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• gamedeal user

  Feb 17, 2023

  Oof.. this game is rough. How can Toplitz (The Publisher, not the Dev) have such a good game with Medieval Dynasty and then be ok to release this as is? The optimization is horrible. The animations are delayed and stuttery. The graphics are very unimpressive. I understand this is in Early Access but I can't recommend in this state. Edit: For the people arguing that this is an unfair review of an EA title. "Early Access is a place for games that are in a playable alpha or beta state, and are worth the current value of the playable build." From Steam's own TOS. This is not worth the current value. Especially when the EA disclaimer states "The game has been tested for performance and runs smoothly". Edit: and thanks for the response dev. I believe you CAN make this game into something special. It just needs more time to bake. As of right now it is super rough and I can't recommend.
• gamedeal user

  Feb 17, 2023

  I know its Early Access, but its not playable right now. Many bugs and my computer is almost burning - the recommended specs are not even close to the hardware, that I got.
• gamedeal user

  Feb 17, 2023

  Boy, this game is... rough. If you came here hoping for Medieval Dynasty in the west, you're going to be disappointed. Yes, it's an early access title as is the norm these days, but it feels like it's barely out of alpha. The graphics are straight out of a 90's title and the handling is janky at best and flat out frustrating at worst. The writing is... well, not what people usually play these games for so it's easier to ignore, but still pretty jarringly bad when you do try to pay attention. They definitely should have let this bake a little longer before letting it out because the initial impression is not a good one, especially for those of us who enjoyed MD. I hope they continue to improve the game and I'll update the review once they get some more patches in because I love the concept, but for now I would recommend you wait if you're on the fence.
• gamedeal user

  Feb 17, 2023

  Wow...just wow. I dont even know what to say about this one. This first popped up on my radar a few weeks ago, and I got very excited. I was in the middle of RDR2 playthrough and thought how fun it would be for there to be a city building game set in the old west. Its been tried before a few times, but devs just can't seem to grasp the setting - especially over seas devs (looking at you This Land Is My Land). As soon as this was available, I strapped in. Completely ready to spend the entire weekend on this. Man, am I glad I refunded. Short version - It's slow, janky, ugly, has horrible writing, what VO there is sounds like it came from an AI, awkward 3rd person, terrible controls and the most confusing UI I've seen in quite some time. Some buttons won't work, some seem to only work with keyboard (there is no remapping). The graphics quality looks like something from late 90s. All characters walk like minecraft characters. The dialogue is goofy to the point of cringe (Grabthar's Hammer reference...in the old west? What the heck was the writer thinking?), and it goes on forever. I literally played 40 minutes of this game, and 38 minutes were VO, terrible cut scenes or the worst dialogue I've read in quite some time. Okay - I wont rant any further on the technical issues. Its EA and I'm sure some of this will change. But the most glaring part is that the writer and director has ZERO understanding of the "Old West." I mean this should be simple - watch a couple westerns, a season or two of Deadwood and a playthrough of the RDR games. Copy what they did, add building and exploration -BAM; success. No, this is like some sort of juvenile cartoon of what someone who heard someone else talk about the Old West, then decided to give it their best shot. But they got everything wrong. I'm still trying to figure out how your mom is 40, you're ostensibly in your late teens - early 20s, she still calls you "Half Pint", you have an estranged older brother and sister, and missing father, you have no memory of them and somehow your mother shows you a photo at the same time she explains to you what a daguerreotype is and that it;s brand new. But the picture is from 20 years prior... End all be all, Medieval Dynasty was probably flash in the pan, and Toplitz is probably a one trick pony. We'll see how further development on this will go, but I assure you I will not be picking up Pirate Dynasty or Sepoku Dynasty in EA after this clown show. EDIT 2-16: TOLPLITZ is actively deleting some threads that are criticizing the game. I was only in one thread - one that was very civil, and was providing some decent direction for the devs. After about an hour, it's already gone. Take that for what it's worth.
• gamedeal user

  Feb 17, 2023

  You need to uphold a standard when releasing a game, even in EA. From the Early Access section for the game: "The game has been tested for performance and runs smoothly - yet (depending on your system), problems might occur, which we will of course address." This is just outright false and misleading. The game is incredibly choppy while also managing to be very poorly detailed. There are already responses to other reviews by the dev saying "Well optimization comes later, near the end of EA" but they're here saying that the game runs smoothly. Is it smooth or not? You can't handwave away people upset about poor animations and performance when you're also claiming the game runs smoothly. It plays like an alpha but the game is supposed to be finished in about 12 months. I just don't see that being realistic. The funny thing is a lot of the choppy animations probably could have been avoided if they kept it in first person. If it was released as "Hey, this is very early stages of the game, we need bug reports and feedback" I'd understand that. But this is apparently an advanced stage of the game with an expectation of being finished in the next year. Big red flag for me. Anyway, I barely played the game but other than the graphics/performance, the UI was a pain to use, there didn't seem to be any "instinct" vision to highlight objects so I had already had to wander around staring at the ground for rocks...it was just a very flawed experience, and it has to be BAD for me to actually refund a game. No way I would have let the game out to the public in this state. Last thought is I have to agree with some other comments I've read, I think Medieval Dynasty was probably just the exception and not the norm for the Dynasty games. The publisher managed to snag a good developer for a game somehow, and I think we're right back to the level of quality the other games were at. I'll keep an eye on the game and maybe if it dramatically improves I'll give it another shot, but it's certainly not keeping my money in the meantime. I wouldn't recommend it to anybody else in the state it's in.
• gamedeal user

  Feb 17, 2023

  I posted my feedback privately in the Toplitz discord hoping they would receive it well. It wasn't. So, I'm posting here for the world to see. Here's my experience with this game: This game is nothing close to the quality that Medieval Dynasty was in early access. I have played MANY EA games and I have never left one a bad review until now... - Game's look and feel is very very very dated. I felt like I was playing a Playstation (as in, original Playstation from the 90s) game in terms of art and assets. MD looked way better even in EA. the world and characters seemed like polygonal lifeless dolls to me. The animations are terrible! - no first person view. first person is something i love about MD. i didn't realize that wasn't implemented in this game. it was a lack of consistency in the 'Dynasty' franchise I wasn't expecting. - Quest wayfinding is broken or not implemented yet. seems like at least the MSQ wayfinding would work but i found many quests in the MSQ line that had no wayfinding. I refunded on steam. All hope I had for Prate Dynasty is dead now. You CANNOT allow independent developer shops to use the 'Dynasty' franchise then not provide standards, engine licenses, or quality assurance. As the publisher, your reputation is on the line and your customers expect a certain level of quality after experiencing Medieval Dynasty. Now, had this game launched with the same level of quality as MD did in EA I would not be providing this feedback. However, the state of this game is not even half-baked. IT"S $#%#$%#$ RAW!
• gamedeal user

  Feb 17, 2023

  I'm so sorry, i LOVE MD (Medieval Dynasty) i just learned they are not the same devs, and it shows, i did got MD on early access, just when it came out, but this don't get even close, unfortunaly at this stage Wild West Dynasty it's unplayable, graphics went back to early 90's, animation it's super stiff, UI confusing, Keys are not the ones i would pick, story feels unnesesary slow and boring, weird map, tryed to build a house and just got a wood frame, couldn't figure how to finish it, never understood where exactly was my family farm, and what i found was a broken well, pieces of a house and that's it, can't repair anything. I will try to continue "playing" even when i can't even cook rabbit meat in an open fire, damn even cave people could do that, i aparently don't have the "recepie". Frustrating!! If anyone read this post, as a HUGE fan of this line of games, i can't recommend WWD as in right now, wait a little bit untill it's playable, which i hope it's super soon, i was waiting for this, since first announcement.
• gamedeal user

  Feb 18, 2023

  Well… I really hoped that all the negative reviews were overly harsh, I have waited for this game for a long time and was really looking forward to playing it….. but, well.. yes… it is certainly not what I expected, which may be my own fault due to expecting a game like Medieval Dynasty (even exceeding said game due to being newer ) To start of positive… the game ran fine and hardly any bugs (a very few graphical hiccups’) But… This game seems old, very old in every aspect from form of dialog ( really annoying dialog form) , weird and unpleasant movements, inventory management , non-vocal, identical NPC´s, reasonably ok world graphic but this do not stretch to anything else, and sadly I could keep going.. I bought the game despite of the bad reviews and was very open-minded when entering the game… but I had to give up after little more than 2 hours… so I will shelve it for now, and pray to higher powers that there will come a seriously huge make-over at some point… ( and size up the horses, why must it look like a giant on a pony ? ) I´m sorry to the DEV´s for adding another bad review, I had really hoped not to, so fingers crossed for being able to write a better one later on.
• gamedeal user

  Feb 18, 2023

  How to make/steal money : 1. Do a little bit of work. 2. Do a little bit more on advertising and promotion. 3. Launch your piece of garbage game on early Access. 4. Profit.
• gamedeal user

  Feb 18, 2023

  This game was not ready for release and to everyone giving crap to people who are upset about this fact here are a few things to keep in mind 1.This is a company that charges for this game, it's not something they did out of the kindness of their heart so no they don't deserve anything except for what they earn. 2.Not the same devs as Medieval Dynasty and as far as I can tell this is their first game so they have earned zero good faith, and the final point is ea is not a shield, there is a difference between missing features or bugs and a broken unfinished beta test From Steams Terms of service on ea: Don’t launch in Early Access if you can’t afford to develop with very few or no sales. There is no guarantee that your game will sell as many units as you anticipate. If you are counting on selling a specific number of units to survive and complete your game, then you need to think carefully about what it would mean for you or your team if you don't sell that many units. Are you willing to continue developing the game without any sales? Are you willing to seek other forms of investment? Make sure you set expectations properly everywhere you talk about your game. For example, if you know your updates during Early Access will break save files or make the customer start over with building something, make sure you say that up front. And say this everywhere you sell your Steam keys. Don't launch in Early Access without a playable game. If you have a tech demo, but not much gameplay yet, then it’s probably too early to launch in Early Access. If you are trying to test out a concept and haven't yet figured out what players are going to do in your game that makes it fun, then it's probably too early. You might want to start by giving out keys to select fans and getting input from a smaller and focused group of users before you post your title to Early Access. At a bare minimum, you will need a video that shows in-game gameplay of what it looks like to play the game. Even if you are asking customers for feedback on changing the gameplay, customers need something to start with in order to give informed feedback and suggestions.