Blacksmith Legends
- March 1, 2021
- VM_Machal
- 5h median play time
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Get on itch.io StoreBlacksmith Legends is a RPG simulation strategy game. You inherit a small workshop from your parents with a dream to become real legend in your profession. With all your family fortune, you set out to create best items you ever imagined and develop your village/cities, workshop, hire other professions to tinker with your recipe's, create opportunities by completing various quests that can get you …
Windows
Reviews
- The game has potential and offers a decent amount of gameplay for its price, especially in early access.
- The developer is actively involved in updates and patches, showing promise for future improvements.
- The crafting and management mechanics are enjoyable, providing a mix of strategy and resource management.
- The game is plagued by numerous bugs and unfinished features, making it frustrating to play.
- Many basic aspects of the game do not work as intended, leading to a lack of direction and enjoyment.
- The developer has seemingly abandoned the project, leaving it in a state that feels incomplete and unpolished.
- gameplay28 mentions
- 14 % positive mentions
- 71 % neutral mentions
- 14 % negative mentions
The gameplay is a mix of crafting, building, resource management, and questing, but it suffers from tedium and a lack of engaging mechanics, with much of the experience revolving around repetitive clicking and waiting. While the game offers a decent amount of content for its price, many players find the core gameplay loop uninspired and clunky, with significant room for improvement, especially given its early access status. Overall, the potential is there, but the current execution leaves much to be desired.
“It makes sense for the business tycoon genre, and for 8 bucks, I think there's a surprising amount of gameplay here (especially given some of the reviews).”
“The gameplay is a combination of several elements: crafting, building, resource and production management, questing (including battle quests) with good graphics and OST.”
“Overall, for a game where resource management is the core gameplay, it does very well.”
“It's because of the tedium that makes up 90% of the actual gameplay.”
“The main gameplay loop is my main concern; you basically put a worker down and click on menus to wait on a little timer to get an item done. There's no design choices, no decision making, no learning curve, just clicking. Currently, it feels soulless.”
“Even as an early access title, the flaws are overwhelming, mainly the UI and gameplay loop.”
- story22 mentions
- 14 % positive mentions
- 73 % neutral mentions
- 14 % negative mentions
The story revolves around managing a blacksmith shop while engaging in quests that involve battling bandits and undead, with a choice between good and evil quest lines. Players experience a slow start due to repetitive quests, but the narrative opens up as they level up their city and unlock new features like the arena for strategic turn-based combat. However, some players find themselves locked in place, unable to progress the story due to difficulty spikes and quest management issues.
“Blacksmith is building, creating his shop, hiring employees, and doing quests for villagers (work orders).”
“Two quest lines... one for good, one for evil.”
“You can customize your shop, customize your blacksmith, and complete orders and quests as they come in.”
“Locks you in place and cannot keep going with the story.”
“The issues come with some of the extra story elements.”
“There's a very large degree of chaff in the beginning, where you're doing the same style of quests repeatedly, which makes the long time for the game to open up even more confusing, since this could easily be cut or added as a side.”
- stability20 mentions
- 10 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 90 % negative mentions
The game is widely criticized for its numerous bugs, with players reporting frequent crashes and gameplay interruptions that detract from the overall experience. While some find it enjoyable and promising, the instability and poor design lead many to recommend against purchasing it in its current state. Overall, the game's stability issues significantly hinder its potential.
“I restarted 2-3 times to ensure a bug-free game experience without any frustrating issues.”
“I restarted 2-3 times to ensure a bug-free game experience without any frustrating issues.”
“Far too buggy.”
“Okay, short review, game is too buggy and gameplay needs tons of work.”
“Waste of time and money; buggy as hell, poor game design.”
- graphics10 mentions
- 30 % positive mentions
- 40 % neutral mentions
- 30 % negative mentions
The graphics are generally described as decent, with notable attention to detail and impressive customization options. However, some users find the overall quality lacking, comparing it to a simplistic, paint-like aesthetic, and express concerns about smoothness in performance. Despite these criticisms, the combination of gameplay elements is complemented by good graphics and an engaging soundtrack.
“The graphics look decent and the level of customization is honestly impressive.”
“The gameplay is a combination of several elements: crafting, building, resource and production management, questing (including battle quests) with good graphics and OST.”
“The graphics look decent and the level of customization is honestly impressive.”
“While the graphics aren't great, there is a lot of attention to detail.”
“Everything looks like it's created in paint. I don't mind low graphics, as long as it's smooth; this isn't.”
“What I find odd, but it's more of an aesthetic reason, is that I can only see the back and left wall.”
- grinding4 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Players criticize the grinding aspect of "Blacksmith Legends" for its lack of recipe progression, insufficient guidance on acquiring and utilizing recipes, and a low skill cap for employees, which leads to repetitive gameplay. Many find the experience tedious and unengaging, with extensive hours spent on monotonous crafting and grinding.
“After 44 hours of nothing more than crafting and grinding the same old map, this is the most boring game I have ever played.”
“But Blacksmith Legends somehow thought it was a good idea to a) have recipes that never grow or improve, b) offer little clue how to get the good ones or even use current ones effectively, and c) put a very low skill cap on all employees while at the same time force-grinding employees to acquire what should have been basic and crucial skills.”
- music2 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- -100 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The music in the game features familiar tracks that players recognize from other titles, suggesting a reliance on well-known themes rather than original compositions. This may evoke nostalgia for some, but could also feel unoriginal to others.
“The music features familiar tracks that I recognize from other games.”
“The soundtrack includes melodies that bring back memories from other titles.”
“The music feels recycled; I recognize it from other games.”
“The soundtrack lacks originality; I've heard these tracks in other titles.”
