Shadowbane
First of all, this game is absolutely worth playing if you are into oldschool PvP MMOs. No other game allows such in-depth character customization. Sandbox elements are present but are not annoying to the end of being “chop trees to gather lumber”. “Sandbox” here is actually building cities and demolishing your enemies' cities in sieges, hiring AI mercenaries to craft items which is another good part of this game, crafting isn’t about gathering 10 dragon scales and 1 mummy dust by repetitively killing monsters, it’s more about having mercenaries of right races placed in your forges and having resources from right zones in general, even city building (if you happen to own / manage one) is as simple as placing the building on the city grid and waiting several hours for it to go up in one click.
– Real player with 1573.7 hrs in game
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Overall an exceptionally poor experience.
So why do I have so many hours you ask? 1) nostalgia and 2) I played with friends, but neither of those points are positives to the game in particular. And also do not be mistaken, for an RPG 80% of this playtime was sitting afk while leeching experience from macro-bots which is what everyone uses.
So this game is mislabeled as a PVP title. It isn’t. It’s actually a zerg v zerg title and those battles are decided by sheer numbers. If it was a pvp game, you’d have skills which synergize with each other to allow for good and creative builds. Builds which later you can learn to play and get better as you get more accustomed to playing your toon. Not the case here. At first glance you have SO many races, professions and disciplines to combine that the options eem endless…until you realize that every profession has no more than 2 ways to build it if you want to be in any way viable. Yes, you CAN be a minotaur that uses unarmed fighting, except due to weapon skill restrictions (built into the races) and stat caps you’ll never be more than 20% of the strength of a proper polearm minotaur.
– Real player with 1121.8 hrs in game
Dragon And Home
A game built to desire the hungry fiends awaiting Hytale. In it’s early stages it has compromise, aspiration, beauty.
Those not worthy to grind, shall formally fall under as “lackluster and lazy” those who do not aspire to strive as well.
This game is in no shape perfect, yet describe to me a game that is? We see games like these as, “another minecraft ripoff”
I see a game like this as the future. Plenty of people whining, crying, to a what? 10 man Dev team? About how “oh the healing is the worst, the servers suck, it’s too much, it’s too hard” nonsense. Write a review on life while you’re at it, nobody can bug fix that.
– Real player with 654.3 hrs in game
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– edit after holloween patch –
The latest patch has gone live and the old review no longer applies so I must change it.
The game is still bare-bones. The content is still balanced around the lv 20 cap so it is natural. What IS there is fine.
– THE BAD –
Here are what I think are still the problems plaguing the game:
- vigor is still a problem
Vigor (as previously described) is the system used to gate certain activities. The initial iteration of it had vigor attached to harvesting. T1 materials such as stone, herb did not cost vigor. T2 materials such as copper, flax cost 1 vigor. T materials such as iron, cotton cost 2 vigor. This system incentives hoarding materials. The new system attached vigor to crafting gear (weapon and armor).
– Real player with 502.5 hrs in game
Polity
A very fun and interesting game, excited to see what it evolves into…
– Real player with 12.7 hrs in game
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Spiritual successor to habbo hotel.
– Real player with 12.0 hrs in game
Sigma World Online
Sigma World Online - is an online sandbox with a huge world from many star systems. Choose who to be: space explorer, miner, merchant, farmer, culinary specialist, scientist, builder or hunter, or build your empire.
Features of the project:
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Full interaction of players in the same game universe
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Generated star system: planets, satellites and asteroids
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Automatic creation of a starter star system for beginners every 3 in-game years (36 real days)
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Ecology of planets and satellites, pollution and contamination of planets
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Large tech tree and drawing table to speed up research
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Space flights, moving between different worlds
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Meteorites and gathering resources in space
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The construction of space stations with warp engine
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Primitive, solid propellant, ion and nuclear rocket engines
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Generation of properties of races of animals, development and life of animals in the environment, silicon life
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Character skills, genetics and abilities
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Combined cooking, product compatibility studies when creating dishes
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Crafting and various resources
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Various equipment: furnaces, crushers, refrigerators, etc.
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Research potions on the laboratory table. Buffs and debuffs
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Building
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Terraforming the map
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Farming and hydroponics
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Private territories
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Fully destructible environment
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Transport: cars, boats, amphibians and tanks
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Trading stations for offline trading between players
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Ratings
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Clans and friends
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Robotics
In the plans:
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New types of planets and space bodies
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New star clusters
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Construction of a collider to obtain antimatter
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Antimatter Quantum Engines
Eden: New Dawn
I would recommend you wait for major patches/updates to release for the game seems to be at an odd state where the servers lag with your position quite a bit and the only thing you can do is build in creative.
Not much really to it yet but I can’t wait to see if they add things like paint explosive and portals like in World Builder, I still play that game its so nostalgic to me.
Also to send messages in chat longer than one word you cant space it out you need to use underscores.
Needless to say glad I got to see its current build since it just released in Early Access and that I get to support the devs with my purchase.
– Real player with 1.9 hrs in game
This review represents the game’s state on September 29, 2021. If lots of time time has passed since this review, then the game may have received major updates and this review may no longer be relevant.
I purchased Eden World Builder many years ago in the earlier days of the iPhone/iPod Touch and it was one of my favorite mobile games of that era (the game still runs on modern iOS hardware btw!). Some of the updates later in its life seemed interesting, but eventually it ended up being an abandoned project. So of course when I heard they were working on a new Eden game, I had to wishlist it on Steam and buy it on launch. From viewing this page I had already figured this wasn’t exactly going to be a Eden World Builder type game, but I always wanted a proper survival mode so why not.
– Real player with 0.6 hrs in game
Realm Quest
Download available at https://www.realmquest.com/
Realm Quest is a new VR MMO RPG being developed by the team at Dynamious Studios! The setting is a medieval fantasy spanning across a huge open world map. Players can search for quests, compete in skill competitions, and explore the enormous map while finding the perfect class to match your playing style! In our unrestrictive environment, game play will support what the players hope to achieve. Our team aims to create a truly immersive and unrivaled virtual reality experience.
Illyriad - Grand Strategy MMO
Before going into why I cannot recommend this game, let me point out that there are a couple of positive aspects to Illyriad. First, for a MMO, the game’s community is exceedingly welcoming to newcomers. Many of the established players are willing to answer basic questions in the chat, and even provide early game resource donations. The game world is suitably large and there is a strategic depth to the game that requires classic “guns vs. butter” decision making.
Those things said, there are two components of the game that prevent a recommendation.
– Real player with 4248.6 hrs in game
For starters, this game is free-to-play, with a good premium currency model that isn’t pay-to-win (and you can even win free currency on Trivia Tuesdays). The community is great and very helpful to new players, and due to game design, big players aren’t rewarded for griefing new players, and there are apparently big players who will punish those who try.
The game itself is for those who like long-term worlds that change slowly, which I like, but ultimately, I ran into a series of disappointments that convinced me this game wasn’t for me.
– Real player with 460.5 hrs in game
Feudal Lands
About This Game
You make sail toward an uncharted destination — a feudal land of cabals, conflict, and conquest. As an unwashed peasant with no lands nor riches, you never imagined yourself a conqueror. Yet this new world beckons, calling you to break free of your lowborn bonds and become something greater. But to claim this destiny, you must first survive.
Feudal Lands is a multiplayer survival game intended to give players an authentic experience of what life what like during the medieval age, while also incorporating elements of roleplay and real-time strategy. Players can build castles and villages, explore a realistic open world, and cooperate or feud with the other opposing player kingdoms of the land.
Features
Crafting and Professions
If you hope to survive this world of danger and strife, you must first prepare yourself. Players will have an advanced crafting system with hundreds of items at their disposal. This includes tools, weapons, armor, building structures, and more — all of which can be upgraded to higher quality tier levels based on professional skill and the required materials. Players may choose from professions such as Blacksmithing, Engineering, Farming, Alchemy, Enchanting, and more. There is no limit to the number of professions a player may learn.
Customizable Building
One of the best aspects of survival sandbox games is designing a defensible and attractive home base. Players will be able to claim a plot of land and build any way they want, as long as their structures adhere to the rules of physics. This will encourage players to build intelligently as they apply crossbeams and other building pieces to support structural appeal and realism. Building parts can be upgraded up to five tiers of quality, starting as wattle and ending with brick. There will also be several unique building parts for our more creative and strategic players, such as trapdoors.
Engaging Siege Warfare
The exterior wall is your first line of defense; you must not let it fall! Players can declare war against other kingdoms and lay siege to their castle in an epic battle for conquest. Invading players must build a siege camp outside their walls to craft siege weapons, which will start a timer for both sides to prepare for war. Once the timer expires, the defending kingdom will become vulnerable to attack.
Procedurally Generated Dungeons
Grab your allies and prepare to enter randomly generated dungeons, each run offering various routes and rooms to explore. But be wary, for some paths are more dangerous than others. These instances are one of the few areas where players can take on more powerful enemies for a chance at higher quality items and rewards.
Tournaments and Arena
Prove yourself a worthy combatant in the Ring of Carnage, a bloody arena where only one may claim the title of “Vanquisher”. Tournaments are divided into regionals, with each regional winner passing on to the Ultimate World tournament to compete for the Grand Prize. Players can compete in events such as archery, jousting, melee combat, and more. Players can also spectate from the stands and place bets on who they believe will reign as champion. The winner will have their likeness preserved in stone; their statue displayed at the Tournament Grounds until the next competition.
Diversified Questing
What is a medieval open world without a little adventure? Players may embark on a variety of quests that will reward gold, experience, and more. Quests will not be limited to simply killing a certain number of creatures or gathering a certain number of items. These journeys will vary in length, effort, and objective, so players can engage in the story rather than performing the same task over and over.
Villagers
The townspeople serve an important purpose in Feudal Lands; they are the bread and butter of your kingdom, offering labor, trade skills, and quests in return for your protection. Villagers can be recruited from Refugee Caravans to come work and live beside you in their village.
Taming
Wild animals can pose a dangerous threat, but they can also make even greater allies. Players will be able to tame a wide variety of creatures for different purposes, with each offering its own unique talents. Tamed animals possess non-combat abilities and are rather intended to aid your kingdom by performing certain tasks, such as oxen tilling the fields or hawks hunting plague-infested rats.
Trade Market
Each server offers a trade market where players can barter or sell their goods in exchange for gold. Money can also be earned by completing quests, slaying enemies, sacking kingdoms, and more.
Cosmetics Shop
Feudal Lands will have an in-game shop where players can unlock cosmetic options for armor, weapons, building structures, etc. These items are not pay-to-win and will provide no real benefit to gameplay, besides allowing you to look your best as you fight with style.
Sponsor-A-Planet
I mean you don’t got tons to do in here at the moment but its kinda funny seeing so many little meeps just wandering. The only thing I didn’t liked is how when you have massive amounts of meeps they just like clog together. I reached like 505 meeps before my pc almost exploded haha, It has potential for the future but not really the best if you trying to find content as of right now. I’ll be checking it in a few months.
– Real player with 0.7 hrs in game
still wondering if the gold spawner is in the game or not yet added
– Real player with 0.7 hrs in game
Kingdom Wars
MUST READ BEFORE YOU PLAY:
There are a few things i think people should know about before playing this game.I bought kingdom wars before it was a f2p game and have had two maxed out citys with high lvl hero’s and have spent money on the game beyond just buying it pre f2p.This is my honest review about what i know of the game.
BUGS! Be prepared to lose resorces for winning pvp matches.That’s right you lose for winning! If a person trys to fight you and you accept and then he pays you to flee battle you get a win and maybe a little gold from the payout BUT you will lose 5k food 5k wood and 5k stone from your towns resorce stash which varries depending on what your stash has in it but that was my last loss to this bug. Not only do you lose for winning a pvp match in this manner you don’t recieve the crowns for the win that you are supposed to get for winning.The only way to avoid this bug is to fight until the game tells you you won or lost.
– Real player with 328.8 hrs in game
Dawn of Fantasy: Kingdom Wars
Update: 4 years later - This game is still fun but you definitely need a friend. The playerbase is extremely low leaving much to be desired on the PvP and COOP aspects. You can still solo the online campaign but it won’t ne as enjoyable. It also helps a ton if you are the same faction as your friend. This allows you to group up MUCH easier as you have to share the same army str. My original review still stand, I just edited some mistakes from a less educated me.
Hello! Let me start by saying this. I wanted a game that I could command large masses of troops to attack strongholds. After searching EVERYWHERE I found this. This game exactly fit my needs! Now I am going to let aside my desire for games like this for the rest of the review to keep it unbiased.
– Real player with 280.4 hrs in game