Elf Manor Reviews

32 hours into the game. So far, so addictive. The game has an in game tutorial that covers the basics. There is a lot of details not covered by the tutorial. I can't quite make up my mind whether this is tantalizing or annoying. It has been sort of fun figuring out stuff myself. There's autosaving, but there are also manual saving options, so you get to choose yourself whether you want the game to be rogue, roguelite or hardly rogueish at all. There is not a lot of storyline. Which is a good thing, in my opinion. There's plenty stuff to think about just balancing the farming, the feeding and the fighting :) I haven't played the game all the way through yet.

Since there aren't many reviews here Pros -Farm managment automated priority based building sim -Your hirlings are cute little animal/demon spirits -Turn-based combat on a hex-grid for adventuring -Relaxing and fun, I find the ability to automate and prioritize tasks make day-to-day management much less stressful, and when you get spirits/familiars you can delegate tasks to them -You can have pangolins and huskies working for you Cons -English translation is not good -UI isn't good imo, too complex and a bit buggy at times. Some UI elements aren't translated at all. -Not a great tutorial, still have to figure out a lot on your own. -No other villagers/relationship mechanic, if that's important to you Truthfully, the game needs work, but I really do enjoy the core gameplay/gameplay loop and I think the concept is solid. I'll be following the game through EA as I've enjoyed my time playing a lot so far. I hope they expand it a lot because I could see myself sinking a ton of time into this game. Changing my review to "no" in its current state-frequent updates seem to have stopped or paused and that definitely concerns me considering the state.