Against the Storm

The rogue lite aspects combined with a non headache city buidler and people/resource management makes for a very fun new genre. You can MOVE your buidlings, take so much of the stress out of optimization and path planning, it's great.

Amazing game! Never thought there could be a builder game which has such extensive replay ability. Since I found the last several runs too easy on the lowest difficulty setting (settler) plus I forged my first seal (bronze), I moved up. My last run was pretty darn good on the next higher setting (pioneer), and I obviously should have moved up a while ago. Still two harder levels left to go though.

好玩

游戏是好游戏 但是套路都差不多 重复度很高其实很容易玩腻

a city-builder that could be played in 1-2 hour spurts. at prestige difficulties it is a game of timing, resource management and of course, synergies. the music in particular is very fitting for a world saturated with constant rain - makes lower difficulties feel like a more relaxed city-builder.

One of a kind city builder. Manages to strike challenge and threat without having combat. Any combat or conflict is managed through events/expeditions and such. Its a bit overloaded with effects that possibly could be a bit more streamlined. Theres a ton of +2 threat when this happens" or "+1 this resource when this thing happens". Its especially bad with negative map modificators. You can easily lose track and i end up just ignoring effects and just build by city, because i couldnt be bothered with 2 dozen effects being added on top of each other and while having different icons and names, actually not making much of a difference. Like theres acid rain that can happen during storm which causes x and then theres like cold rain that can happen during storm which causes x too but mildly less or so. I love the game for having a lot of stuff going on, but it all just comes down to some numerical buff or debuff thats packed into a block of text and fluff. They tried to add some actual rule bending perks, but they are rare. Most of the stuff is really just +10% speed for woodcutters and +1 whine when producing. The game can be highly recommended for what it does by design. Its literally a rogue-like city builder where every time you build a town, you have different conditions and resources with a lot of options to customize your loadout and progression and gaining control over how your city develops. The second major design point is that its essentially an EXTRACTION game. You build a base, you finish it up and when you do, you gain resources that you use to upgrade the main city unlocking meta upgrades and new stuff. The third design point thats unique is that you can go prestige and add challenge beyond despair. You can not only pick tough spots to settle on the world map, you can also pick spots with additional conditional effects (POIs), you can increase difficulty level by hand (which adds more conditions and debuffs) and then you can also do other things that increase difficulty. This pretty much adds a ton of ways to play the game and focus on different strategies. Theres lots of products to take care of, a lot of interactions between buildings and a lot to do. I found myself fastforwarding, but only in the early stages in the lower branches of the tech tree. And once you are going pro you can pretty much "NG+" the thing and whack yourself with tough challenges. Admittedly my major negative point besides the somewhat cluttered effect salad going on, is the lack of coop. This game could be even more incredible if there was a way to cooperate with a friend. Must not even be playing on the same map but maybe the same map but separate areas and interaction focusses on exchange, trade and doing expeditions together, maybe dealing with exploration together possibly with the option to connect your towns together if you really try to. Maybe also progressing the main city together with your rewards or even having two separate main city to progress individually. Hopefully a second game in this franchise features a coop mode. Btw, i bought this game twice already. Its absolutely worth it. One of the best city builders out there. For 9€ in a sale, a steal. DLCs are super optional. Fine if you like the game, but not necessary to have tons of fun.

I wasn't too sure wheat to expect when I first picked up this game, but as someone who really enjoys management sims, I wasn't disappointed! This game has a very interesting concept and story, with a rogue-like mechanic that keeps you engaged. Very unique, very fun. Highly reccomend if you enjoy a low-stress and fun time.