Against the Storm

Against the Storm is so good that the best thing I can say is how disappointed I was when I started to realize I was plateauing or couldn't find out anything new. I got a lot out of it, and wanted to play it constantly from the moment I started. It's so immersive, so cozy, but also challenging enough to require a lot of skill and focus. I loved everything about its roguelike elements that made each little venture different, and the game felt simply enormous to start out. Best of all, the UI is probably the BEST I've ever seen in a city simulator or any kind of strategy game. It easy to understand, to find new things, and to teach yourself. When I found out that DLC was available to expand my options, I instantly bought it after getting a taste of just the base game. Set in a unique world that's all built around the concept of rainfall, you're tasked with exploring a procedurally generated wilderness with various terrains in the pursuit of completing a level they call a "seal." After doing so, you can play on these maps for longer and on higher difficulties before they rewrite themselves--all while steadily unlocking new buildings, races, and perks. As you learn the game, you're constantly finding new content in challenging events, the use of those optional perks, and given assignments to complete. Since you can pause and manipulate things as you like, it lets you be patient and make intelligent choices to protect your little settlements and ensure their survival. The graphics and artstyle look phenomenal, and the interesting technology and building options kept my interest for a long time. No two settlements are the same, and it encourages you to constantly try new ones (which is one of my favourite things, as compared to spending 20+ hours on one city). As the difficulty ramps up, you have more options but it can be severe. By the end of my interest, I was playing on Prestige 6 out of 20, and I just found that I was having so much trouble it had lost the relaxing vibes and I was starting to feel a little pigeon-holed into "metagaming" it, rather than using my creativity. That isn't to say someone else couldn't find a good blend of both, but I think this is one of the best games where you just free-form play, and don't focus as much on trying to meet the "point" of Seals. I just wish there was more ways to keep me engaged and having fun on those lower difficulties where I was able to engage my imagination, without having to feel the enormous struggle on the prestige difficulties. It's one of those games I would love to be able to erase my memory of, and try again. Especially as permanent upgrades are most interesting near the start, but it can take so long to finish the "tech-tree" that by the end, it feels like you aren't unlocking anything significant. This was one of my favourite games of the year, and one of the best city-builders I've seen; I hope that one day I'll be in the spirit to return to it and renew that hope it inspired during my first week of nonstop play.

сюжет будто писал школьник, вот тебе королева, она очень нетерпеливая и все время требует быстрее строить поселения, при этом ты целиком и полностью зависишь от рандома, ладно ресурсы, но каждый раз открывать одни и те же рисунки зданий, вот будто инженеры за время перехода забывают как построить лагерь побольше, ладно если бы после глобального шторма чертежи "забывались", но в одном цикле это уже подрывает жопу. Сюжет - мое почтение, немного заикнулись что древние хорошо овладели технологиями, но что то случилось... после закрытия золотой печати я ожидал хоть какого-то лорного события, мол что за королева, откуда взялась, но показали титры и все... зря потраченное время и деньги. Абсолютно не логичные ограничения и сложность.

Surprisingly addicting! It's a bit overwhelming for someone (like me) who doesn't play city builders but once it clicks its really rewarding.

時間制限ありの街作りゲーです 住民の状態を管理しながら街を作る、を数回繰り返して封印の再強化を目指すのが1サイクルとなります ・1プレイ60～90分前後かかります ・難易度：総督で金の封印を再強化する事で一応のエンディングです ・難易度：プレステージからはだいぶ難しくなりますが、総督まででも十分楽しめます 正直体験版をやった時はピンときませんでしたが、士気や敵意のような基本的な仕様を理解してとても面白くなりました

I bought this game on sale but it is absolutely worth full price. It is a roguelite unlike most others in that Against The Storm generally speaking wants you to win and have a successful settlement. This was one of my first base building games and I absolutely loved it. The meta progression is good and there are multiple ways to have a successful run to please the Scorched Queen.

Great worker placement / resource management game where every second/decision counts, especially at the start of rounds. But you can pause whenever you want and change stuff paused making it very strategical and not stressfull but exciting. I wish more (singleplayer) "RTS" would do this. Also great mysterious background "story" with animal people, rain, forest and the storm cycles, giving it a nice atmosphere. Though sadly not much is reaveled during the game and you can't learn more with the runs or finishing cycles. Also the finished settlements dont affect further runs much sadly and will be wiped after a cycle. You get unlocks after each settlement that are great at the beginning but later will be mostly bonuses and thus the rounds get more and more repetetive and feel less rewarding. Because you always have multiple options for food, building materials etc and multiple buildings that produce them this also makes it less diverse even with different bioms. I think less options and bigger differences between the bioms, not just cosmetics, would make the "late game" feel more varied and rewarding. The way it is you will slowly lose interest in doing more runs long before you "finish" the game or get to a meaningful conclusion. But for the first dozen of runs when your still discovering and have meaningful unlocks its fun and worth the price (and time).

굿겜

Meh.