Worth it?

[BoogieBoX]

I've been wanting to try the game for a while, but I see a lot of negative comments about the last updates and DLCs. Is the game still worth it?

[Plum]

I can only speak for myself, I enjoy it very much.546 hours on 13-14.00 dollars of investment, and I'm about maybe halfway done.

[Pandorian]

To avoid rehashing old drama this is the thread that was last posted about the Township drama / is it worth it. https://steamcommunity.com/app/1267910/discussions/0/3823048658579688139/
Kit does a pretty good job of explaining why people were upset at Township.
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On the topic of the new DLC, I'm not sure what people would be upset enough at it to leave a negative review unless it's more Township drama.

The new mode introduced is extremely fun, more fun than Adventure mode in my opinion.
Archaeology introduces new equipment to help round out a lot of skills and a new equipment slot to help in combat.
Cartography is a bit boring but it introduces amazing passives to help out in pretty much all other aspects of the game.

For negatives the new/alternate combat still feels a bit over-tuned. Some barrier enemies feel super tanky, even with BiS Throne of the Herald summons/equipment and BiS Atlas of Discovery equipment. Given that the mode is meant to stand-alone without Throne of the Herald makes this problematic but Malcs is still tuning stuff.

I haven't had a chance to try out new prayers and the new "endgame" weapons but I've heard they're pretty good.

Overall it's a solid expansion. The combat is meh but the skills provide enough good utility to rank them in the top portion in order of wanting to level them.

[BoogieBoX]

I see, listening to the recent comments, it sounded like the whole progression was nerfed to the ground, but after going through that particular comment, things make more sense now. Thanks for sharing.

[Sternentier]

I love this game. I've only done cartography and archaeology on one of my characters, and so far it's been a fun gold sink. I'm still pretty far away from the endgame content, and it's still many hours of fun, even though it just idles in the background pretty much.

[Xuhybrid]

I haven't seen any significant complaints. Township was a bit rough but the rework was good. The DLC are good but not essential. If you like Runescape, this is Idle Runescape.

[TrinitySeven]

I bought this WELL after all the nerfs/complains. It is pretty much my #1 idler game that I own. After buying expanded, I purchased the DLC right after knowing I was going to sink some serious hours into this. THIS IS WEIRD for the following two reasons. I disliked runescape large, and I also pure ABHOR DRM. Because this game is always online only currently (promises were made in the past to buyers this would only be TEMPORARY btw), that is a pretty strong variety of DRM in case you were wondering how that works.

Yet it is what it is, currently I play this almost every day, and I have or at least have access to every game in existence. What I would suggest to you is the SAME that I did/do in my review. Play this FREE game, setup an account with playfab. Enjoy that for as long as you wish, most of the content is early game anyways, and almost everything I purchased right away takes quite awhile to unlock anyways. Kind of reminds me of my purchasing PREMIUM for CsGo2 recently, and then they want me to play between 75-125 matches in order to UNLOCK what I just paid for...similar to that I guess in ways. Yet THAT is even worse IMO (most toxic game I have EVER played in my all 45 years of video gaming btw).

I digress a little, yes VERY LITTLE TO ZERO toxicity in this game, haha...very mellow ZEN like game of just watching the numbers go up. I have asked for a visually impaired TTS/STT version which would strip the already stripped down runescape, into a version of Melvor Idle you could play while having your phone tucked away in your pocket at your dull job, or walking in the forest, OR relaxing about to fall asleep in your bed...yet seems peeps are super slow to see the benefits to be had, AS WELL AS allowing visually impaired people to play this out of the box so to speak :)

Actually I gotta edit this SOMEWHAT as even my review is a bit askew when it comes to this. I mean IF you play the FREE version and you KNOW you are going to like this like I did, then buy everything you can. Better ON SALE< yet even if otherwise just buy it ALL so you can run all 4 character slots main modes (normal, ancient relics, adventure mode, and hardcore). This is really the BEST way to play this game. In fact I would also just get MOST of your skilling up in HC mode then import that as an extra save so you can play it from there as a sort of IronMan light save. That is what I am going to do...and save the remaining ONE slot for any community modes that pop :)

So yes, if you know you are going to like this, buy it so you can get all those extra game modes right off the bat and being this is an IDLE game you can easily run all 4 main modes at the same time, which IMO is how this is meant to be played!

[Truth_X_ile]

Easier Read Version + Review Link Added

Originally posted by TrinitySeven:

I bought this WELL after all the nerfs/complains. It is pretty much my #1 idler game that I own. I purchased the DLC right after knowing I was going to sink some serious hours into this.

What I would suggest to you is the SAME that I did, play the FREE version, setup an account with playfab. Just to demo the game to see if you enjoy it or not.

Very mellow ZEN like game of just watching the numbers go up, often referred as Incremental Games, which isn't used as a game tag on Steam.

You can run all 4 various gameplay modes on different save files at the same time, (Normal Mode, Adventure Mode, Hardcore Mode & Ancient Relics Mode).

Review: https://steamcommunity.com/id/caresblairATtwitchTV/recommended/1267910/

Good Luck & Have Fun

[Hunu]

OP, if you like incremental/idle games already then this is a pretty good one... BUT:

It has always online/once in 24 hour DRM
A cap of 6 save files
A buggy tutorial (the player shouldn't be punished for doing things in the wrong order or going off the tutorial script)
They release paid "DLC" instead of updating the game like other idle games
It's not free like most idle games
I personally found it nearly unplayable slow/boring without mods (mods are supported, and You can still get all the achievements)
IMO some parts of the game are just imbalanced/feel incomplete.

In many ways, despite being on to their second DLC, this game feels to me like it's still in beta testing stage.

I have played lots of idle games, excluding this one, they were all free. I don't think the purchase price has provided the kind of step above the competition in the genre that you'd expect it to.

Someone says there is a free version in the browser, I suggest you play that till the wheels fall off and if you want more, then go ahead and buy the full version.

If you do choose to buy the full version of the game, I recommend purchasing through Steam as it gives you access to all platforms the game is available including iOS and Android.

[BoogieBoX]

Thanks a lot for all the feedback. From what I see here, the newly introduced content and balance patch are not so much of an issue, though they are some small fundamental annoying aspects here and there.

I'll probably give it a try eventually.