Timberborn

I am almost 60 and have become somewhat jaded when it comes to video games. Timberborn had a lot of good reviews and looked like fun so I took a chance. I am having a great time playing this game and really enjoy the hydrological aspects. I can see me playing this for a long time.

There are no objectives or missions or scenario win. You just play until you lose or get bored. The technology tree is more about perpetually grinding than actually achieving anything.

Bought this game after having it on my wishlist for years, always felt the price was a bit high. The game itself has nice graphics and good mechanics, but it's very simplistic and lacks depth. It's really a sandbox game without any true purpose or goals, so it gets boring really quickly. The research tree is as basic as it gets, everything you can unlock with "science points" is viewable from the start, nothing special is required to get anything except various amounts of time. You can't upgrade buildings, nothing new ever happens, beavers are born and then they die and that's just about it. There's no real challenge to it. I walked away from my game for about two hours and forgot to hit pause. I came back and literally nothing had happened except some of my resources had higher numbers. I find myself alt-tabbing a lot to do other things while the game ran. It's mind numbing, so I guess if you like that kind of game, this one's for you.

I AM BEAVER

Great fun, but make you think as your have the lives of the beavers in your hands.

Играла в эту игру ещё до официального выхода и уже тогда она захватила моё сердечко. Ещё тогда она затягивала, но каждое обновление делало её лучше и лучше. Жаль, конечно, самые удобные лестницы только в модах, но в любом случае игра шикарная, а бобры милые (бобрята безумно милые). Не хватает каких-нибудь режимов, из серии вызовов с ограничениями, но сам основной режим песочницы на столько медитативный, что порой не замечаю как наступает новый день. В общем, игра на 100 бревен из 10!

It's so cute. It's like a city builder but with beavers. What's better than beavers? NOTHING.