Which game should i get Medieval Dynasty or Sengoku Dynasty

[joeysevengames]

I've eyed Sengoku Dynasty for a while and recently saw a trailer for medieval dynasty getting multiplayer so i was about it get it. Ended up noticed both games are quite similar and published by the same company. So i wonder which one i should get.

[Morri]

They are indeed very similar. It depends a bit what setting you prefer; 11th Century Europe, or Feudal Japan.
Also keep in mind that Sengoku Dynasty is still in early access and not all of its systems are in place yet, while Medieval Dynasty has been out of early access for 2 years already, and while it still receives updates, you can consider it a more complete and polished game.
Ofc, that also might mean that in the end when Sengoku gets out of early access, it may contain more stuff than MD has, though that's hard to predict.

As for graphics; Sengoku uses UE5, while MD uses UE4, so eventually Sengoku might end up looking better (even though imo MD looks great already).

In terms of gameplay, there are some differences. I haven't played Sengoku yet, so can't comment much on them, but I do know that for example in Medieval Dynasty, your villagers will gather resources and produce items throughout the whole day and you will find those immediately in the storage as soon as they were gathered/produced, while in Sengoku you will only see the resources and items after the season ends. There's probably quite a lot of other small changes as well.

In short; if it was me: if it's for playing right now: I would go for Medieval Dynasty (since I don't like early access games).
If it's for playing at a later date; Sengoku might offer more gameplay once it gets out of EA, so I would be a bit more on the fence, although I really really love a medieval setting, so I might stick with MD. Hard to say at this moment.

If you haven't already, definitely also ask this question on the Sengoku forums, since a lot of players there are familiar with MD and can probably give you a better comparison!

[CaBux]

At the moment, my favourite is Medieval Dynasty because it works well, suits my play style and just keeps on getting better - but I've been playing for over 2 years and clocked up 1270 hours. As I've only clocked up 10% of that playtime on Sengoku Dynasty, ask my again in another 20 months

[joeysevengames]

Originally posted by Morri:

They are indeed very similar. It depends a bit what setting you prefer; 11th Century Europe, or Feudal Japan.
Also keep in mind that Sengoku Dynasty is still in early access and not all of its systems are in place yet, while Medieval Dynasty has been out of early access for 2 years already, and while it still receives updates, you can consider it a more complete and polished game.
Ofc, that also might mean that in the end when Sengoku gets out of early access, it may contain more stuff than MD has, though that's hard to predict.

As for graphics; Sengoku uses UE5, while MD uses UE4, so eventually Sengoku might end up looking better (even though imo MD looks great already).

In terms of gameplay, there are some differences. I haven't played Sengoku yet, so can't comment much on them, but I do know that for example in Medieval Dynasty, your villagers will gather resources and produce items throughout the whole day and you will find those immediately in the storage as soon as they were gathered/produced, while in Sengoku you will only see the resources and items after the season ends. There's probably quite a lot of other small changes as well.

In short; if it was me: if it's for playing right now: I would go for Medieval Dynasty (since I don't like early access games).
If it's for playing at a later date; Sengoku might offer more gameplay once it gets out of EA, so I would be a bit more on the fence, although I really really love a medieval setting, so I might stick with MD. Hard to say at this moment.

If you haven't already, definitely also ask this question on the Sengoku forums, since a lot of players there are familiar with MD and can probably give you a better comparison!

Thank you for the great answer i am not really a fan of early access too so probably will go for medieval dynasty

[joeysevengames]

Originally posted by Dies Fourth:

Try both for less than 2 hours and refund the 1 you like the least ?

I might end up doing that but lets see

[Morri]

O, one more thing to mention; I think Sengoku might be a bit more demanding of your PC than MD is, because of UE5 having higher requirements.
So if you have an older machine, definitely also take that into account.

[BecketsGD]

Medieval Dynasty is the more polished game, but Sengoku is great if you prefer the Japanese scenery.

[joeysevengames]

Originally posted by GloriasDaughter:

Medieval Dynasty is the more polished game, but Sengoku is great if you prefer the Japanese scenery.

Is Sengoku quite bugy? I do love the japanese setting however but would hate out to miss on features that already exist here and might not there yet. Also sometimes a very bugy experience ruins the fun in early access games for me.

[Restaldt]

Medieval dynasty is way more stable sengoku is technically newer. I didn't enjoy sengoku. Different developer.

Its been a while since I played sengoku dynasty and im sure update have come out and are in progress but it was quite buggy and peasants barely did any work. Work stations/assignments just seemed to not work for the most part.

Get Medieval Dynasty unless you want coop. Although I think thats coming to medieval dynasty soon

[joeysevengames]

yeah co op is coming in 7th this month

[Dies Fourth]

Originally posted by Morri:

They are indeed very similar. It depends a bit what setting you prefer; 11th Century Europe, or Feudal Japan.
Also keep in mind that Sengoku Dynasty is still in early access and not all of its systems are in place yet, while Medieval Dynasty has been out of early access for 2 years already, and while it still receives updates, you can consider it a more complete and polished game.
Ofc, that also might mean that in the end when Sengoku gets out of early access, it may contain more stuff than MD has, though that's hard to predict.

As for graphics; Sengoku uses UE5, while MD uses UE4, so eventually Sengoku might end up looking better (even though imo MD looks great already).

In terms of gameplay, there are some differences. I haven't played Sengoku yet, so can't comment much on them, but I do know that for example in Medieval Dynasty, your villagers will gather resources and produce items throughout the whole day and you will find those immediately in the storage as soon as they were gathered/produced, while in Sengoku you will only see the resources and items after the season ends. There's probably quite a lot of other small changes as well.

In short; if it was me: if it's for playing right now: I would go for Medieval Dynasty (since I don't like early access games).
If it's for playing at a later date; Sengoku might offer more gameplay once it gets out of EA, so I would be a bit more on the fence, although I really really love a medieval setting, so I might stick with MD. Hard to say at this moment.

If you haven't already, definitely also ask this question on the Sengoku forums, since a lot of players there are familiar with MD and can probably give you a better comparison!

Ive been playing games on Steam forever.

Its VERY rare a developer takes the time to be so honest and informative. This reply alone makes me want to purchase 1 of their games. Probably the more finished games since im SICK of EA games that show promise and alot { not talking about these } go completely in a different direction OR dont go anywhere at all.

The Day Before releases in 3 days and their community still doesnt know if its a scam or not due to radio silence from the developers and no streaers have gotten advanced copies of what we all want to be a good game.

so to show support for a good dev team I'll but MD.

[BecketsGD]

Originally posted by joeysevengames:

Originally posted by GloriasDaughter:

Medieval Dynasty is the more polished game, but Sengoku is great if you prefer the Japanese scenery.

Is Sengoku quite bugy? I do love the japanese setting however but would hate out to miss on features that already exist here and might not there yet. Also sometimes a very bugy experience ruins the fun in early access games for me.

If you are going to go with one first, I would opt for Medieval Dynasty because it is more complete than Sengoku and more stable in general.

[Antika60]

Mein Favorit zur Zeit ist Sengoku und obwohl mein PC auch nicht gerade der allerbeste ist, habe ich keine Probleme Sengoku zu spielen. Zur Zeit spiele ich gerade die Test Version 0.2.1.0 und bereue es bisher nicht.

Aber MD gefiel mir bisher auch recht gut obwohl ich damals als MD herauskam mindestens 20 mal innerhalb kürzester Zeit von vorne anfangen musste aufgrund vieler Fehler und anderer Probleme. Dennoch habe ich mittlerweile fast 2000 Stunden dieses Spiel gespielt.

In Sengoku habe ich gerademal 5 mal aufgrund einiger weniger Fehler neu angefangen.

Dennoch möchte ich mir demnächst auch noch die neue Map von MD anschauen, aber Sengoku werde ich ebenfalls weiterhin spielen, denn mir gefällt dieses Spiel zur Zeit am besten. :)

Es ist für mich also nicht einfach hier eine eindeutige Antwort zu geben. Egal wie man sich hier nun auch entscheiden mag, man trifft auf jeden Fall in beiden Fällen so oder so dennoch eine gute Wahl. ;)

So meine persönliche Meinung jetzt dazu.

[Morri]

Originally posted by Dies Fourth:

Its VERY rare a developer takes the time to be so honest and informative. This reply alone makes me want to purchase 1 of their games. Probably the more finished games since im SICK of EA games that show promise and alot { not talking about these } go completely in a different direction OR dont go anywhere at all.

Thank you for the compliment :-) I'm not a developer though; just a (volunteer) forum moderator, but I can vouch for the devs so far that they also provide honest feedback, and would rather have people genuinely enjoying their game than to make a quick buck by recommending it to someone who wouldn't.

I share your sentiment on EA games, though in this publisher (different devs but same publisher for MD and Sengoku) I have faith, because of what they have proven in the past and also because I know a few people working there. So I doubt that Sengoku will become a disappointment. Still, I rather wait til it's out of EA before I commit my time to a game.

(O, and if you are interested in buying MD, from what i was told it might go on sale for the co-op update next week, so definitely wait til then.)

[Retrogon]

Biased Vote: Medieval Dynasty
I'm a fan of the Middle Ages.

Unbiased Vote: Medieval Dynasty
Medieval Dynasty has more content and is more polished than Sengoku Dynasty. The only thing Sengoku Dynasty has that Medieval Dynasty doesn't have is co-op but that's going to change on December 7.

[Antika60]

Originally posted by Morri:

Originally posted by Dies Fourth:

Its VERY rare a developer takes the time to be so honest and informative. This reply alone makes me want to purchase 1 of their games. Probably the more finished games since im SICK of EA games that show promise and alot { not talking about these } go completely in a different direction OR dont go anywhere at all.

Thank you for the compliment :-) I'm not a developer though; just a (volunteer) forum moderator, but I can vouch for the devs so far that they also provide honest feedback, and would rather have people genuinely enjoying their game than to make a quick buck by recommending it to someone who wouldn't.

I share your sentiment on EA games, though in this publisher (different devs but same publisher for MD and Sengoku) I have faith, because of what they have proven in the past and also because I know a few people working there. So I doubt that Sengoku will become a disappointment. Still, I rather wait til it's out of EA before I commit my time to a game.

(O, and if you are interested in buying MD, from what i was told it might go on sale for the co-op update next week, so definitely wait til then.)

Kein Entwickler, aber jetzt ein Administrator. (Sagt zumindest das Sternchen daneben) Moderator "war gestern". :)