Medieval Dynasty

 PC
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

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  1. VendonJura
    May 10, 2023
    7
    Basicly one of the best games you should play. Before they came up with the patches which changed the npcs, I would give 10/10 but after that patch, it's kinda annoying and made the game by far harder.

    The NPCs did not need tools nor seeds to work on your farm fields but now they do. Still, the game is one of the best you definitely should play. But because of these changes to npcs, I    Basicly one of the best games you should play. Before they came up with the patches which changed the npcs, I would give 10/10 but after that patch, it's kinda annoying and made the game by far harder.

    The NPCs did not need tools nor seeds to work on your farm fields but now they do. Still, the game is one of the best you definitely should play. But because of these changes to npcs, I give a score of 7/10.

    If you haven't checked out the game yet, you should.    … Expand
  2. MrVali
    Apr 12, 2022
    6
    The game really promises great potential. But a walking simulation, you want to buy a horse? When you learn how to get it, you will quit the game.
  3. lionlucas
    Oct 13, 2021
    7
    Its a OK game. More a survival (hunt, eat, feed your people). there's no challenge at all. Quests are stupid and repetitive, history is weak. Good building mechanics. Basically, there's no weapons or armor, just a bow and spear and your farmer clothes. Its annoying to keep waliking/running around all the map to complete quests. I have finished the game without unlock 70% ofIts a OK game. More a survival (hunt, eat, feed your people). there's no challenge at all. Quests are stupid and repetitive, history is weak. Good building mechanics. Basically, there's no weapons or armor, just a bow and spear and your farmer clothes. Its annoying to keep waliking/running around all the map to complete quests. I have finished the game without unlock 70% of structures/items. That technology system is a crap. I cant even have a STABLE to buy my horse and travel around the world. AI is a crap too, there's no animations, no voices, they simple look like robots around your village. If you like to be a farmer or like to build structures, its for you. If you are an adventurer, go for Skyrim modded or Kingdom Come Deliverance.… Expand
  4. Funtastic
    May 23, 2022
    5
    Overhyped pile of poo. It's on full release but should have stayed in beta.

    • Boring fetch-quest-story • like many games of this genre a total lack of logic in the survival mechanics (amount and type of resources needed to craft items and buildings and more) • Technology tree makes no sense. The game is divided into 4 different tech branches: building, survival, farming,    Overhyped pile of poo. It's on full release but should have stayed in beta.

    • Boring fetch-quest-story

    • like many games of this genre a total lack of logic in the survival mechanics
    (amount and type of resources needed to craft items and buildings and more)

    • Technology tree makes no sense.

    The game is divided into 4 different tech branches: building, survival, farming, production. Each of them contains different disciplines, like tailoring, smithing or cooking. But, you have to unlock them progressively, which for example means you need to grind production to first unlock the kitchen, then the smithy and so on.
    Convoluted BS. Those are independent disciplines and should be available individually.
    So Good luck farming for hours to be able to buy and keep a horse, just cause you need to unlock the stable in the farming tree. (remember the fetch quests?)

    Another example: Grind the survival technology to unlock the hunting lodge. This allows you to buy (buy!) the stone spear technology. Stone spear can only be crafted in the smithy, which isnt unlocked yet. [Aw go f*** yourself]

    • Hunting is mostly terrible. Full hits with wooden spears and the animal runs away like it's nothing. Though sometimes you hit them in the face and they just walk away.. Let's not talk about sneaking..

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    The rest of the game is pretty decent I would say. But who wants to invest time in a world of lacking logic and content with hardly anything to aspire to. And there is plenty of more weird stuff.
    Sure, I'd love to build my own village, but meh..Not in this one.

    5 out of 10 Stones (you can pick up to build houses on)    … Expand
  5. Ratingss
    Apr 11, 2023
    5
    This game could have easily been something more, i havent seen this mix of survival and settlement management in any other game. But the story is a lazy errand boy bs that thinks its clever, all npcs look the same, arent voiced and even have the same dialogue lines. Nothing in the game has any depth that would make you care, in the crafting everything is prebuilt, hunting is easy, farmingThis game could have easily been something more, i havent seen this mix of survival and settlement management in any other game. But the story is a lazy errand boy bs that thinks its clever, all npcs look the same, arent voiced and even have the same dialogue lines. Nothing in the game has any depth that would make you care, in the crafting everything is prebuilt, hunting is easy, farming is boring, your villagers are braindead and follow stupid rules. One positive thing is that you can reduce the grinding to 1/10 of normal at the beginning, do that.… Expand

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#83 Most Discussed PC Game of 2020

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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. 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]
  2. CD-Action
    Jan 19, 2022
    70
    If you have a lot of free time (50-60 hours seem like a reasonable minimum) and are in no hurry, if you enjoy very complex, immersive games, if you’re willing to overlook numerous bugs and glitches and don’t mind a bland story – Medieval Dynasty is for you. Even though the constant backtracking might be a pain, I personally found the game’s slow pace relaxing rather than annoying and enjoyed my time with it. Plus there are a lot of options that let you simplify the experience and lower the difficulty level, so you don’t need to be a hardcore survival games fan to have fun with Medieval Dynasty. [12/2021, p.40]
  3. 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.
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