Kingdom: New Lands

 Xbox One
Metascore
87

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. XBLA Fans
    Aug 19, 2016
    100
    If you’re already a strategy fan or enjoy the ever growing breed of roguelikes that seem to be springing up everywhere, you’ll almost certainly enjoy Kingdom: New Lands. On the other hand if you’re new to either then I can’t think of a better place to start.
  2. GameSpew
    Aug 17, 2016
    100
    For those who want clear guidelines on how to progress, many will find the obfuscation and mystery of Kingdom tiring after a while. For those who want to know how to get platinum gamerscore, or how to beat the game in the quickest way possible, again, Kingdom will stubbornly refuse to comply with those needs.
  3. ICXM
    Aug 26, 2016
    80
    Kingdom: New Lands is a casual strategy tower defense-like title which should keep you engaged for hours.
  5. Brash Games
    Aug 9, 2016
    80
    If you enjoy managing simple resources while watching your troops do their thing, you’ll probably like this game. For me, Kingdom may be a bit on the simple side, but it is this simplicity that keeps me coming back to try, try again.
  6. MondoXbox
    Oct 8, 2016
    76
    A stunning pixel art game, with a very interesting mix of mechanics ranging from management to tower defense in a roguelike structure. Unluckily it can get quickly boring too, and when it's not it can deliver some unbearable difficulty spikes.

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User Score
6.7

Mixed or average reviews- based on 30 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 30
  3. Negative: 8 out of 30
  1. Puddingtoes
    Sep 12, 2016
    9
    Kingdom; New Lands is one of the best games of 2016. It's frustrating that this game hasn't picked up more attention. The pixelated art isKingdom; New Lands is one of the best games of 2016. It's frustrating that this game hasn't picked up more attention. The pixelated art is gorgeous. A game like this shouldn't be more artistically rendered. The music is perfect beautiful atmospheric simplicity. The gameplay is very unique and extremely simple to pick up, but hard to master. This is a difficult game with no checkpoints or save points, but it makes for more rewarding experiences that way in my opinion. I've put in more than 20 hours and i'm still fine tuning and learning how to survive each run through. This game is similar to Dark Souls in the sense that there isn't much of a tutorial but requires you to learn as you play, experimenting and figuring out what so and so does. I for one love a throwback to games with a higher more unforgiving difficulty. However its not too difficult that you will become frustrated. If a mistake is made, you will certainly know what you did and be forced to correct your gameplay. The only reason i don't give a 10 is because it can become repetitive. But for only 15 dollars it's a serious steal and if you consider yourself a video game enthusiast you MUST try out this brilliant game.… Full Review »
  2. TatsMcGee
    Sep 8, 2018
    4
    So I have Xbox game pass which in case you don’t know what that is, its a service that costs $10 a month and you have access to 50+ games? ISo I have Xbox game pass which in case you don’t know what that is, its a service that costs $10 a month and you have access to 50+ games? I don’t actually know the amount but some games are taken out of the service and new games are added in. One day I saw that Kingdom New Lands was added so I downloaded it. It took awhile but eventually, I sat down and started to play it.

    I have a confession about this game. It makes me feel stupid. I did not understand what I am supposed to be doing. It’s a side-scroller and I would run back and forth. I would hire people but I don’t really know what I was hiring them to do. I would give money to trees and then next thing I knew the trees were gone but I don’t know why I wanted to do to do that. I spent a couple hours running back and forth doing things but the game never gave me any direction of what my goal was.

    I didn’t get frustrated by the lack of direction but I did lose interest. It didn’t make sense, I could have looked up online but after a couple of hours. I just didn’t care so I uninstalled the game and have no interest in going back to it.    … Full Review »
  3. Broyax
    Sep 8, 2018
    0
    Une petite merde indé simplette et simpliste au principe simplet boulotté par un demeuré ou plutôt par un escroc, car pour oser vendre un trucUne petite merde indé simplette et simpliste au principe simplet boulotté par un demeuré ou plutôt par un escroc, car pour oser vendre un truc pareil, il faut soit s'appeler Forrest, soit être un enfoirnaze de première catégorie.

    Le pire à part l'ennui galopant consiste bien sûr dans la présentation elle-même dont même une Atari 2600 ne voudrait pas (elle s'est retournée dans sa tombe) : c'est en effet une foire aux pixels en solde d'un mauvais goût abominable, pour ne pas dire d'un foutage de gueule éhonté. Je crois à dire vrai que même les chiottes n'en voudraient pas.    … Full Review »
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