Medieval Dynasty

 PC
Metascore
73

Mixed or average reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. PC Invasion
    Sep 27, 2021
    80
    Medieval Dynasty is a survival RPG that manages to stand out in the oversaturated market that it occupies. By combining ideas from several other popular franchises, developer Render Cube has managed to create a genuinely unique product. Its story hardly stacks up against AAA RPGs like The Elder Scrolls but it's good enough given the game's many other strengths.
  2. WellPlayed
    Sep 26, 2021
    80
    Medieval Dynasty is a gorgeous survival/crafting and town management adventure game that satisfies our primal urge to create, build and form a community. After spending a year in early access, the ‘full release’ definitely has a solid foundation, but some mechanics could have used a bit more time in the oven. If you’re prepared for a long term investment, you’ll reap a fantastic reward.
  3. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Feb 7, 2022
    79
    Medieval Dynasty delivers a nice blend of survival sim and economy game with a story layer behind it. The only thing that’s lacking is social aspect: Stardew Valley proved how important are neighbors for a farming game, but in Medieval Dynasty they’re just puppets with some basic needs and no actual character. [Issue#258, p.56]
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  5. Ragequit.gr
    Oct 19, 2021
    78
    A special blend of Survival and Single-Player RPG gameplay with beautiful graphics and interesting management mechanics, whose rather empty and generic medieval world ends up detracting from the whole experience.
  6. Multiplayer.it
    Oct 31, 2021
    75
    Medieval Dynasty is a big peculiar mix of survival, resource management and RPG that feels medieval enough to be worth a try, despite some huge balance problems.
  7. GamingTrend
    Oct 1, 2021
    75
    Like some sort of peasant Animal Crossing, Medieval Dynasty casts us in the role of mayor of Dysentery Village. You’ll slowly grow from labor-intensive shacks to a semi-self-sufficient hamlet through the sweat of your brow, building a dynasty that will last generations. You’ll just wish your peons would pitch in and carry their own water...and stop eating the buckets.
  8. Gamepressure
    Sep 22, 2021
    75
    Medieval Dynasty won’t reinvent the wheel of the survival or resource management genres, but it will give you a relaxing and low-key experience you can customize to your liking. Its story and UI set it back from truly shining, but its focus on building a village and surviving through the seasons will keep you coming back for hours of simple entertainment.

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#83 Most Discussed PC Game of 2020

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User Score
6.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 70 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 35 out of 70
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 70
  3. Negative: 20 out of 70
  1. somedevsaregood
    Oct 5, 2021
    0
    The sales price is just to high for this low thought game.
    Could this game be great yes. But at this moment nope and the devs of this game    The sales price is just to high for this low thought game.
    Could this game be great yes. But at this moment nope and the devs of this game said nope. There will be no sand castles to build in this sandbox and they dont support mods being used for there empty boring game. Like there are many fun boring games out there. But this game is like tedious boring.
    This game is so tedious its not talked about and it is not fun. I would be more of a fan of this tedious if like the long game i got to collect stone to build castles or a castle. But he only thing you can build are palasades and fences. What a barbaric era and not medivel. Cant i make pesants where armor and be town guard.
    If this game was more like a medivel sandbox where you build a village and city with castles. Craft Armor and swords to defend from bandits. If you could build villages and citys and castles all over the sandbox this game would of been and 10 for me no doubt.
    Gametrend lied and so did Pc invasion they get paid for this and i dont.
    This game does not deserve praise and shouldnt be bought unless its on sale for $20 or less.    … Full Review »
  2. Peter1997
    Sep 27, 2021
    0
    1)If the main feature of your game is building and crafting you should be better and more logical on this properties. For example at beginning1)If the main feature of your game is building and crafting you should be better and more logical on this properties. For example at beginning i can build an entire house and warehouse but i can't make a simple bow. Another simple example: i need 4 stones for stone ax and i need 8 stones for huge stone wall. If stone ax is made from 4 stone stone wall should be made from 100 stone or if stone wall is 10 stones, stone axe should be 1 stone. I hope you understand me.

    2)You need better optimization for this graphics or better graphics for this hardware power.

    3)Running for hours between villages with constantly running out stamina for oblivion like npcs who don't even have voice it's so much boring you have to add a horse to begining of game. Our man can be run with horse from war at the begining story for example.

    4Add enemies in game and a few monsters in later times. This will be so good for game because there is no any fear or threat elements in game and this makes the game little bit boring and purposeless. You can see so many people say it is being pointless playing after a few days because there is no any purpose in game.

    5)You need cutscenes, story, special animations for characters, characters voices for this price because it is not early access anymore i mean you don't have any of this even characters don't have sound but you are selling with same price rdr2 or ac valhalla.    … Full Review »
  3. MFT
    Oct 15, 2021
    3
    Very shoddy game. This isn't 1.0, it's barely even in beta state. They have a button for getting stuck right in the menu and every NPC's canVery shoddy game. This isn't 1.0, it's barely even in beta state. They have a button for getting stuck right in the menu and every NPC's can be asked to "move" which is pretty much a clue to it's state, but even that isn't enough - NPC's will gladly get stuck or body block doors preventing you from both talking to them and exiting the building.

    Building your village is a tedious chore - you have to click 10-20 times on each wall and roof piece, then click even more to upgrade them. You need insane amount of resources for just one house but can barely carry enough which means you are going to run back and forth to storage or woods. Farming, handcrafting hammers and picks, transporting resources at the beginning - everything is a chore. There aren't even beautiful locations like in Subnautica to motivate and distract you from this tedium.

    Horses do not unlock until later, which means you have to travel on foot everywhere which takes forever, meanwhile you need to drink and eat like a hungry mule non-stop. Days are WAY too short, and it feels like default 3 days per season isn't enough to do anything, but then when you unlock most buildings and expand your village after a few years - you are left with nothing to do expect waiting for your child to grow up. On top of that game keeps randomly teleporting you each season to the closest village for no reason. There are also crashes.

    No one has any voice lines, quests are very boring, tutorial is lacking. Animal AI is insane and hunting is plain dumb - either you need an upgraded bow with poison arrows, or you will be forced to run around in circles chasing them.

    There are elements for a game in this, but they do not come together well enough to provide you any fun. At best, you will be motivated to build your village, but sooner rather than later you will get bored running back and forth to the same locations, constantly exhausting your stamina, talking to the same NPC's, waiting a season, then needing to run back to them again... and again... and again.

    The main point is - it's just not fun.    … Full Review »
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