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kaitco@lemmy.world 10 hours agoOkay, you’ve sort of convinced me to jump into this game.
I’ve had it on my list for a long time, but these days, I’m so skeptical of anything that sounds like convenient praise, so I spent five minutes reading through your comments to make sure you were legit and not some AI bot made to pimp the game.
Manor Lords sounds a lot like the game Banished, but the dev of that game has long been radio silent and it won’t be getting updates. Manor Lords, however, sounds like what Banished would have become if it were continued and evolved further.
cobysev@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
I blog about video games as a hobby (all my posts here on Lemmy are blog reviews of games I play), so I tend to write a lot when I’m interested in a game. I’ll admit, this is the first time I’ve been accused of potentially being an AI bot, but I get your skepticism.
Manor Lords is not a game I’m particularly interested in, because as I mentioned, it was pretty difficult for me and I gave up pretty early on. But it was a unique style of gameplay compared to other city builder games, so the experience has stuck in my head.
When I read this article, every complaint about modern city builder games reminded me of Manor Lords, and I was disappointed that game wasn’t addressed anywhere in the article. I had hoped to see the author’s thoughts on it compared to other games in the genre.
glimse@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
I read your posts when I see them and they’re better than the vast majority of game reviews I’ve read - even if they’re not “formal” reviews.
cobysev@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Thank you! That’s because I don’t have corporate requirements for writing. Nobody’s paying me, I’m just doing it as a hobby, so I’m not limited in my writing. I can gush about anything I want!
I try to stick to the format of walking readers through an introduction to a game. So many times, I see people talk about games but not explain what the game actually is. They assume their audience has some base level of experience with it. So I introduce the games I play so my readers are familiar with them when I get to gushing about why I’m enjoying it.
Plus, my posts started as sharing a bunch of screenshots of my gameplay, so of course, I try to share as many visual aids as I can while walking through the gameplay.