New building game wants to let you experience your cities instead of just looking at them

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Manor Lords is a new strategy and building game on Steam, which is due to be released next year, but is already exciting fans of this genre. You can see why in the latest trailer here on MeinMMO.

What kind of game is this? Manor Lords plays in a medieval setting and lets you, as a prince, expand your home village into a bustling city.

It is a strategy and city building simulation game that was originally worked on by a single developer and is scheduled to be released on April 26, 2024.

You can play the game via Steam or PC Game Pass.

Nevertheless, the game is already considered quite hopeful for all fans of the genre. Why this is so is already clear from the current trailer:

Manor Lords lets you experience your city up close

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What awaits you: As can be seen in the trailer, Manor Lords not only wants to score points with beautiful graphics, but also with interesting gameplay mechanics.

However, the graphics alone seem to convince many players. Among other things, the user timonenluca4live writes in his comment via YouTube that Manor Lords is one of the medieval games with the best details and that it is an honor for him to be able to play the game.

The following two points are particularly interesting and different from other games:

  • Organic city building: In Manor Lords you are not tied to a predetermined grid when building your city. Instead, the game promises you absolute freedom of placement and movement. You can see what it looks like in the trailer.
  • Third person view: You get the opportunity to look at your city more than just as an observer from above. Instead, you can experience your city from the perspective of its residents. Manor Lords offers an experience that many similar games lack.

    • Fans of city building simulations in particular seem to be very excited about these two mechanics. For example, Reddit user wreckage88 writes that Manor Lords could end up in the top 3 of his building games with this feature. (via reddit)

    This is my most hyped game in a long time. Played the demo during Next Fest and couldn’t put it down despite the limited content. And the feature of taking to the streets in 3rd person perspective is easily the best feature of any city building game and is sorely missing from so many of the genre. Let me build my cities and stand in awe of their majesty from the ground, damn it! This will potentially end up in my top 3 builders alongside Anno 1800 and Frostpunk.

    The quote comes from Reddit and was translated using Google Translator

    In addition to these two mechanics, you can of course also look forward to classic mechanics such as resource management.

    In addition, you also have to face strategic warfare. Because your city is not always a safe place. If you are attacked, your residents should be prepared.

    Because every loss is final and your men are not simply an exchange product, but beloved residents of your homeland.

    What do you think of Manor Lords? Feel free to write your opinion in the comments.

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