Pax Dei

321 hours played. Strengths first. The crafting dependency chains are deep, base layout planning actually matters, and long-term progression genuinely rewards the time you put in. There’s a strong sense of persistence in the world. When you build something, it feels like it matters. I’ve also brought two friends into the game. They’re enjoying it just as much (arguably more), and they’ve already put in more hours than I have. That doesn’t happen if a system feels predatory or unsustainable. The main controversy right now seems to be the land/plot system, so here’s the practical reality from someone who’s actually played long-term: Every player can maintain one Grace plot through in-game activity. Grace is earned through daily login and can also be bought with in-game currency. If you stop logging in for about a month, your structures don’t just disappear — they go into a Redeem Queue. You can place a new Grace plot when you return and restore your builds. What you lose is the specific land location, which frees space for active players in a shared persistent world. The common assumption I keep seeing is “you must pay monthly or lose everything.” That isn’t accurate. You can pay to maintain multiple plots long-term. That’s monetization. But you are not required to pay just to keep one functional base. Where I do think the developers need improvement is communication. The system isn’t explained clearly enough, and that confusion is probably doing more damage than the mechanic itself. After 300+ hours — and watching two other players sink even more time into it — I don’t see a design built around tricking players. I see a system built to prevent abandoned plots from permanently clogging the map. It’s not perfect. But it’s deeper and more fair than a lot of recent reviews are making it sound.

Решил зайти спустя время и пожалел. Онлайн мертв ~400 человек. Жадные разработчики решили высосать из игры оставшееся внедрив Платные токены за владение домом. Считайте сделали игру по подписке крайне подлый шаг от Mainframe для игроков которые купили игру и в ней было четко написано, что будете владеть домом. Мне кажется Стиму нужно таких наказывать разработчиков это просто скам игроков, которым обещали одно, а по факту самую главную фишку сделали по подписке.

The fact that i bought this game because of the concept and now I have to pay monthly to maintain my plot.....Lame

The need for a subscription to actually play this game is a joke. If you don't you better be 100% committed or unemployed to maintain a plot. Maybe I am wrong but I was grinding for 8 hours and I logged back in several days later and cannot get a plot now.

Pax Dei is very much a "you get out what you put into it" kind of game. If you come in looking to have fun, meet people, and create your own adventures, there's a lot to enjoy. Just use your creativity. Yes, development can feel slow at times, but many players are rushing through content, thinking thats it. It's refreshing to play a game where you don't have to sprint to the finish line only to ask, "What now?" The journey itself and the people you meet along the way is the experience. During my time in the game, I've seen the community create all kinds of events and activities: competitions, races, PvP tournaments, hide-and-seek, musical chairs, chimney-jumping contests, spontaneous riots, and even a rave party in the Lyonesse (PvP zone) during Early Access. I've watched people laugh so hard they could barely play, and I've heard countless stories of memorable adventures, achievements, and unexpected moments. For many of us, that's the true value of the game. There's is unfortunately a lot of misinformation about the monetization. Despite what some people claim, you can absolutely play and enjoy the game with just the base game. A subscription is not required. Players can maintain a "Grace Plot" using in-game currency, and a dungeon run or an occasional resource run through the PvP zone can provide more than enough to keep it active. Once you start building connections with other players, you don't even need to maintain every crafting station or resource processing prop on your own plot. Pax Dei shines when it's treated as a social sandbox rather than a race to endgame. If you enjoy player-driven experiences, community events, and making your own stories, there's a good chance you'll have a great time here.

This is a nice technical demo... At least that's what it could feel like if the game weren't around for some time already. The devs had an idea, but unfortunately had no idea what to do with the game if people wouldn't follow it. You farm materials for some time, then you wait hours for them to process: charcoal, ore smelting, cloth weaving, and so on. You can place more forges, looms, or kilns if you have any space left on your plot - I can only see this mechanic as a way to lure people into buying more plots. Also, most resources take 30 min to respawn. The world is empty, so there's no one else to nick them just from your nose, but even with that, you end up running for ages before you finally find that next boar to hunt, or ore to mine. Then the crafting happens. OK, I'm fine with crafting lots and lots of stuff to level up skills and unlock new recipes, the only issue is that... there's nothing to do with the items you crafted. You can't disassemble them, can't use them to further gain some XP, and you can't even sell them, as no one needs your low-level products, and you can either stash them in an ever-expanding chest-monster, or just simply throw them on the ground so they can despawn - I can only see the lack of hindsight of the devs, too, of what would happen if the playerbase falls low. "It's a player-driven economy, you can trade with others for the things you can't make!" - That would be nice if there were a central marketplace. Running to a player's house on the other side of the map because he's the only one selling shirt buttons isn't really "fun and engaging" gameplay. So, as I started with, this game feels like a stitched-together alpha of all the ideas the team had, yet it's now a released title. You can't sort your inventory/chests, items are not stacking properly... Yeah, I don't think there will ever be a game here... BDO makes more sense, BitCraft at least doesn't take that many resources, even playing Minecraft with RLCraft of HomeStead makes more sense than investing time in this empty shell...

I was very scared of buying this game based on the bad reweivs. Couple of days ago my fiend group decided to buy the game and I said lets do it. I see alot of people complaining about the grind. This makes me question if they ever played a mmo game. As a new player and someone who has played Runescape and wow. This game has a ok balance to the grind for recorses, and xp Nothing to slow. Eather get a grip and learn patience or don't play mmos to those people. With leveling as well. If max level is 40 on stats, It is completely ok for leveling to go slow after lvl 10. Its a mmo thing put in the time and grind and you are set. When it comes to plots i was terified of the payd subscription thing. This was blown way out of proportion by people. The free plot you get is a very good size. and earning the ig curency to sustain it is not hard at all. It even pushes you to do combat wich is good for veriation of things to do. End conclusion is. Yes the game is lacking in alot of stuff (please add horses). And yes the updates are coming in slowly. BUT, They are coming. The game has huge potential. It is not pay to play scam as you can play if for free with no problem. The game is not grindy, it is a mmo. Get over it and play, you are going to have this character for a long time. Resources are balanced, that they are not is simply a lie. I grind for 1h to get resources and have time to explore and battle for the rest of the time. Sorry for my english grammer :D

I really wish I could recommend the game, played it during early access with the biggest pack which gave 4 plots for the duration of the beta, at the time, it was worded as if we'd get those plots even in the actual game, but at this point, I'm not here to split hairs on wording that is no longer visible. Rather, the game has been released for nearly a year in 1.0 now ; I came back to SEE what they changed, wondering, I do see they made one plot possible to keep free through Grace and activity, not bad, still think it's stupid in a way though, since progression at large widely REQUIRES a plot, always has, likely always will, and since Grace is earned by being active over time, it means you would start the game with... No way to progress for the first while, unless they now gift grace when starting enough to support a plot, still seems to me like a stupid way to force people to log in even if they are busy, but again, not here to split hairs at this point. But the greatest cardinal sin here is that I look at the patch notes and... Oh look, they recently fixed the crafting XP being so dang low... That was something that was requested since the first few days of early access... And hey, they made an archery update, likely making it more useful and relevant... AGAIN something requested since early access. Nearly all their patch notes are things that were brought up during Early Access and SHOULD have been fixed before the 1.0 Will I likely try to play the game again just to see? Probably. Will I update this review if it turns out it's much better than I expect? Yes. Do I think I'll have to update it? No, I don't think I will.

Dead game. Buy-in price and a sub means it will always be this way I think. It looks great. I logged in, made my character, spawned into a world filled with big empty houses with janky signs written on them in fences or some other building material. Chat was dead - a few people talking 6 hours earlier. Saw one guy who ran off immediately. Asking $30 at a non discounted price and a monthly sub is nuts for a game that desperately needs players.