensable, as your opponents bide their time for your next mistake.
Legendary Hoplite
- Play as Dio, a young commander who slays waves of monsters storming to the city using familiar weapons like spears, swords, shields.
- Our enemies are the beasts and mythical tribes from Greek Mythology, extremely cruel and have a deep hatred for humans.
- Weapons with deadly power and artifacts blessed by gods can be collected by killing the most vicious monsters. Pray for Tyche – The goddess of luck will smile.
- During the battles, Dio must lead his army. Use the right strategies, to counter the diverse enemies in great number.
- They are legendary mythical creatures that caused so much agony for mankind. Now, they will wield their primordial impetuous strength to pierce through our defense line.
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More than 100 levels designed in A-RPG style mixing with Tower Defense.
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More than 60 kinds of monsters with hundreds of variants.
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Many bosses from the original Greek Mythology monsters like Cerberus, Hydra, Gorgon, Minotaur…
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Huge variety of items to collect and equip in your endless hunts.
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Many kinds of armies with dozens of special skills for you to freely build many strategies.
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Blessing from God’s system to aid your battles.
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And many more secrets lie under achievements waiting for you to discover.
DwarfHeim
Alrighty 500+ hours in I finally feel good about doing a proper review of this game. This new early access RTS title has a huge future in Tournaments and game play. The development team behind the game are a team of passionate individuals who love this game and are giving it their all probably at the expense of rest and vacation time. This team is incredibly active in their discord and their stream content on all the work that they are doing on this game and have been an absolute joy to discuss and play the game with. Yes the devs have so much passion for this game you can find yourself playing with them as they test and modify game settings to make the game experience better. This team even though the game is in early access have worked so hard on the functionality, latency and path finding of this game since day one that it is now in a very playable and fun state. It is still early access and many things will change over time as they develop the game fully but I cannot recommend it enough to anyone who loves RTS and wants to get a head start on this early access title which will definitely be the future of RTS gaming and Tournaments. Things to look forward to in this game the first ever fully coop RTS genre, a single player and potentially coop campaign mode, survival of waves of trolls or just simply jumping into sandbox to test game features or build a dwarven city. You can test your metal against the computer ai as you get ready to jump into conquest with your friends against many challengers with many different strategies. Take your time and play solo in skirmish vs the ai to learn the 3 roles and how they go together in a competitive match. Play as either the warrior, builder, and miner or as all three against an ai opponent or against waves of enemies as you learn the game before the campaign release. I cannot recommend this game enough for RTS lovers everywhere Hero Coop RTS the first of its genre i have ever seen. Check out the friend-pass today to see if the game is right for you! Jump in the discord and hop in with the community as they learn the game as it evolves and updates through patch notes and hot fixes; find what role fits you best is it the multitasking warrior ever vigilant, the miner ever advancing or the builder ever expanding. Or are you one of the few jack of all trades people who can do it all and fill any group with what they need. More content is on the way for this game all the time and it is all exciting! Don’t miss your chance to be a part of it. The weakest point of the game right now is the population easily fixed by more people playing!
– Real player with 987.9 hrs in game
Edit: 1.0 Dwarfheim release 27.September.2021
Issues from first playable demo are still not resolved,
-Pathfinding: Every unit feels like it’s skating, they cannot find path and are constantly getting stuck on terrain, buildings, other units.
And in general dozen and dozen other game breaking mechanics that i spot in ONE game that need fixing like:
Capturable Runes on minimap are drawn after the units hiding them on minimap.
No notification sound when your unit off camera gets attacked.
Balance is whack AF. One turret that costs like 2-3 units require dozen of units to kill it for price of a turret. Making turret spam OP, plus it costs no pop. Then add other buildings infront of the turret like walls or houses and you broke the game.
– Real player with 191.7 hrs in game
The Dwarves of Glistenveld
It has been a while since I posted this review and much has changed since then. Having played the game now for a total of 300+ hours (and there was me saying I don’t get much time to play games), I have explored many of the game modes. My favourite right now is the Skirmish mode where you can hand-craft your map options, such as the number of enemies, their initial strength, the map size and style, etc. I am currently working my way up to more and more difficult settings to see how good I really am. My other favourite mode is the cavern mode (the game’s sandbox mode ) where I have also spend many hours. In this mode you can slowly build your base to ever increasing size while improving your tech tree. The current tech tree is already in place for the upcoming next chapter of the game and it allows you to build a railway network so that your miners don’t have to carry everything back to your base, improve and automate your defences, build automated farms for farming roots and mushrooms, light up your neighbour hood with lanterns, build cooking stations and much more. I have also played with the map editor and will be uploading my own hand-crafted map very soon. ‘hwill’ has uploaded a new map to the workshop which I enjoyed very much. I must add a comment.
– Real player with 638.7 hrs in game
This game, is absolutely fantastic! This RTS adventure strategy game is about leading a tribe of Dwarves trying to take back their homeland from the goblins that have ran them down underground. There are so many things that you find out during every level, there are nice challenges such as the achievements and the schematics that you have to find to advance with technology, there are song hidden choices through your first play through (such as when you meet Fishbeard’s first guard) it’s amazing, it’s so replayable and enjoyable for sooooooooooo many hours even when there is only 6 levels at the time of writing this. Along with the mechanics in this game are so nice and fluid such as the base building part, and the class switching system, the AI is pretty on-point, it’s not one of those games where the AI struggles with some of the commands that you try to give it, in this game, it just does it immediately!
– Real player with 18.9 hrs in game
Amazing Cultivation Simulator
TLDR: This application is not a game, its like playing inside the unity engine. If that is fun for you, go for it.
You will also learn about chinese culture along the way.
-You will spend your first few hours inside the game. But as the game progresses you will spend more and more time outside of it. You will start to read guides, then you will ask questions on discord because the guides are mostly wrong, misleading and misunderstood. Then you will ask more questions on discord. Then you will start to look up data in the game files, because its the only reliably way to get on information. Then you make a friend who knows somebody who reverse engineered the game. You start to talk about the game in “Whats the formula for X ?”. Then you scratch your head because even with the data files available and decompiled code you still cant figure out how the game works. As an advanced player you will be able to formulate sentences like this “Dont push your qi gathering over 2500 or else you will create a qi void.”
– Real player with 1090.6 hrs in game
Played over 300 hours. VERY difficult to get started with, but the game allows so much modding via in game and offers a variety of maps that replayability is amazing. Started multiple games and get screwed by the game while trying to figure it out. Made some (very) OP characters, items, and potions to increase the rate of cultivation. Looking forward to figuring out the endgame components. Have I mentioned that as of this Review I have still not beat the game.
Story is a bit weak, but at least there is no handholding. Sink or swim, just like the real cultivation world mangas.
– Real player with 398.5 hrs in game
No Man’s Island
No Man’s Island is an uncompromising wilderness Survival game.
Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style. Play your way as you unravel the mysteries of this strange land.
Key Features:
Uncompromising Survival & World Exploration:
No instructions. No help. No hand holding. Start with nothing and craft, hunt, research, farm and fight to survive.
Isometric game:
3D characters and odd creatures inhabiting a unique 3D world.
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Player controls (mouse, keyboard)
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Inventory system
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Crafting system
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Equipment (attached to character)
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Resource gathering
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Character attributes (health, hunger, thirst…)
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Animals
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Hunting and Fishing
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Farming (Sowing seeds, and plant/fruit growth)
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Eating and cooking
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Basic material (wood, grass, rock, …)
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Gathering tools (axe, pickaxe, fishing rod, …)
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Weapons/armor
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Food (berries, apples, nuts, meat, fish, …)
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Cooked food (fish & chips, skewer, bread…)
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Constructions (fire, shelter, house…)
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Environment (trees, bushes, rocks, floor patterns…)
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Farming plants (corn, potatoes, wheat…)
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Combat (against wild animals)
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Item durability and food spoilage
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Storage boxes (chest)
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Pets (follow, attack and dig behaviors)
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Bonus effects (Consumable or equipment that boost stats).
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Temperature, cold and heat sources.
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Game clock, day/night cycle
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Save/Load system
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5 biomes, with different enemies
The island contains 5 biomes.
Pre-Alpha: 2 Biomes. Difficulty * / Difficulty **
Alpha: 3 Biomes. Difficulty ** / Difficulty ***
Beta: 5 Biomes. Difficulty *** / Difficulty **** / Difficulty *****
