#Despotism 3k event upgrade#
#Despotism 3k event full#

If you don't hear from me for a week, this might just be why. For an Early Access release though, it's ridiculously good.

#Despotism 3k event full#

Some of what they have planned includes a multiplayer mode, new bosses, an 'endless' PvE mode, full gamepad support, more items, secret rooms and the list goes on for a while. It's in Early Access right now with a plan to remain there for around one year. A little gross but hey it's dungeon life. Each time you move it reduces your food stock but you can sacrifice some of your crew to feed the rest too. Oh, that big army of yours? They need to eat too. Crazy battles, lots of army customization, random events, the UI is nice and clear with plenty of tooltips on hover so you don't get lost. With some epic music and really great pixel-art, this is one you absolutely need to take a good look at. YouTube videos require cookies, you must accept their cookies to view. The structure is a bit like The Binding of Isaac with you going from room to room, it's also a strategy game with you buying people and equipping them with various weapons you buy from shops spread throughout the maze and then there's the fusion of auto battling so you can sit back and watch the mess unfold.

It blends together quite a few different genres and it feels totally unique. Eventually you might come across the nefarious d’Spot who runs the show and perhaps destroy them to earn your freedom. They'll likely die a lot though, don't get too attached, you can buy more naked people. Here though you're running through some kind of maze-like dungeon full of strange machines, with multiple people you need to look after. Like in Loop Hero, you have no direct control during combat you just watch it play out and hope for the best. Put simply, the RNG is simply too overbearing it dragged down the entire experience, to the point I was done with the game after a few hours.Despot's Game: Dystopian Army Builder is a brand new release from Konfa Games and tinybuild that sees you command a bunch of naked people and send them through a strange post-apocalyptic labyrinth. Yet that concept is fundamentally broken with Despotism 3k, because you can’t account for the randomness of the scenarios no matter how hard you try. The concept of easy to learn, hard to master works really well because you can see the results of your efforts as you get further and further with each attempt. And it’s not fun to make it to day five, fifty times only to run into a scenario that completely cooks the run. At times, it seems picking any option will cripple a run no matter what. And even when you do get those boosts, a run can easily be derailed by a scenario that kills off a large portion of your humans or shuts down one of your facilities. If you don’t get some of the powerful boosts at the start of the game, it’s almost not worth continuing. Entire runs feel dependent on which scenarios pop up. After a few runs, it becomes clear that the outcomes of these scenarios are too powerful. Unfortunately, their welcome quickly wears thin.

They also bring about some environmental changes, which are much needed for a game which consists of just one screen (which is beautifully designed and animated in its own right, by the way). They’re often to your detriment, but they’re so bizarre that you almost want to keep trying over and over to see what wacky scenario is going to pop up next to ruin your day. I found these to be a double-edged sword, showcasing the very best and very worst of Despotism 3k. Choose wrong, and it’s usually the beginning of the end for you. Choose right and you’ll be rewarded with some powerful buffs to your human farm. You’ll be greeted with three answers and your choice will have long-lasting effects – either good or bad – usually for the rest of the game. It’s a fine balance, and one wrong move will see the entire house of cards come tumbling down.Īs if that wasn’t bad enough, you’ll have to deal with the various scenarios that pop up each day.

#Despotism 3k event upgrade#

You can upgrade your facilities to try and keep up with demand, but as you’ve probably guessed, this costs power to do. You’ll also need to make sure there’s always a steady stream of new humans to exploit. You need to ensure that you have enough food for them to live on and that they don’t die from exhaustion. You’ll quickly learn that you can’t just chuck hordes of humans onto the giant hamster wheel, because annoyingly, they have needs. It’s easy to pick up, but this is really resource management on a knife-edge.