Kingdoms and Castles Review (RPG Gamer Man)
Hello Friends,
Today i will review the game Kingdoms and Casltes. This is a city builder that is simple enough for young children to enjoy, but can be difficult depending on the settings you choose. For example, i choose a random map seed number, which turned out to be a sizeable island and put random on how many other kingdoms i would have to compete against. I found out later in the game i had to deal with 2 other kingdoms in the world. One of these was very warlike, and the other one was quite peaceful. Eventually, i dealt with the warlike one and exilxed him from our countries, and took over the peaceful one as the king retired and since we were good friends, gave his kingdom to me. This is how the game works.
You also must deal with your needs of the peasants that live in your kingdom. If they get too depressed, they will leave your kingdom, making less people working in your kingdom and messing up your economy. Kepp them happy, and they will work harder on your jobs and even give extra goods working on them. So this is a city builder that is simple enough to master, but can be difficult to beat. It is also set exclusively in the Middle Ages, so do not expect many future tech in it like other city builders or other games. Anyways, here is my Pro and Cons list:
PROS:
- A city builder game to keep hardcore people entertained depending on how hard you set the game, but simple enough young children can enjoy it.
- Ability to conquer enemy kingdoms and take over them.
- You can build a very sizeable kingdom, or have a small one. It all depends on the map seed. By using the map seed, players can change the map size.
- Open ended game where you can play as long as you want.
- It works on Windows 11 Operating System.
CONS:
- One thing i found was to get enough fish for my people. If your not careful, you can overfish and end up not getting any fish in the end. I did post a suggestion about the lack of fish someplaces. The developer did respond to me on the forum. You can see my post here:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/569480/discussions/0/4298194722190505456/
- The store page says it will work with my controller, but it never did. I ended up using Keyboard and Mouse. Not sure if it is compatible with my Switch Zen controller or not, but i could never get it to work correctly with my controller. The Keyboard and Mouse works flawlessly though, and i had no trouble using it.
Recommended game. Even if the game appears simple in all aspects, it can be challenging depending on the players choices. The map size can also make it harder, and how many opponent kingdoms the player has to defeat. A good entry level game into the city builder type of games.