![]() ![]() ![]() The game is not without purpose, but I won’t spoil it. Even though you don’t have direct control over your people, it’s very satisfying to learn their patterns and figure out the best way to help your people survive and make your kingdom prosper. Overall, Kingdom: New Lands is surprisingly entertaining. Some stuff persists from game to game though, not to mention how much you learn about the many Kingdom hidden mechanics. Losing your crown means game over, and is very punishing because it’ll oblige you to start the game from the beginning. Almost every night, your settlements will be attacked by strange creatures, who’ll look into any possible opportunity to steal the tools from your people, the coins that they can get their hands on, and, ultimately, your very own crown. Kingdom: New Lands isn’t free of challenge, though. Stuff will get pricey with time, though, so you need to explore the isle to find chests with coins, and also find other ways to get more money. At first, you have a merchant at your disposal, who will be nice enough to bring a certain amount of coins each day – if you pay him to travel. ![]() Surely, if you want your kingdom to prosper, you’ll also need to find a way of enhancing your income. Each of these things is done in a certain building in your kingdom by dropping coins using A, and there are many other structures that will allow for different benefits. To make them useful, then, you’ll need to create a tool, such as a hammer (and make them builders) or a bow (to make them archers). So, stray people will become loyal to you for a coin. You learn fast that a ruler without money is nothing and most of the things within the game will ask a certain amount of coins. Kingdom: New Lands’s main meat and potatoes reside on a currency system and in the kingdom management itself.Īll you have at your disposal is a little bag in which you can store coins. These mechanics are not the focus, being just the way you get from place to place. Nevertheless, this is not a 2D platform game. Your horse has a hidden stamina bar, though, so you can’t keep up running indefinitely. Using a horse, you can choose to simply walk through the scenarios or you can also hold the ZR button to pick up speed. You control the monarch in a simple 2D manner. Aside from the first moments of the game (in which the ghost of the past ruler guides you to build the first camp for your people), it is up to the player to figure out how to best develop your kingdom in order to face the many perils that come at night. You control a king (or queen) that has just arrived on a new island and your objective is to establish a new kingdom there. Kingdom: New Lands’ premise is very simple. Despite the great first impression, I wasn’t expecting that this subtleness of design would be present for the entire game. From the minimalistic characters to the uncharted landscapes, everything from the game has its own subtle style, giving you the feeling that you are exploring a vibrant – and living – island. It is a beautifully crafted game, as you can see and a delight to experience. Travel to the New Lands and welcome the deluge of new mounts, merchants, and vagrants that call these isles home, but be wary of the new obstacles that threaten your arrival - for not just the greedy creatures block your way but even the environment itself can defeat you.īe brave, ruler, and fight to the bitter end, lest these New Lands conquer you instead.Before even knowing what the game was about, Kingdom: New Lands caught my attention with its superb art style. Kingdom: New Lands builds upon the award-winning gameplay and mystery of Kingdom by introducing an abundance of new content to the IGF-nominated title while maintaining the simplicity and depth that legions of monarchs have come to experience and enjoy. Rulers will need all the strength of their subjects to sail away and find new kingdoms in these New Lands. Tales spread of far off isles with mysteries waiting to be discovered. Can you survive the nights and be the ruler that your people need? This will present the greatest challenge never-before-seen in Kingdom, and will put your every skill to the test. Kingdom New Lands now brings a 6th island to explore and develop. ![]()
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