31) E is for... Endless Legend
The challenge: To play through each of the games on my Steam library.
The rules: I have to play at least 1 hour of each game, in alphabetical order.
I'm back on the Steam Challenge boat, and maybe this year I'll finally get done? Who am I kidding. I think I bought more games in the Steam sale at Christmas than I blogged about last year.
Anyway, onwards with Endless Legend. Made in 2014, I believe that there are a few 'Endless' games, all different genres set in the same world (which is a neat and underused concept).
Being a 4X game, the plot is 'your faction is the strongest / most charismatic / most intelligent, so colonize this world', but this one is framed by an intro which is told from the perspective of the planet itself. This intro was supposed to be majestic, but instead made me feel big guilt about Earth's climate change...
The game itself plays a lot like Civilization, just with lots more complexity. The tech tree is more of a tech pie (or, for your heroes, a tech fan). There are loads of different mechanics all ticking away, plus new things you can do on the map like exploring ruins and exploiting the land (there comes that guilt again). You can also pick of a number of really cool non-human factions, including Spiders in Hoods, Living Armour and Quivering Nightmare Dolls. I of course picked 'Buff Dragon Dudes'.
Playing the tutorial took up most of my one hour time limit, as the game is so complex. Plus, my city was randomly named 'SPLAT', so I couldn't take my time with this game seriously. Every time I'd get a notification the game would say 'SPLAT has finished construction. I felt like I was trapped in 90's Nickelodeon.
The graphics are fine and the music is exactly what you'd expect it to be, but the game itself is really fun! As much as I mock 'map' games I do have a soft spot for Civilization, and this is just more of that. The downside is it does seem to have a much higher bar of entry than Civ - there's so many new concepts to learn that you'd really have to spend some time with the game to get a grip on how to play it well.
So in conclusion, if you've played Civ and gotten all you can from that I'd really recommend this one. GG!
The rules: I have to play at least 1 hour of each game, in alphabetical order.
I'm back on the Steam Challenge boat, and maybe this year I'll finally get done? Who am I kidding. I think I bought more games in the Steam sale at Christmas than I blogged about last year.
Anyway, onwards with Endless Legend. Made in 2014, I believe that there are a few 'Endless' games, all different genres set in the same world (which is a neat and underused concept).
Being a 4X game, the plot is 'your faction is the strongest / most charismatic / most intelligent, so colonize this world', but this one is framed by an intro which is told from the perspective of the planet itself. This intro was supposed to be majestic, but instead made me feel big guilt about Earth's climate change...
The game itself plays a lot like Civilization, just with lots more complexity. The tech tree is more of a tech pie (or, for your heroes, a tech fan). There are loads of different mechanics all ticking away, plus new things you can do on the map like exploring ruins and exploiting the land (there comes that guilt again). You can also pick of a number of really cool non-human factions, including Spiders in Hoods, Living Armour and Quivering Nightmare Dolls. I of course picked 'Buff Dragon Dudes'.
Imagine this quivering like a Silent Hill monster and you're there
Playing the tutorial took up most of my one hour time limit, as the game is so complex. Plus, my city was randomly named 'SPLAT', so I couldn't take my time with this game seriously. Every time I'd get a notification the game would say 'SPLAT has finished construction. I felt like I was trapped in 90's Nickelodeon.
The graphics are pretty but can look very busy at times
The graphics are fine and the music is exactly what you'd expect it to be, but the game itself is really fun! As much as I mock 'map' games I do have a soft spot for Civilization, and this is just more of that. The downside is it does seem to have a much higher bar of entry than Civ - there's so many new concepts to learn that you'd really have to spend some time with the game to get a grip on how to play it well.
So in conclusion, if you've played Civ and gotten all you can from that I'd really recommend this one. GG!
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