Medieval Dynasty

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  1. Nickmbb
    Sep 27, 2021
    10
    After over 1000+ of playing in the beta, I feel I should write a review for this very different village simulator. My beta village had 110 buildings (maxed) and 132 villagers working and growing.

    If you are looking for a fast-paced action game, this is not the game for you. I consider Medieval Dynasty as a relaxing "chill" survival, simulation game where you can come back to it and let    After over 1000+ of playing in the beta, I feel I should write a review for this very different village simulator. My beta village had 110 buildings (maxed) and 132 villagers working and growing.

    If you are looking for a fast-paced action game, this is not the game for you. I consider Medieval Dynasty as a relaxing "chill" survival, simulation game where you can come back to it and let the game grow. It is more than a village simulator, it is also a family, generational simulator, thus it takes a long time for growth which gives your character time to do whatever you want to do. You can explore the dynamic map that changes as the season's change and find things of interest and a few surprises. There is different wildlife roaming the map, some very hostile. The map has dark forests, open plains, mountains, lakes, and rivers, and diverse flora depending on the four different seasons through each game year. At first, traveling between the many villages seems daunting but after you learn the map, running between villages becomes easy. (thank you auto-run and horse).

    As a village simulator, you unlock more buildings and building upgrades by gaining experience in four main technology branches. As your city grows (and has baby booms), your village will become perpetual allowing you to go into greater detail in customizing and reshaping your village to your vision.
    There is detailed micro-management you can sink your teeth into with your villagers. You can decide who lives with who and how many babies each household can have. Beware, baby booms happen a lot putting the females out of work for a number of game years as they raise their child. So placing male villagers is key to keeping essential jobs flowing without interruption.
    You will experience NPC storylines and daily side quests from many villages NPCs that help you gain technology experience and dynasty points (needed to recruit travelers to your village). The game has many phases, the first is your own survival to starting your village and providing the necessary equipment to get it started until your villages can do it themselves. You will marry a villager and have a baby who will eventually grow up and take your shoes when you die of old age (everyone ages in this game).

    When you start the game, you can customize your gameplay. I strongly suggest to those players who never played in EA, to do this to learn the basics of the game without too much burden.    … Expand
  2. jagermeister
    May 28, 2023
    10
    ."Survival/crafting, town management and economy game with a story layer behind it"
    it's not a fighting game like Kingdom Come!
  3. mapet
    Sep 27, 2021
    10
    This is my favourite game premiere of the year! Easily! An amazing hybrid of few genres, which I enjoy - city builder, survival, economy management with a little bit of an RPG flavour in it. The graphics are superb. Game runs smoothly and is optimised very nicely. Music and sfx are well made. Story is surprisingly good. Devs are just a small studio with many debutantes in their ranks, fromThis is my favourite game premiere of the year! Easily! An amazing hybrid of few genres, which I enjoy - city builder, survival, economy management with a little bit of an RPG flavour in it. The graphics are superb. Game runs smoothly and is optimised very nicely. Music and sfx are well made. Story is surprisingly good. Devs are just a small studio with many debutantes in their ranks, from what I've read. In my opinion they did more than an excellent job with their first game.

    Many negative comments are irrational and written by people who expected AAA game in a price of a DLC. Very good example of it is a comment here written by "Peter1997" - two games reviewed, both 0/10. This game and Cyberpunk... I'm actually impressed that a person with IQ so low is even able to operate an internet browser. Dear mr. Peter1997: I wish you all the worst. Please, delete your account.    … Expand
  4. delirium_qc
    Sep 29, 2021
    10
    One of the best RPG survival of its kind. How can I say how much I love this game? I've passed at least 280 hours only on early access. First of all, the aspect I love the most about this game is that you're in no hurry. You can do whatever you want at your pace. Building a village is so pleasant, can't wait for deco and windmill.
  5. BananMontKetchu
    Oct 6, 2021
    10
    Great game, you can spend hours playing it. I believe that the audiovisual side is a cosmos in a positive sense. The plot is at a high level and all systems are working properly. I recommend this title.
  6. grayeyebrow
    Oct 18, 2021
    10
    I can really recommend the game to anyone who wants to really feel the Medieval Ages! After an actually very sad start, you experience as a player your very own development bit by bit, you learn new skills, build up your life and find friends. And all this set in a beautiful environment. For me, Medieval Dynasty is clearly an absolute insider tip for the year 2021!
  7. tanbelson
    Oct 18, 2021
    10
    I like it! It's fun, it's relaxing, it's varied! I can definitely recommend the game!
  8. DennisGamer
    Oct 19, 2021
    10
    What can I say, this game is stunning! It is so easy to pass many hours playing this game and getting lost in the medieval beauty. It is an amazing RPG, survival game packed with depth allowing you to play in a variety of ways. You can learn a bunch of neat skills and really develop your own medieval life, building a town and recruiting villagers. Truly this is a very enjoyable game andWhat can I say, this game is stunning! It is so easy to pass many hours playing this game and getting lost in the medieval beauty. It is an amazing RPG, survival game packed with depth allowing you to play in a variety of ways. You can learn a bunch of neat skills and really develop your own medieval life, building a town and recruiting villagers. Truly this is a very enjoyable game and one of my recent favourites! I fully recommend this game.… Expand
  9. Daffodil24
    Oct 25, 2021
    10
    The Medieval Dynasty is truly amazing! I’m having more fun with it than I should, because I've been lacking sleep for the last couple of weeks, haha! There is no other game like this one, currently on the market. There are survival and RPG aspects of it, but the main focus is on the city building and then managing your village – that’s really awesome! The medieval setting is beautiful, IThe Medieval Dynasty is truly amazing! I’m having more fun with it than I should, because I've been lacking sleep for the last couple of weeks, haha! There is no other game like this one, currently on the market. There are survival and RPG aspects of it, but the main focus is on the city building and then managing your village – that’s really awesome! The medieval setting is beautiful, I find myself often just walking around and immersing myself in. The little bonus in terms of a story was a nice surprise, I didn’t think I would become so engaged in it. I wholeheartedly recommend this game to anyone! With the price so low it’s a no-brainer buy.… Expand
  10. WhiteDragoon
    May 27, 2023
    10
    This game is perfect in every things. If you live in slavian country you have everything for feel as you live in your own world, but 1000 years ago. As survival this is little hard, but you can easly change many things to make it easier. Really i didn't excepted much from this game and this little studio, but now i can say: "BUY IT!". What is important, producers adding much things. SimpleThis game is perfect in every things. If you live in slavian country you have everything for feel as you live in your own world, but 1000 years ago. As survival this is little hard, but you can easly change many things to make it easier. Really i didn't excepted much from this game and this little studio, but now i can say: "BUY IT!". What is important, producers adding much things. Simple example, few new villages and birds, which change few mechanics.… Expand
  11. s3thg3ck9
    Sep 28, 2021
    9
    To start with – I'm not much a fan of survival games. All these titles where you must eat and drink in a loop to simply survive is not for me. Also, things getting to overly complicated in midgame is a bit of a no-go for me. With that premises I was a bit surprised finding myself checking out Medieval Dynasty. AFAIK it has been in Early Access for a while and getting some respectableTo start with – I'm not much a fan of survival games. All these titles where you must eat and drink in a loop to simply survive is not for me. Also, things getting to overly complicated in midgame is a bit of a no-go for me. With that premises I was a bit surprised finding myself checking out Medieval Dynasty. AFAIK it has been in Early Access for a while and getting some respectable reviews – so at its price point you can't really make a mistake. And boy… it was the best discussion.

    Built in Unreal (I think it's 4) the game looks beautiful, and it obviously runs well on my rig (Ryzen 5 1500X + RTX 3060TI). Story entries a bit dull – you flee from the war to the home of your dead father – blahblah. Nevertheless, it unfolds a pretty quest line which I had not expected from this genre at all. In its core we have a first-person survival game (with very customizable difficulty options) combined with a town management sim. Here's where the fun begins!

    You're pretty much free to do whatever you feel like while you're watching your town grow, unlock new abilities, perks and items and welcoming new inhabitants to your camp. It's rather slow paced which makes it relaxing and its also a bit grindy but very well balanced. As the name suggests you can even have your own family (wife and kids and all). As the setting and idea is unique you should simply see for yourself and might be as pleasantly surprised as I am.    … Expand
  12. LajeshKa
    Sep 24, 2021
    9
    I’ve played this game for quite a few hours in Early Access and it is great. It is calm and relaxing, some people call it a zen-like experience and this describes it pretty well. The pace is ok from the start, some things feel like achievements (when your trap finally works etc.). The game unfolds after a few hours when you grow your village bit by bit, when new people move in, when youI’ve played this game for quite a few hours in Early Access and it is great. It is calm and relaxing, some people call it a zen-like experience and this describes it pretty well. The pace is ok from the start, some things feel like achievements (when your trap finally works etc.). The game unfolds after a few hours when you grow your village bit by bit, when new people move in, when you try to find your wife, when you try to coordinate everything.

    It is not a deep simulation, as it packs many aspects in the game, like some survival elements, some roleplay elements, some adventure parts, it’s a hydra. It has many heads.

    Graphically the game is stunning, it has no major issues. Small bugs here and there, but nothing really serious. One of the unexpected gaming highlights.

    Recommended if you like slow paced games, a bit of grind. Not recommended if you like action every two minutes.    … Expand
  13. NoMoreWords
    Aug 10, 2022
    9
    Yes, this game isn't perfect in its current state or even in its idea. But I've had so much fun with it. To preface this, I must say that I've always thought that it would be a very cool idea to be a medieval peasant in a game and realistically try to build a village. And I was very pleasantly surprised to find out that such a game existed. So I am a bit predisposed to being positive inYes, this game isn't perfect in its current state or even in its idea. But I've had so much fun with it. To preface this, I must say that I've always thought that it would be a very cool idea to be a medieval peasant in a game and realistically try to build a village. And I was very pleasantly surprised to find out that such a game existed. So I am a bit predisposed to being positive in this review since the setting of the game itself is a large source of fun for me.
    I can agree that this game is a bit grindy, but I wouldn't say that it's out of place. To be able to expand your village, you would first have to gather lots of resources to build houses and working places for the new people. I found this fun. Chopping trees down, gathering sticks and stones and going back to use them when building a barn or woodshed. To some people, it might be annoying that you have a weight limit so you have to do several trips for a single building, but I really think the realism fits in this fantasy setting. Also, it's not like you carry barely anything. You can carry like 5-6 whole trees before you are overburdened!
    I think the farming system is also very nice. And once you get to specific crops, you might get to self-sustainability (the grown corps would also produce seeds which are then used by farmers the next cycle). I really liked planning what I would grow in which seasons to optimize the gather.
    I also remember running through the forest, hunting some animals. I really really liked the combat and I felt it was realistic. I didn't feel too OP but I didn't feel like I don't have a chance against a bear or boar.
    All in all I think this is a great game that has great systems. If you are a fan of medieval fantasy, the beautiful graphics themselves should do quite a lot for you. The walking really could be a lot, but I like exploring the countryside so that is neither a pro or a con for me.    … Expand
  14. Bellasum
    Sep 26, 2021
    9
    It feels real! While playing Medieval Dynasty I really feel the medieval life. It is not easy to survive the medival ages but its a lot of fun! I really enjoy building up my first hourse from scratch, hunt, talk to people and explore the nature around me. Although the grinding feels sometimes too much, the game always manages to bring you back to your motivation and be curious for the nextIt feels real! While playing Medieval Dynasty I really feel the medieval life. It is not easy to survive the medival ages but its a lot of fun! I really enjoy building up my first hourse from scratch, hunt, talk to people and explore the nature around me. Although the grinding feels sometimes too much, the game always manages to bring you back to your motivation and be curious for the next steps.

    I can recommend the game to everyone who enjoys relaxing games with a nice story in a really beatuiful setting!    … Expand
  15. Carinth-Ian
    Sep 27, 2021
    9
    Game is very fun, I can definitely recommend. There are several points to critize which the gaming media also highlighted very well. But overall the game is sooo much fun especially once you have finalized the tutorial.

    To summarize:
    Highly recommended, spent many happy hours with the game and will gladly continue to play.
  16. zdachu
    Sep 30, 2021
    9
    The Game is a pretty unique experience due to the mix of genres it draws from. The survival part and village management may feel challenging initially but, in the end, provide a lot of satisfaction and accomplishment. Hence, I find the time spent on crafting, building, selling and hunting quite relaxing and compelling. The immersive experience is embellished with stunning graphics and aThe Game is a pretty unique experience due to the mix of genres it draws from. The survival part and village management may feel challenging initially but, in the end, provide a lot of satisfaction and accomplishment. Hence, I find the time spent on crafting, building, selling and hunting quite relaxing and compelling. The immersive experience is embellished with stunning graphics and a surprisingly engaging backstory of the main characters (a large improvement since the EA version). Gaining experience points in skills and technologies is a nice nod to classic RPG-like driven players like myself :) I'm about 70 hours in currently.
    Great to hear the Game is going to be still supported and updated after the 1.0 release!    … Expand
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. 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.
  20. 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
  21. 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
  22. gaynorvader
    Oct 12, 2022
    4
    Main story is really well written and interesting. Almost everything else is flawed, requires twiddling with the settings, or is borderline broken.

    Much of the game is spent walking between villages, which takes a lot of real time as they are moderately far apart. You can get a horse, but it costs more money that you will realistically have until very late in the game. There are also    Main story is really well written and interesting. Almost everything else is flawed, requires twiddling with the settings, or is borderline broken.

    Much of the game is spent walking between villages, which takes a lot of real time as they are moderately far apart. You can get a horse, but it costs more money that you will realistically have until very late in the game. There are also fast travel carts, but again, cost more money than you will have to spare until late in the game.

    Hunting is okay, though animals have too much health, making it a bit of a boring grind, luckily you can turn their health down in the settings.

    Your carry capacity is tiny, and you can't upgrade it at all until the early mid game, and even then it's tiny until you can unlock a mount. Somehow, vehicles like travois or hand carts or even the simple packs you see in illustrations. Luckily you can turn off carry capacity in the settings, even though i usually love inventory management.

    Your stamina depletes too quickly, making travelling, building and hunting small animals a chore. Luckily you can turn it off in the settings.

    Food and water are pretty minor inconveniences, there is water absolutely everywhere and it's safe to drink. While meat is pathetic for some reason, it's so plentiful once you find a bow, you don't need to worry.

    Crafting is pretty good except you can only use the workbenches at your village. Meaning you have to grind to unlock them, then travel back to your village every time your item breaks since your carry capacity is so tiny. Oh, and you can't fast travel to your village.

    By the time you have your village to state where you can have a child, you've basically finished the game. All that's left is building for the sake of building. There's no real end game targets. Your village just grows if you want it to.

    The game economy is broken. Not only do you have to travel to an established village to sell anything (workers at your village don't produce coin), but the more advanced items have nowhere near the return on investment needed to make them worthwhile. You invest heavily in workshops, travelling to find raw resources, etc and time crafting to make only slightly more on a copper dagger over a stone dagger, which you can spit out tens of in no time. Worse, the cost of blueprints needed to unlock the crafting means you will be poor right up until the endgame arrives.

    Overall, there's fun to be had, once you've played around with the settings to get rid of the outright bad part of the experience, but it remains a painfully below average game with a cool setting.    … Expand
  23. methodyy
    Sep 4, 2023
    4
    No idea what is goal of this game, works better than asmr to put you into sleep
  24. 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 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 -    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 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.    … Expand
  25. KAKAOSKOS
    Dec 1, 2022
    3
    This game is the definition of the phrase 'boomer trap'. With layer upon layers of shameless fetch quests, and endless of dreadful progression hoops and loops. The AI is archaic and the models are obviously asset flipped from unreal, and the sense of "survival" are 100% non existent. I'm not sure, but I assume the positive reviews comes from those who likes the Medieval setting... Dunno,This game is the definition of the phrase 'boomer trap'. With layer upon layers of shameless fetch quests, and endless of dreadful progression hoops and loops. The AI is archaic and the models are obviously asset flipped from unreal, and the sense of "survival" are 100% non existent. I'm not sure, but I assume the positive reviews comes from those who likes the Medieval setting... Dunno, it just baffles me how this gets so highly rated.… Expand
  26. Sinuage
    Sep 29, 2021
    2
    The store pages let you know that you live in a harsh medieval world where you need to "defend your settlement from bandits." A line you can find one minute into one of the videos. However that isn't in the game. Bandits stay static on the map and do not come and attack your village. There is nothing wrong with that as they also claim "there is peace here..."

    So which is it? Harsh    The store pages let you know that you live in a harsh medieval world where you need to "defend your settlement from bandits." A line you can find one minute into one of the videos. However that isn't in the game. Bandits stay static on the map and do not come and attack your village. There is nothing wrong with that as they also claim "there is peace here..."

    So which is it? Harsh medieval world or peace? Pick one and don't mislead customers. The survival aspect of the game is a joke. You are forced into working around a season mechanic that teleports you home after each season. No matter if you were just about to get to the place you wanted to be or not. If it is the end of the season you are going home. This just feels odd in a survival game.

    Further it is an exploit. You can simply mine until you can't walk and then be magically be teleported home. Who needs inventory management? Just load up and port home. Winter too hard for you (it isn't)? No problem just sleep through it. You don't need to prepare anything for it.

    At the end of a season you also get a full health bar and food meter. Yeah this isn't a survival game as you can't die from these aspects unless you are just standing AFK.    … Expand
  27. Paulystan
    Apr 16, 2023
    2
    It could be interesting but it is a long dull grind with limited interactions and no polish. MUCH better survival games out there. I was expecting some real fun here, I love base building but this is largely boring. There is a real load of 'meh' games going on for 2022 and 2023 so far. It's been disappointment after disappointment. I gave this a go hoping for something more but nope. DullIt could be interesting but it is a long dull grind with limited interactions and no polish. MUCH better survival games out there. I was expecting some real fun here, I love base building but this is largely boring. There is a real load of 'meh' games going on for 2022 and 2023 so far. It's been disappointment after disappointment. I gave this a go hoping for something more but nope. Dull and duller.… Expand
  28. Widden
    Oct 30, 2021
    1
    I'd love to recommend the game. The idea is great, the game looks good, it runs well, does not seem to be glitching, etc. The game mechanics to build a settlement seems to be sound.

    Small nagging issues with the resource requirements for certain things (i.e. some of them seem quite out of this world) but I can live with that for the sake of balance. What I can't tolerate at all, is    I'd love to recommend the game. The idea is great, the game looks good, it runs well, does not seem to be glitching, etc. The game mechanics to build a settlement seems to be sound.

    Small nagging issues with the resource requirements for certain things (i.e. some of them seem quite out of this world) but I can live with that for the sake of balance.

    What I can't tolerate at all, is the grind. It's essentially a time-waster.

    You'll take hours upon hours to build small buildings, and if you happen to want to move it; tough, because you cannot carry nearly a tenth of the materials needed. And you need to hammer and hammer and hammer till your fingers are numb on the mouse.

    A short succinct description of the game:

    GRIND FEST    … Expand
  29. Zick_Angry_Pota
    Jan 22, 2023
    1
    Basically it is not a game. There is no game play. There is no goal, no challenge, no reward - only boredom...
    This game is just a pile of bad game mechanics which are neither fun nor smart. Lets look into them:
    1. Building - boring. All houses are look the same, same inside, same outside, same furniture (Khem - no furniture). Also building a village is a gimmick - there is no such    Basically it is not a game. There is no game play. There is no goal, no challenge, no reward - only boredom...
    This game is just a pile of bad game mechanics which are neither fun nor smart. Lets look into them:

    1. Building - boring. All houses are look the same, same inside, same outside, same furniture (Khem - no furniture). Also building a village is a gimmick - there is no such thing as your village. You can build houses in one corner of the map, hunting lodge on the another - you can scatter your buildings all over the map - no problem. All will be working just fine. Because there is no village - only a calculator: there is lumberjack hut? Do you have an ax in storage - good, take your +10 logs per day. What? there is 3km btw lumberjack and storage - no, for this game it is not a problem.

    2. Crafting - boring. You have like 50 recipes, 40 from them just useless things to sell. Animation for creating a bucket and a spoon are the same. And there are only few animations, that is cheap. Crafting is dumb - you can make a house and few different buildings, but you can't create a bowl, a spoon, a bow. You need to buy schemes... from God I guess...

    3. Simulations - boring. World is dead, npcs are dead. They simulate same activities but again in a very cheap manner. They all look the same, talk the same - hello Oblivion. The can eat only 1 type of food and you will never face a consequences of that... Because there are none.

    * You can become rich by selling thousands of wooden spoons...
    * Animals behaviour just lol...
    * Take this quest and run for 10km just because.

    In the end i want to say - I am in absolutely love with such setting. But this game I think caused a rejection of medieval game setting.    … Expand
  30. woa12
    Apr 11, 2022
    0
    Complete and utter eurojank.

    Looks like it was thrown together in a couple of months.
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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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