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It's fantastic! It's an X-COM like game in it's turn based system, but instead of high tech gadgetry and aliens, it's melee weapons, guns, some super hero like abilities, and a mastery build system to create powerful characters. But... it's also a visual novel with a really long story, character development, plot twists, and moments that rip out your heart. It also has really good artwork. It's so damn good.

Donation to Lord Tynan's luxury yacht fund.

Enjoy, you bastard.

This is a killer game!

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Update 07/21/21

So, this game, Wildermyth, is fantastic.

If you like turn based games with an assortment of good narrative campaigns that can be completed in 4-8 hours (depending on how fast you play of course) then add this to your list. You start out as a simple commoner armed with a pitchfork, pick, frying pan, or maybe a bow. As you progress your "heroes" will grow slowly grow stronger. The campaigns/stories are between 3 to 5 chapters in which your heros will grow old and eventually retire if they survive that long. The game shines in the stories that are told through each encounter and the choices that are made. One of my favorites this year!

It was fun reading the transcription of their Townhall Q&A discussion. Sounds like a great team who put a lot of effort into the game over the past 6 years. When I was done reading I wanted to start another game!
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/763890/view/2970671580605866981

In case you missed this bit at the very bottom of the page...

"Dorfromantik was developed by four game design students from Berlin."

What a great way to start one's career in the game industry by publishing a solid game like this!

Congratulations to the team of Toukana Interactive!

Oh, you're probably wondering about the game, cause this is supposed to be a game review...

This is a relaxing casual game with just enough challenge to keep it interesting. If you've had a hard day and just want to play something to relax and zone out, this is a good candidate. The artstyle is fantastic. The way some of the tiles will slightly change to match the neighboring tiles is neat. The little animations made me smile when I saw them for the first time. As you get more and more tiles, it's impressive to see how large the map can get.

I can recommend this unless you're expecting anything that was listed under the heading of "What Dorfromantik does not offer". That being 4X Strategy, Trading, Resource Management, Combat & Violence, Multiplayer.

This a game about doing bad things and winning when all the villagers have perished!

It is so refreshing not having to coddle a bunch of villagers, ensuring they have food to eat, pretending to care about who they are, keeping them happy, and helping them achieve their worthless life goals. No... in this game, we want those fools to starve, to submit to their fears, to sow distrust among neighbors, to spread lies and rumors, and lose all hope as we unleash monsters and demons upon their lands.

Every time I was able to ruin a villager's day made me giddy like a school girl.

Now to figure out how to import a list of Steam friends as villagers into my next game. :P

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I know, some of you have expectations that reviews should be serious in nature and limit themselves to the details of the game. Written in such a way to help determine if it's worthy of your hard earned cash (or stimulus money). To be honest, I don't know what everyone's tastes are and what their criteria is for a good game. It's all subjective.

Are there things that didn't make sense in the game? Yes.
Was I disappointed by some of the mechanics. Maybe.
Did some of the mechanics feel shallow? Sure.
Was the game fun for me? Yes.
Did it make me laugh? Yes.
Would I play again? Yes.

It's early access and there's still a long runway of development before the game reaches it's full potential and soars into the sky. So, if early access isn't your thing, then don't bother. If you want a game that flips the script and let's you play the bad guy and don't mind a game that's rough around the edges, then perhaps give it some consideration.

It's criminal that a team of 5 people can build such an amazing game like this and sell it for $20.

I continue to be amazed at the thought that went into this game and all the little details. From the changing weather, the waves in the ocean, the ebb and flow of the water along shorelines, the smoke from the campfire as it fills the room, the ease and simplicity when it comes to building, the way the trees fall, the music that feels seamless and relaxing, and so on.

I truly appreciate that they didn't make an "open world simulation that simulates things for no other reason than to simulate them". Made a mistake while building that house? No worries, just remove it and get all your materials back. Ran out of food while busy building or crafting? No worries, you're not going to die from hunger. Broke your axe? No worries, just repair it. Troll smashed your cart full of ore? No worries, just put down a workbench and rebuild the cart and put everything back in the cart.

The most effective stimulus package of the year.

Fantastic gem of a deck builder combined with the character customizations you'd expect from an RPG. Right at the start, the game provides you many options to customize the game rules, game mode, difficulty / challenge, and length. You can run the gauntlet mode where you have to beat x bosses or an adventure / sandbox mode that allows you the freedom to explore.

Unlike other games where your deck is locked, in this game you're allowed to adjust your deck on the fly, which is so awesome!

When starting out, you choose your organization, race, class, allocate attributes. Depending on the game setup, you might have a basic set of cards for that race/class or maybe you draft cards or choose from a random set of 60 cards. As you gain levels you'll unlock new cards. As you gain perk points, you can unlock new abilities or options that unlock new cards. As you explore you'll find new cards. Equipment that you find or buy also become cards or provide bonuses. Cards also have levels and as they're used can get better.

So as you can imagine, you're going to accumulate a large variety of cards and begin rethinking your strategy, identifying combos, try out different equipment. In this game you can do that without being punished! Unless of course you choose poorly and die in the process. However, depending on the game options you chose, you can spend some tokens and revive to continue... or be reincarnated another day from the hall of shame (technically it's the "Book of the Fallen").

I absolutely love the ability to experiment and adjust course in the middle of the game if I find some awesome cards.

There are a few things that you should be aware of going into this game.

First, it's all card battling with different nodes that may include a town, merchant, campfire, chest, events, or combat (normal or challenging). In adventure mode you can travel to different locations, choose different areas to fight. However aside from that, there's no overarching campaign or story that you're taking part in. So if you're looking for some additional narrative beyond your own imagination, you're going to be disappointed.

Second, the learning curve might be challenging for some. As a new player to the game you're going to be exposed to a lot of new information, keywords, rules, etc. As you unlock more races and classes, there's going to be new cards, new abilties, new keywords. There is a useful rulebook within the game. It's not flashy, but it's functional. You just have to make sure you use it as not everything is clear in the tooltips.

Third, there is room for improvement in the UI (what game's UI is ever perfect?). Sometimes I did find myself frustrated with not being able to view the information I needed. Not being able to lock tooltips and click on keywords to open the rulebook, which would have been nice. The layout of the information isn't ideal (word wrap vs. distinct lines -- but there's a mod for that). However YMMV as there are times I'm not the quickest when it comes to learning new things.

Fourth, it does come with a mature content warning that there's nudity somewhere. I have yet to see any nipples in my game, but supposedly they do exist! Unless nudity simply refers to the word nudity?! I'm not going to debate the merits of mature content. However I do know that this is a touchy subject for some and it's unfortunate that some people are going to skip over this title because of it.

Anyways, if you made it this far, thank you for reading my review. It's rare that I write this much in a review but I'm really enjoying this game and wanted to share my enthusiasm.

I was skeptical that I needed yet another turn based tactical WWII game that rehashes the German campaign again. However I'm rather liking this game so far. I'm not going to go into specifics as many of the other reviewers have done well extolling the best parts of the game. It's definitely a contender for this category.

One aspect of this game however that I don't like and is immersion breaking during the cut scenes and dialogue during the missions is the voice overs. It just sounds so amateurish and even then, I think that's insulting to amateurs. I'd rather have had the dialogue in the original language and read a subtitle.

How about a big fat NOPE.

If you're going to spend hours playing a sim, there's so many other quality choices that exist out there. Life is short, you deserve better.