From the creators of Planetbase; Madruga Works brings you Dawn of Man, an Epic Survival/ city builder that will pit your skills against everything, Raiders, Wild Life, even Mother Nature… Will your Colony survive, or perish like last fall’s uncollected harvest?
Some key points that this game offers:
- Strong survival elements.
- Realistic Gameplay.
- Creative Mode.
- Addictive, this beauty will keep you entertained.
- Indie Gem 5/5.
Gameplay & Controls:
The game is played with our trusty keyboard & Mouse, a wide variety of keys are programmed for the game to give us full control and numerous shortcuts to easily view and track the ins and outs of our colony. The game plays and runs very smooth, whether you have a new colony starting out, or a small armies worth of people.
The gameplay…. the fun bits; You start out with a small number of human settlers, two tents and a fireplace, and some resources. That’s it, from there you need to start tasking your people to start gathering the basics to start building; Sticks and Flints are two of the first resources you will go searching for. Sticks are used to created basic tools to start fishing and hunting, but as you progress you will learn how to craft much stronger equipment for your colonies, but you got to start at the bottom first.
As you complete tasks you earn Knowledge which can be used to unlock new technologies that furthers your colony. There are numerous technologies to unlock.
Graphics:
For an Open World simulation this game is a beauty! The animals have been carefully drawn to represent real lifelike versions of them. The trees and other natural formations are another aspect that has been implemented remarkably well. Storms look absolutely gorgeous, those Lightning Storms fill the sky up with beautiful lights, deadly but beautiful nonetheless.
Blizzards, the start of each season, everything has been drawn and presented perfectly, giving the game a realistic beauty and atmosphere. Character models for your people is another looker, that combined with how unique each structure looks and operates. As you progress through the ages it clearly shows as you upgrade structures to more modern versions of themselves, giving your village that beautiful rustic look and vibe.
All in all, this is one gorgeous looking game.
Sounds:
Superbly done! Everything in this game has some form of realism attached to it, and the sounds just makes it so much more lifelike. Whether you’re chopping trees, fishing, hunting or rolling massive stone columns, there is a beautiful tone attached to it.
The sounds are so compatible with their relevant aspects that they do far more than simply enhance your gameplay experience. It improves it, and triples it, you can easily lose yourself within this game, that is how well it has been made.
Further adding to the atmosphere is the soothing background music, another terrific add on to this game. Whether your villagers are off hunting or mining the music really sets the tone for the game, making everything worthwhile.
Replayability:
This game will keep you busy for days, and then some; The fun only stops when you’ve had your fill. The game offers three campaign stories to play as, and four challenges that will really test your skill.
There are two creative modes that you can make use of to enjoy a more relaxed version of the game; so yeah plenty to do.
MGR Gaming’s Conclusions:
Spoilers Ahead:
Dawn of Man comes from the creators of Planetbase. It was that amazing little Space Simulation where we started with a small colony on a planet and from there it was up to us to make it suitable for our colony whilst expanding it. A brilliant game that kept us busy for a long time, it had regular updates, improvements and extras added to it to further our enjoyment in the game.
Dawn of Man is the next big thing, and oh boy it is not only big, it is insanely fun.
To put it simply, Madruga Works took everything that was great about Planetbase and created Dawn of Man with it, adding even more to it, making it a massive step up from their previous game, and this all in one go. Planetbase grew with time, but off the bat Dawn of Man is packed with all the goodness we need in a game like this, and that is not all. Regular updates and improvements are still being done to the game, so be on the lookout for constant improvements.
Dawn of man pits us right there, thousands of years before civilization was what it is today. We are left with a handful of people and resources and left to either wither away or make it. The game truly teaches you much here in terms of survival, one of its unique features being the decaying of resources, whether it is food, or materials collected from nature or crafted goods, almost everything has a lifespan, whether you use it or not it starts decaying. So, there is always that constant requirement to ensure the flow of your city is not interrupted, one bad decision can be the difference between life and death for your people.
But that is what makes the gem such a gem, it is a must have if you are a gamer that enjoys this genre of gaming.
Additional Info:
Platforms: PC: Mac: Xbox One: PlayStation 4
Genre: Simulation: Strategy: Survival: Management
Censor Rating: n/a
Age Rating: n/a
Developer: Madruga Works
Publisher: Madruga Works
Release Date: 1 March 2019
MGR Gaming Steam Curator:
https://store.steampowered.com/curator/32364038/
