Lawless Lands

It's alright. I've been in the mood for RPGs lately, and this one was on sale for $5. Combat is turn-based, and can be tricky if you aren't taking the time to plan out how you build a character and approach fights. Had to learn this the hard way after realizing that I couldn't just take on an entire gang of deserters by myself (lol). Enemies will usually outnumber you, and the best equalizers are either to recruit companions (up to a maximum of 4 in a party) or kit out your character with high quality equipment from a little bit of grinding for money. I chose to do a bit of both. I first worked as a farmhand at the starting town. To save money, I refused to consume any of my precious food and resorted to drinking from the nearest well. I also slept in a random house at the southern outskirts of said town instead of renting a room at an inn. After getting enough money, I bought the best axe and armor available from the local blacksmith, recruited a guy, did a bunch of quests around town, and leveled up. Went back to fight the deserters, killed them all, but still also got my ♥♥♥♥ kicked in. I felt better though since they had good loot and I got paid. It took about 12 hours before I encountered any bugs, upon which I was able to immediately report it on the discord linked on the main menu. The developer responded pretty fast, and rolled out a patch about 2 hours after the report. All in all, been having an alright time. (Btw, one of the DLC allows you to recruit a bear as a companion)

Strangely compelling despite a bit of a slow start. Combat and character development both seem like highlights. Only downside is the game is a bit on the visually dark side, it would be nice to be able to increase the brightness a little. Definitely get the feeling I'm going to end up putting in a lot more hours into this game.

I've played quite a number of old school, RPG-maker-ish games and this is one, or if not, the most enjoyable one I've played. The biggish world + myriad characters and quests/short story lines keep it interesting and engaging. Will be checking out the developer's other games. Plus points: game doesn't crash and runs pretty smoothly; pretty easy to navigate the world once you get used to the map. Wish: colours to be brighter; I've to turn up the brightness of my monitor quite a bit to discern what's on the screen.

Having checked out on most AAA gaming companies, my tastes have shifted back to indie titles such as this. I gave this one around 30 hours of my time and finished every quest and explored every location. Being a fan of old school turn based RPG's, this one entertained me just fine. Simple story, simple combat and simple fun. I will continue to support Corrosive Studios, as I recognize that a lot of love was put into this game and it shows.

i didnt realize my Early Access review got deleted after it full released. was still a solid game, and still is now if you are into this style of RPG. I still strongly believe that free cover for this game on the steam store needs a change. That font and color of "Lawless Lands" is awful and not very legible, especially when I showed my friends.

This game is great and isn't recognized enough. An open world rpg to the core, you don't get many clear ways to complete objectives, not much clear direction on which way you should go, and after failing enough times you'll realize that no matter who you want to be in this world, you first need to learn how to survive and get stronger. And, if you enjoy being overpowered or figuring out ways to break a games gameplay loop to make it easier, this game has that too. Not sure what engine this game is made in, but it's one of my favorites in the RPGmaker style and delivers a gritty dark fantasy story without straying too far into that kind of Black Souls edginess

sorry but the game is so dang dark and there is no way to adjust brightness. I bought this game cause it was a grim dark setting but that turned out to be little more than a poorly explained plague. i was really hoping to find something uniquely dark like fear and hunger or pathologic. it seems like alot of quantity over quality was done in this game. hundreds of houses you cant go into hundreds of copy paste dialouge villagers...Ive made 3 games in rpgmakermv and i know how much work you need to put into this. i dont doubt this amount of game world and DLC took forever but i think it could have been condensed into a small area with better stories rather than a boring puddle of boring assets, boring dailog, and barely visible muddy landscapes.

I could tell just from the character creation that this game is incredible. Most of the time I'm disgusted at the inclusion of DLC and add-ons, but a game like this is one of the extremely rare times where it actually feels worth it to pay for them. Looking forward to playing everything from Corrosive Studios.