Mainland

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The game is free so the recommendation is largely irrelevant. May as well give it a go. But... Unfortunately, this game has a flaw which is only because of what text adventures are. A text adventure is a story driven puzzle game where trying to find the right commands is the solution to solving puzzles within the story. But this game prompts you with pretty much all the available commands you could use, thus removing any need to think about what you need to type. Maybe they just wanted to tell a story rather than create a challenge. Its possible with the surprising popularity of walking sims that it's only me that sees text adventures this way. Maybe I'm just old fashioned. If you think you'd like a short interactive story that is like a text version of a walking sim then you'll probably like it.

Игра прикольная, типа интерактивной новеллы или если бы point & click игры были текстовыми, но имеются незначительные орфографические ошибки. На разок пойдёт.

---{Graphics}--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☑ Gnome. ☐ Paint.exe ---{Gameplay}--- ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It‘s just gameplay ☑ Gnome. ☐ Starring at walls is better ☐ Just don‘t ---{Audio}--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☑ Gnome. ---{Audience}--- ☑ Gnome. ☐ Teens ☐ Adults ☐ Human ☐ Lizards ---{PC Requirements}--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☑ Gnome. ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boiiiiii ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{Difficulity}--- ☐ Just press ‚A‘ ☐ Easy ☑ Gnome. ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{Grind}--- ☐ Nothing to grind ☑ Gnome. ☐ Isnt necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You‘ll need a second live for grinding ---{Story}--- ☐ Story? ☑ Gnome. ☐ Average ☐ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It‘ll replace your life ---{Game Time}--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☐ Average ☑ Gnome. ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{Price}--- ☐ It’s free! ☐ Worth the price ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☑ Gnome. ---{Bugs}--- ☐ Never heard of ☐ Minor bugs ☑ Gnome. ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

Back in the old days as we migrated from Infocom to Sierra the Interactive Fiction interface, for about 4 years, took on a look where the player could choose from a list of nouns and verbs. Games such as Gateway and Gateway 2 along with all of the games by the UK company Magnetic Scrolls used this type of interface. Mainland has an interface you will love or hate-your choice. I liked the fact that if you input something that was not possible for the given situation your input disappeared and nothing happened., To me this is an improvement on Infocom who made up responses that did not exactly say "that didn't work" when they meant to tell you "that didn't work.' Some may be turned off that in Mainland you can brute force an answer by typing in the starting letters of the alphabet. Try "a" and see what happens. No good, then try "b" and see what the game suggest. Ok, maybe giving you "cauterize" early in the game gives away something-but not much. It is still better than the old Infocom "guess the verb" issue where you did not know what the developer thought was just soooo obvious. It's short, if you like interactive fiction (not choose your own) then you will enjoy Mainland.

Игра 'Mainland' - это интересная, хотя и несколько недоработанная, попытка создать захватывающий мир с элементами выживания и крафта. Графика приятная, особенно радуют пейзажи, но оптимизация оставляет желать лучшего, даже на мощном железе бывают просадки FPS. Система крафта довольно обширная, есть множество рецептов и ресурсов для сбора, что позволяет игроку ощутить себя настоящим выживальщиком. Однако, сюжетная линия кажется слабоватой и оставляет много вопросов без ответов. Квесты часто однообразны и сводятся к "пойди - принеси - убей". Искусственный интеллект противников не отличается особой хитростью, что снижает сложность сражений. Несмотря на недостатки, в 'Mainland' есть потенциал. Игра может заинтересовать любителей жанра, если разработчики продолжат её улучшать и добавлять контент. В текущем состоянии - это крепкий середнячок, которому не хватает полировки и более проработанной истории. Рекомендую подождать скидок или обновлений перед покупкой.

Little tricky to navigate the options but easy to get used to. Chilled out game with a lovely, endearing story. I quite liked it.