AliFeb 23, 2023 - Day 54 - NewPlay Review
Total NewPlays: 60
Game: Driftland: The Magic Revival
Platform: Steam PC
Release Date: Apr 19, 2019
Library Date: May 3, 2020
Unplayed: 1026 days (2y9m20d)
Playtime: 15m
While I don't look at the info about the game beforehand, I usually look at it after.
Particularly in the case of Driftland: The Magic Revival, because I wasn't exactly sure what kind of game I'd just played.
Apparently, it's meant to be an "old-school RTS", but I played old-school RTS games; I cut my teeth on Dune II, Warcraft II (the first RTS I ever bought), and Starcraft.
This just doesn't gel in the same way. I found it somewhat confusing, with a quirky interface that felt overloaded, but with instructions that felt like they'd been written in another language and then run through Google Translate.
But when I check the reviews on Steam, it's "Mostly Positive".
Am I the problem? At least there's someone out there who enjoys it.
Driftland: The Magic Revival won't be revived any time soon. It's a bit:
2: Meh