Dynasty

The game is unpolished, has bugs, janky to use, likely reliant on GenAI for art and with a barely functional UI. But as a game, especially a political sim, its quite fun. You have to balance the power of your advisors against their loyalty towards you. A powerful advisor will get things done, but if they turn unloyal then they are likely to usurp you from the throne. As the game progresses, you begin to realise the perverse incentives required to keep your trusted advisors loyal and start to plot against your would-be assassinators by stripping them of power, even if it comes at the cost of implementing programs. As a result, the sole reason for me to recommend dynasty is that unlike most political sim games, it focuses soley on questions of power and loyalty which make it a fun experience despite its overall delivery. Its very clearly unfinished, as both the Unitary and General lacked programs to use (thus rendering them useless as advisors). There is also a lack of variation, as advisors will be sent off for one to three days due to a generic event which runs stale quickly.

Игра "Dynasty" захватывает с первых минут своей глубокой стратегией и нелинейностью. Погружение в эпоху феодального Китая выполнено на высшем уровне, чувствуется масштаб и историчность. Экономическая модель продумана до мелочей, каждое решение имеет долгосрочные последствия. Управление ресурсами, дипломатия, военные кампании - все это сплетено в единое целое, создавая уникальный игровой опыт. Разнообразие игровых фракций и исторических личностей добавляет реиграбельности. Есть возможность сформировать свою собственную непобедимую династию, либо же проиграть в борьбе за власть, что заставляет обдумывать каждый ход. Хотя интерфейс местами может показаться перегруженным, это компенсируется глубиной геймплея. Любителям глобальных стратегий и исторических симуляторов однозначно рекомендуется! Оценка 9/10.

This is an excellent game with a bright future. At the time of this review the game is still in development so I am aware my gaming experience is far beyond the final game. I am quite excited to see the final development of this game as I can tell if it has few tweaks and fixes and the game fully gets developed then the game will be much more appealing to the audience. With the game is demo it is quite meh at the moment as I encountered few bugs (and one nearly made me have to restart when I only had 2 turns left but the treasurer saved me). Although, in my opinion the colours/background of the game do not quite match and can be quite hurtful to the eye as for the most game the screen is fully black and despite the game mostly relying on narrating and story telling, a more interesting display could definitely catch the eyes of more people and make it stand out a bit more to look professional. Though in the end, its a fun strategic game to play but at the demo stage the game lacks the basic functions of a good game. I might return to this game when it is further progressed and fully out!

Fun alpha/demo, but there are major bugs such as being hardlocked when all staff with the discussion option are absent, or being unable to continue saved games on Linux.

Needs a lot more polish, but still a fun time for being free.

Прикольная игра, я правда пыталась прожить все 30 ходов, но увы. Сидела в напряжении и никому не доверяла. Из проблем могу выделить наслаивание текста на картинки, из-за чего его невидно, сложность обработки графиков в случае проигрыша и отсутствие кнопки "начать сначала", когда проигрываешь. И разворот на весь экран тоже не очень хорошо выполнен У игры большой потенциал, надеюсь, однажды она выйдет из формата демо и станет полноценной

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