Six Ages: Ride Like the Wind

Amazing game 10/10. Hope for more sequels in Glorantha!

There's a lot to love in this game. It's a fantastic look into a mythical Bronze Age, where polytheism is a tangible fact of life and people share the world with strange creatures. It reflects the true aspects of a life that involves frequent migrations of people, and the need to evolve to keep surviving new circumstances. The difficulty is rather punishing at first, but mostly because this game's logic is different from that of most others, being a mix of management and CYOA. In the end, it is a fun challenge once you come to grips with it and after some rather frustrating starts. So overall, recommended and a really good game. However, I have to say that I'm very disappointed in the scope of the game, time-wise. Pretty much everything about the game's scale, to me, promises a multi-generational story that unveils largely through the game mechanics, supplemented by story event chains. The reality is that the game lasts only a few decades, basically one adult lifetime, and gets hijacked at some point by an event chain that will lead to the end of the game. It is very anti-climactic, and because of this, the epic promise of the game is not fulfilled. This could have been one of the very best games out there, but it has to settle for "very good"

A little difficult to understand in just one sitting, but highly rewarding to play

This is a wonderful text-based colony manager game (with a pretty cool plot) Pros -I love the story events and getting different ones depending on your choices -I love how strong the personalities for some characters are, I like how biased some of them are, makes the dynamic of having advisors more interesting. -The battle, exploration, fortifications and shrine systems work really well -People get upset if you *don't* pillage other settlements Cons -Can be a bit hard to keep track of your goals in this game, so I wrote it down in a notepad as I played (helped a lottt) -Some events seem to repeat a bit early on, I'm no where near finishing my first run, let alone a successful run and I'm already a bit bored with how similar some of the events are. -Tough to follow all the different gods that are worshipped, there is a myth guide, but you can't open it during events.

Work of genius The King of Dragon Pass / Six Ages form a distinct form of turn-based strategy, offering a wildly different strategy gaming experience. There is a strong narrative, lore, mythos, and world building that make this is a unique game experience. Its a little hard to get into at first, but its wildly different and really really really good ultimately. I will get Six Ages 2, now that I beat Six Ages 1 and though I never beat King of Dragon Pass, now I feel confident to go back and beat it as well. This isn't going to a match for certain types of gamers, but if it is your kind of thing, then you could really really love this game.

Radically altered my perceptions of identity, 10/10

Tolkien once wrote the only criticism of The Lord of the Rings he agreed with was that it was too short. I just finished my first game of Six Ages: Ride Like the Wind after many engaging hours. And I enjoyed it so much that even after the epic's worth of story I played through, I likewise wish there was more.

很喜欢世界观，虽然游戏一开始劈头盖脸扔上来一大堆不属于地球的人名地名让我不知所措（后来发现是游戏默认所有玩家一开始都熟悉Glorantha世界观，就像其他TRPG改编游戏比方说博德之门一样），但随着逐渐玩下去，从经历的每一次事件、通过祭祀或者从其他部落那里习得的古代传说，甚至部落成员的一句玩笑话当中逐渐拼凑出了这个世界的形状后，我就开始沉浸在这个充斥着神、灵、怪物和秘密的世界当中了。 缺点是整个游戏前中期都不确定这个游戏的目标是什么，什么时候会结束，此时再加上经常碰到重复的事件会很容易玩得迷茫又疲惫，只看到自己辛苦培养的贵族失踪、养的牛被偷、好好的邻里关系说结仇就结仇，整个游戏仿佛都在和自己对着干，却看不到这一切折磨的终点。但如果撑到后期，游戏的主线目标就会一下子明朗了，确实，主线甚至可以说是老套，看了开头就知结尾，但只能说老套的故事能永流传是有它的原因的。成为骑手便意味着不断追求自由，无拘无束，离开黄金的蛋壳，与马儿一起在整个危机四伏又充满机遇的世界自由的疾驰吧，就像一阵风一样。 吐槽：[spoiler] 车轮部落真就全程陪跑呗，起到了一个背景板里又蠢又坏的远房亲戚的作用，甚至婚礼的时候都没能作为反派出场，说是也生了个天选之子出来但0剧情 [/spoiler] 还有打完第一部游戏才知道这个系列没有第三部了，又是一个数不出三的游戏唉

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