Medieval Dynasty Reviews

Absolutely one of my favourite games. While I agree with the comments saying the game kind of dies out a bit once your village is up and running and you hit the building limit, I still keep getting drawn back into the game, starting all over again. The first 5-10 years are amazing.

really fun chill building game. great solo or even better with friends! just dont marry your friends, they will try to breed you

Good game that's pretty well made and fleshed out mechanically. Only criticism I personally have is lack of mod support. Just from the little time I played I couldn't help but wonder about the potential. Right now mods online are limited to resources and saves mostly. Shame really.

The game needs more interaction with NPCs, romance and diplomacy. If dev allows mods to be created, this game can be much more interesting. However, the game needs a lot more contents to make it feels like a true dynasty game. A good game needs good challenge otherwise it's just a medieval life simulation. I have to give it a negative for now but will change the reviews when there's more interesting updates.

this game is so freaking fun. I haven't even started a family yet. I have spent the last two game years learning and scouting out the best location! I finally have my first townie.

The perfect town builder game. Full stop. I love this game so much. Just make sure to save often as crashes tend to happen, at least in multiplayer. Also healing potions and eating broadleaf plantains will be your constant habit to get health back

very fun and unique. can be grind heavy and quite repetitive. good for dual monitor entertainment. if i recall correctly combat is a joke

Medieval City Builder meets Medieval Survival Game. Not much more needs to be said. Keeps getting better with updates. Solid game to put hours into.

A hundred hours in, it's time for a review. First of all, this game is a type of game that I've been searching for a very long time. It's a really niche but beautiful game, with simple but interesting mechanics and a good story. Sadly though it's not dubbed very much, but this flaw can be overlooked. The story is very good and intriguing, straight forward and unexpected. It also has a very good replayability, since you can adapt your village to your own style. I really hope the devs will keep up their good work and continue developing this gem. Cheers.

I want to start off by saying that this is my third or fourth review. So I don't write them often. However, I feel this is a game worth reviewing. If you're into Sim games with RPG elements this could be for you. If you're into Sim games with RPG elements in a Medieval setting this IS the game for you! At the time of this review I have over 250 hours in the game, started playing I believe in late 2023. There are two sides of this game. There is a Main Story line/side of the game. It does NOT offer character customization nor any coop play and it has it's own map (Valley), you play as the character Ricimir. The other option is the Oxbow map which does allow character customization (minimal-nothing like Fallout/Skyrim if you're familiar with those games) and an option for Coop. However, you can play Oxbow strictly solo and at any time during your play can invite friends to your map. I started off on my first play through as the Valley (Main Story). I am currently on Oxbow and both do have a story line but this game isn't overly story driven perse. Yet in Oxbow some of your decisions may effect other elements with other villagers. Enough of that. I want to note this game is grindy but fear not, there plenty of custom options to reduce the grind of the game if you so choose. I for one am into grinding and RP'ing as much as I can. You can in the customization menu before the game starts change the length of seasons, taxation you pay, stamina, health, building limit, etc. Nice thing is, you can change these at any point during the game play if you chose. Some are instantaneous changes in game while others such as season length requires a full season before the changes take effect. A lot of thought has gone into QoL options from the developers and feedback from the community. This game can be a light, easy play through or a challenging nightmare or somewhere in between. It's up to you. The graphics, I find to be phenomenal. Beautiful landscape and season changes. You literally get all four seasons with very visible changes in the environment graphically. The graphics are very detailed and for me the game runs smoothly on the highest settings. Sound quality is amazing. The soft music of medieval tavern plays while you roam the country side gathering materials, do tasks for other villages or generally exploring. That is until you come across some highwayman bandit looking to liberate what you goods you have or some predator that wants to make you lunch. The gentle tone turns into a more suspenseful, intense and dramatic tune. But it's not just the music it's the nature ambiance of birds and rustling of leaves and even the animals you hunt are all part of the auditory environment. Onto the game play. I can't possibly go over every nuance and detail of the game but I will touch on the main parts as best I can from my experience. There's a Tech Tree and Skill tree. Skill tree improves player character skills the Tech Tree improves the settlement via unlocking buildings. I like how this is done. Simple yet effective. The goal is to build a settlement right? This part of the grind. It takes time and patience to create your settlement. You have to build buildings, you have to improve your Dynasty rep to recruit settlers, you have to pay taxes once your settlement gets big enough. You have to hunt animals, fight off bandits in your travels, help your neighbors and manage your villagers. Buildings require lots of resources and every part of the building needs said resources so it's not instant plop the plot and VIOLA, building appears. Managing villagers IMO is the most challenging part early on. Going out and recruiting a bunch of villagers and making tons of buildings will likely end in disaster. Each villager has the same basic needs you do. They need to be happy. They want to breed lol. If they have kids, the mothers needs to watch the child for a few years, taking the mother out of her job leaving a hole or vacancy in your production of whatever. Things like that need to be considered, the needs, need to be met. While at first it seems overwhelming, it gets more automated and less micro 'managey' (yeah that's not a word). Take your time and watch it grow. I really like this game overall. You're building a dynasty and that doesn't happen overnight. If you want a sim with a quick play through, this is not for you. But if you want to build a settlement and take the time to enjoy the fruit of your grindy labor, this is it. I do hope the developers start to go in the direction of maybe basic castle building. It almost looks like that is a direction, they've added armor and shields. Better AI for enemies/bandits. I would like the ability to at least give your villagers different clothes. And this is more a personal hope of mine but I wouldn't mind a companion or taking your spouse with you. Heck even a dog. Dogs would be nice in game. So to recap, this game can be a challenge but it's a sim of a creating a Mediveal Dynasty with survival but it's fun, it's detailed, very well thought out from the UI to the game play. It's not buggy at this point, save a couple exceptions on maybe getting stuck but there's an option 'unstuck' which is great. Highly recommend it if you're into these style of games. Hands down one of the Best