Life is Feudal: Your Own

 PC
Metascore
63

Mixed or average reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 11
  3. Negative: 1 out of 11
  1. COGconnected
    Dec 2, 2015
    78
    Despite my initial reactions, I finally start to enjoy Life is Feudal. After getting over the initial learning curve and skill grind. There is something liberating about being able to terraform any piece of land and cut down any tree I find.
  2. DarkStation
    Jan 25, 2016
    70
    Life is Feudal - like many of its peers in the genre - is not enough fun or rewarding in the short term, and the long game is only for true devotees.
  3. Eurogamer Italy
    Dec 22, 2015
    70
    Life is Feudal is an extremely grinding-focused survival experience in which you will get as much fun as effort you will put in. Also, the quality of the experience will be proportional to the quality (and quantity) of the people you will play with. This is a complete social experience; no place for loners.
  5. Multiplayer.it
    Nov 24, 2015
    70
    Life is Feudal: Your Own has a lot of potential but it's still far from a target that could just be his MMORPG version.
  6. GameStar
    Dec 11, 2015
    69
    It's an open world RPG for extremely patient and cooperative settlers who can also stand a lot of grinding for resources and skills.
  7. PC Gamer
    Dec 17, 2015
    68
    An attractive medieval survival sandbox that unfortunately gets bogged down in too many demands for time.
  8. Hooked Gamers
    Dec 9, 2015
    65
    There are the makings of a decent game in here. When I wasn’t getting slaughtered, I found myself enjoying roaming the forests and fields.
  9. Brash Games
    Jan 6, 2016
    60
    The game definitely lives up to it’s namesake, in that this is a game that is truly your own.
  10. Everyeye.it
    Jan 8, 2016
    55
    Many of the terraforming mechanics are interesting, but when it comes to the variety of the missions, the game design utterly fails.
  11. GameWatcher
    Nov 30, 2015
    55
    Life is Feudal has a lot of things going on in it. Between the comprehensive skill systems, the crafting mechanics, and the maintaining of self and relation with players around, there’s a lot of things that could have made Life is Feudal really enjoyable. The biggest problem it faces is that practically everything in the game is a tedious crawl.
  12. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Feb 16, 2016
    40
    So much simulation so little gameplay. Life is Feudal shows medieval life really in detail, but the problem is, that it's not fun at all. [Issue#260]
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#72 Most Shared PC Game of 2014

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User Score
5.7

Mixed or average reviews- based on 57 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 57
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 57
  3. Negative: 21 out of 57
  1. Pr0jectseph
    Sep 21, 2014
    0
    **What the Devs think about the chance of the game's success on SEPTEMBER 19 2014**

    "WHEN we will get to some playable MMO alpha. So far    **What the Devs think about the chance of the game's success on SEPTEMBER 19 2014**

    "WHEN we will get to some playable MMO alpha. So far MMO tests are ceased and if we won't succeed with LiF:YO - we might will have troubles." -Bobik, Life is Feudal Developer, Steam forum.
    Beware.
    The developers are seeming quite shady. Deleting ANY forum thread on steam that remotely mentions their overpriced early release game, Or, The fact that they delete any thread that draws attention to a negative point about the game should be a red flag.

    Notice the 10/10 review from HotRise here on metacritic?

    Go check out the life is feudal website and notice how similar their 'selling points' are.
    HotRise's review has no ACTUAL cons. This is a typical market tactic. Look constructive and modest, yet, have no ACTUAL downside.

    The developers aren't well known. And while this DOES NOT mean they shouldn't be trusted, it DOES mean to be careful.
    How do we do this?
    By monitoring their "First impression practises"

    What are they?
    -Overpriced $40 early-release (very unfinished) game. (When compared to Rust and DayZ both having big names behind them, lots of trust, and a less expensive early release product)

    -Lack of professionalism Re: not being able to take consumer criticism, and instead deleting any sign of it. (This is propaganda)

    -The Devs aren't even confident that their game will actually be successful.
    "WHEN we will get to some playable MMO alpha. So far MMO tests are ceased and if we won't succeed with LiF:YO - we might will have troubles." -Bobik, Life is Feudal Developer, Steam forum.

    -The developers don't seem to have a decent grasp on marketing and sales.
    And think about this.
    It is a scary thought that a bunch of people who may or may not be able to create a game will pull out random figures of "we need $200,000 for making the game" without being able to tell you where the money will be spent and why.

    A bunch of people who don't understand market trends and values and will charge twice what other more well-established companies charge for an Early Release game without understanding that as an upstart company, where there has been no established trust, that they need to charge less to sell more.

    And this will potentially create more revenue, but, DEFINITELY generate a larger "copies sold" statistic. Which in of itself, creates more trusted statistics for further backing/sponsorship/sales.

    This game may be great. But right now, the developers seem to be a bunch of guys who haven't much idea about business.
    Maybe they can design a game. But it takes more than that to be successful.

    Too scared to pay $40 and watch the company shut-down so I could just make a few people rich. As has happened with 'companies' in the past.
    When and if the "company" starts acting more professional and less shady/disrespectful to their consumer-base, I will re-do my review.

    Until then, I will have a close eye on them. And also warn others to not throw $40 down the tube to a company who's LEAD DESIGNER has doubts about the probability of success.    … Full Review »
  2. mattaust
    Sep 20, 2014
    5
    Don't just read the 10 below, that's either a massive fanboy, or a developer giving you the hard sell, (HotRise).

    Game is still in alpha,    Don't just read the 10 below, that's either a massive fanboy, or a developer giving you the hard sell, (HotRise).

    Game is still in alpha, Combat needs quite a bit of work. Overall the game feels very basic as of now. IMO I'd wait if you want the full experience.

    I'll adjust or write up a new review once the game is released, but as of now, no way is this game a 10.    … Full Review »
  3. Muadjin
    Sep 20, 2014
    2
    The forum moderators on steam delete every single negative post about the game. You 're warned.
    I actually think they put in more effort in    The forum moderators on steam delete every single negative post about the game. You 're warned.
    I actually think they put in more effort in moderating the forums then they actually have put in this broken game.
    The things that it promises look very tempting, but the game itself is broken and is littered with bugs, laggy crashing servers, items dissapearing from your inventory, things you build just disappearing right in front of your eyes with no valid explanation and last but not least INSANE CENSORING OF forums    … Full Review »
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