Ruinarch

abandoned

My second run in this game, when I finally started to learn the ropes, I had captured a human man. Keaton was his name. I initially tried to brainwash him to become a cultist of mine, but he resisted, even through grievous torture. So instead, I made him a serial killer. He ends up killing maybe 1 or 2 people, and gets cast out instead of killed. He wanders in the wilds for a brief time, and then I spot him going into a cave. I look inside... The Necronomicon. Keaton walks up to it, and he reads. He is now a Necromancer. Keaton now begins a intricate process of slaying trolls found in the region and resurrecting them for a purpose I do not know. He then travels to his original village's graveyard, and I kid you not, resurrected the people he murdered back when he was just a man. Then... He began his assault. Of his own volition, he began to ruthlessly slaughter and resurrect the people he once stood by, causing nothing but misery and plague. I don't know what Keaton has planned next, but the thought frightens me.

Abandonware

People complain over dumb things. So what if the game was abandoned? Games are abandoned all the time. Here is the honest breakdown without just automatically dismissing the entire game just because its "abandoned" which doesn't actually matter in some cases (Some cases it DOES matter like Stonehearth for example, but i digress) What Ruinarch does well. It has a simple gameplay loop. It's not a game that necessarily needs a ton of crazy updates really, it's fine the way it is. You play an evil deity figure, You observe a map of inhabitants, with their own individual autonomous AI behaviors. And then you use your demon powers to mess with them, and watch their reactions and how messing with them changes up how their community acts. That's it. its fine. it's fun, it has a specific type of gameplay, it does that 1 thing well.

A fantastic idea with mediocre execution. It's been abandoned for a couple years now. If it ever gets steeply discounted it might be interesting to poke around in for those who haven't played it, but at the current $24.99 price tag it isn't worth it.

They replaced all the original art with AI garbage. The game is genuinely difficult to look at now because of how low-quality all of the icons and portraits are. IT'S SO UNBELIEVABLY UGLY.

Unfinished.

The game is dead, and never was really finished. Tho it had Potential, in the state that it is now. It just aint worth it. I wouldnt buy it.

Very good concept, very poor execution. Game is effectively abandoned in an unfinished state. It's a classic example of incompetent developers leaving Early Access too early just to make the game look more complete than it really is to justify taking the money and running off with it. At first it's really interesting, but after only a couple of campaigns the game becomes very repetitive and you start to realize how static and predictable everything really is. There's almost zero difference between campaigns. Someone else should make a better alternative, a reverse RimWorld where you're the storyteller is a great concept that has been entirely squandered as-is.

Fun little game i enjoyed quite allot on the PS4 , so i thought why not get it on pc aswell (little support for the devs from me) . the variety of mischief and terrible thing one can do to the villagers is indeed allot . and the game despite putting you in control of the almighty evil overlord has a strangely relaxing vibe . i recommend having a look at it if you want to rain havoc upon your enemies in a creative way and unleash your imagination . :)