Simmiland

Do not buy this game if you are on mac

This game is made in an age that almost always requires people to look things up when they are met with something they dont know.
People, like me, who hate to do this will ultimately lose interest in this game as not knowing what to do and how to do it or even how to proceed in many a case does not help when you want to make progress.

And the issue for the game is present in more than just one simplified way. Cause for as simple and small the game may be, that would be too easy.

I swear, its always like this. The bigger the game, the simpler the problem. The smaller the game, the more complex the issue as a whole.

So what is this games problem and why is it more complex? Ultimately it comes down to one key aspect. The Card system.

The Card system itself is tied to not just progression itself but also to the will of your people. If you dont got the card they want and wasted it prior or just got unlucky with the draw, you just lost a dice roll and have to move on without a bonus. This on its own isnt bad.

What is bad is the fact that once all cards in your deck have been used, the game is practically over even if your people havent died yet. Oh yes, your people can die. Very very quickly. Without you knowing why, how and how to prevent it.

This is another issue tied to the card system.

So whats for you to do? Play a card of water on grass and create a swamp. Play a card of water on desert and create grass. Play a tree on grass and get... a tree. Get an axe to chop the wood. Then do the same with stone and pickaxe, oh wait you cant do that cause you dont got that. Nope you have to sample the stuff. Which is also a card.

So now you got wood, stone and you even got some food related cards so you got food too. Cool. Now what? Cause stuff is getting cold around your area. You dont know why. It just happens. And now your people are freezing to death! Why is no one starting a campfire??

Cause you havent discovered fire yet silly! You gotta: Place a tree, sample the wood (or wait for your sims to chop it down once you got wood and stone) and then use a thunder card. This in turn creates two things. Charcoal and more importantly lets you discover fire for your people. So now your people wont freeze to death! Nice!

Yeeeeeeeaaaaa nope. Thats not how that works. Something else is missing. And I cant be asked to find out what. I also cant be asked to look it up. Because already getting to the point where I discovered the most minor things, was more annoying than really fun.

The biggest issue being the, yep, card system again. Cause you can buy more cards in the game, using run generated currency. Thats fine. What isnt fine is that you have to:
A. Pick and choose from categories
B. Hope the draw still works out
C. Now work with a practically bloated deck.

The more you add, the more you have to draw. And the more you draw, the more you have to hope its the right one. You wanna add more trees so you can make a forest? You bought 3 packs and now you cant get any normal cards anymore for a while? Sucks to be you, you kinda did it to yourself. You should have known. Or thats what I would say if the game actually told you this.

Simmiland is 4 bucks. Its an ok price for the game. But the game itself is just rough. Rough as an experience. Rough as a fun playthrough. Rough as a puzzle game. Not rough in a way where its fun.

Playtime: 13.6 hrs
I know the dev was known to make short and simple games so was kinda surprised they also made a few complex ones including this one. The pixel graphics, which I believe was their preferred style, was always my preference as well. The gameplay was quite fun and watching the little human becoming smarter and building more stuffs was very soothing for me for some reason. Took me quite a few tries to get some of the achievements though. Still, what a fun game. I hope the dev can make more of these games in the future.

good but confusing game
the discord was no help with getting certain things to work, but hey this game is pretty dead anyways so what can you really do, still was able to get by though

not respecting God
there is shouldn't be any game represting the player as god
I bought the game and I didn't think it had this thing . sorry but I do not allow disrespect to the Lord.

gud

Yes

Keep getting stuck and no idea why

A deck building god game that is really fun, but can be a little frustrating at times. There’s a lot of RNG, especially at the beginning. If you are going for end game achievements, you will spend a LOT of time restarting looking for a large continent and a good starting hand. Even then, a bit of bad luck drawing cards and your run could end. ... Or the people can just stop building for no reason I could figure out and your run will end as well. (I just needed a lightning rod and I has plenty of metal but no one would collect it to build anything.)

Small frustrations aside, it is a fun game that is exceptionally cheap, so it is worth picking up.