Horizon's Gate Reviews

Addicting!

Do recommend. This is everything I wanted from my childhood. Where do I get the sound track? Please?

Not a very popular indie game, so I suppose a review is even more important, even though I finished the game months ago. First of all, I am going to echo the sentiment of most of the negative reviews from people who have actually played the game for more than just a couple of hours. On paper, the premise is great: open-world exploration, tactical RPG combat, recruiting crew members, trading goods, base building, naval battles, all wrapped in very charming art. Unfortunately, it falls a bit short, missing some of its potential due to a lack of overall polish and perhaps content. Exploration, which is where it should have shone, eventually becomes a mixed bag and punishing on your resources and your crew’s morale if you do not manage to find a port, food, or land somewhere that is not barren. The map is massive, so that may happen more often than it should. Most accessible locations feel sparse and quite similar, with the exception of the major cities. I did enjoy the tactical combat system and building synergies between the various classes a lot. I must admit, though, that getting there was a bit too grindy, given how that is handled. Also, whilst there is an overarching questline, the story is light or even non-existent. That was not a problem for me, as the game is clearly designed with exploration and player freedom in mind, but it might be for you if you are looking for something more story-rich or guided. With that feedback out of the way, given the thoughtfulness behind the exploration, sailing, and combat mechanics, the player freedom, the price point, and the fact I sank 41 hours into it, a positive review would be entirely reasonable. I am also glad I supported the developer, who is a one-person team!

Interesting and simple gameplay, although some research required at the start to understand the RPG elements so that you optimize the build during the intro before the open world aspect kicks in.

Horizon's Gate is a good/solid class/job tactical RPG. Also pretty fun to sail around, and this might be the only game where a trading economy has been fun. You can even be a pirate, and it is spectacular to toss baddies overboard to steal their stuff. Solid mod support with lots of extra content. Not perfect, but most complaints are small. I had a great time with it.

It took me awhile to jump into this as it looked quite a bit different than Void/Alora from the same dev. However, I've had a blast ever since. The love that the game doesn't handhold you too much. You get to piece things together and figure out all the mechanics on your own. What will happen if I do X? Can I try and do Y? Building up you crew, fleet, ports, and factions is awesome and I love all the very concrete rewards for following the various play paths. Ironically, the only thing that I want from Horizon's Gate is just MOAR so 10/10 in my eyes. Can't wait to try Kingsvein next.

It's like Sid Meier's Pirates with more magic and exploration. The atmosphere, lore, and world are amazing and surprisingly developed, but I wish it had more character and plot development to match.

OH MY GOD I LOVE THIS GAME What this is, essentially, is Uncharted Waters/New Horizons merged with FINAL FANTASY TACTICS. If this sounds appealing to you, BUY THIS GAME, it is worth every penny. The only 2 things I would wish for if this game should get a sequel is a) It would become my absolute favorite game EVER if you could also merge Port Royale 2 into the game and expand the Trading Sim aspect more, give ports more commodities to trade than just the one specialty each port sells! And allow me to buy my own production buildings in ports so I can produce that port's specialty myself at a cheaper price! b) An even bigger game world! :D

I don't know why, but I love the hell out of this game. It's rough around the edges but not even AAA titles I've purchased recently come close to how much fun I had with it. For reference, my favorite games of all time are Final Fantasy VI and Final Fantasy Tactics. Well done Rad Codex and for the love of God, please make a sequel!

Excellent game! Having lots of fun so far, it's very hard to stop playing.