One of my favorite games - With Mods
I've spent a lot of time playing this game. There is so much potential with much of it unlocked. I'd say the base game is a 3 or 4 with mods. The developer put in at least 2 ways to do everything and often a third way with keyboard shortcuts.
In many ways this is a rogue like town builder in 3 dimensions. you get a number of gnomes at the start and you try and get them to survive. Now you have to set up food production, weapon production, mine for minerals, and attract other kingdom ambassadors so you can bring in their traders. But the more you put in the greater your town value, the more gnomes will come, but the harder and more numerous the opponents.
You have a number of different zones that you can set up including dining, main hall, dormatory, workshops, and personal quarters. Each area may require different items to make. The first big hurdle is getting a bone needle. It becomes a big chain with each workshop you set up leading to the next.
One of the nice things about this game is that the difficulty is customizable. If you want a peaceful game you can set it up. If you want a game where each wave of opponents are tougher you can. If you want to wall yourself in so that no enemies can get to you, you can. If you want to set up long hallways of traps and watch as the goblins get dropped or mushed.
There is very little hand holding and almost no in game text about what does what. Wiki is the only way to really know.
Now where this game really shines is mods. In the short time this game this game was popular and listed as one of the very best upcoming game a lot of mods were created. Like I said, this game had huge potential. Tacyn is my favorite mod as he pulled many of the mods together and made them play nice together.
Based on a fun concept with complex interactions and challenge this gets a 4. If you base it on unrealized potential and being hard to use, then a 2 rating.
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