Unless you decide to interact with anyone else, the first person you would encounter and strike a conversation with would be the castellan who will give you your first set of quests, provides a bit of exposition by explaining to you that you can just take any piece of land you want to start your own town, and reminding you that you are on the hook for taxes to the king. I especially loved winter, it looks so picturesque and with a title like this, it makes a massive difference. Like some sort of peasant Animal Crossing, Medieval Dynasty casts us in the role of mayor of Dysentery Village.

Currently, I would go as far as to say Medieval Dynasty is the best graphics for its genre on the PlayStation 5. At some points the lines you are exchanging with the NPCs makes the whole exercise feel like an awkward play your teachers would force you to participate in back in elementary school. You’d think that you’d be able to use your d-pad or joystick to move the slider to either side and increase/decrease the output, but no, because the D-pad and joystick are already bound to navigation within the menus, so instead you have to press X to increase the output and Square to decrease. Sound is good, the music is mostly tranquil and well done for a long, mostly relaxing session of city-building from the ground. Coordinate the layout, manage the residents, gather resources, produce goods, and trade to help the community grow and prosper.

For instance, when assigning work to your villagers, you have a slider for the different activities they can do based on their profession so you can move the slider to indicate how much of an specific product or service you want them to focus on. Watch the villagers go about their daily routines and experience realistic interactions with the abundant wildlife, such as wolves, wild boar, deer and rabbits. And sure, this is a survival game at its core, and you would normally not even have as many NPCs to interact with as you do in Medieval Dynasty, but having a bunch of characters and not getting them to be memorable enough that you care about them makes them feel more like filler content than an actual feature.

As you hunt for food, gather resources, and craft equipment, build a house, establish a thriving village, and start a family, you’ll experience many unique gameplay experiences across genres. The survival elements (Temperature, hunger, thirst) are a constant pressure but they are not punishing, as long as you prepare ahead of time for longer trips and whatnot.Live and learn – Develop your character by specialising or becoming a true jack-of-all-trades as you interact with NPCs.

From this moment on, you’ve unblocked the ability to start building your first rudimentary tools and buildings and you can develop the necessary skills to survive and continue improving upon your town all by yourself.If you're a couple of feet away from the screen it is really hard to read the text, which is essential to game, and there isn't any way to increase the size. The music does change when engaging in battle, which is a nice touch, but in general, is unremarkable in a good way. Europe in the early Middle Ages -- Nobles and clergy rule and the trade between nations brings prosperity as well as envy, distrust, and greed. It’s been brought up that the white on white approach the game has doesn’t really work all that well. In this time of feudalism, turn your small piece of land into a home and your village into a flourishing city with an expanding sphere of influence.