Medieval Dynasty (PS5)

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If I was across the river from the first town and looking at it, the wall around it would only show partially, on the closest point to myself. Food and water are pretty minor inconveniences, there is water absolutely everywhere and it's safe to drink. the game sits right now with a coveted “Very Positive” score on Steam and a respectable 73 metacritic score at the time of writing. The third-person perspective was the best choice for me since it was easy to see what was going on around me. You do get used to it, of course, but it is a strange choice, probably steaming from having to adapt the controls to an actual controller.

Walking up the hills and looking down the different parts of the valley, or walking through the forest, looking for prey, or just going from town to town is a great visual experience.

And with the game additionally giving you the liberty to progress without doing the quests, you may find yourself, like I did, building ahead of your level or trying to figure out complicated mechanics in the hopes they’ll help you have some stability for you to finally do the quests that were meant to teach you said mechanics. Survival: The need to survive, feed and ensure survival through hunting, farming and cultivation of the land. Namely, some assets would unload when you walked away from them while still having them on your line of sight. Coordinate the layout, manage the residents, gather resources, produce goods, and trade to help the community grow and prosper. Plus there are a lot of options that let you simplify the experience and lower the difficulty level, so you don’t need to be a hardcore survival games fan to have fun with Medieval Dynasty.

If you are approaching the game from a purely Survival and Resource Management Point of View, then you'll have a great time. Bandits are going to make life awkward as you navigate between villages so ensure you have items to defend yourself. R1 to access the hand-crafting and building menu, use the D-pad to access your equipped tools and weapons, oh, and in that R1 menu? If you’ve ever played a top-down city-building strategy and/or resource management game, and have said something along the lines of “What is this villager doing?

Europe in the Middle Ages – Trade between nations has brought prosperity and progress to the land and its people, but also envy, greed and distrust.