- January 16, 2017
- Xakkar
Druid
Platforms
About
"Druid" is an atmospheric adventure game set in a magic forest, where players control a druid searching for a teacher. The game features stylized graphics and requires solving puzzles and collecting magic runes to gain abilities, helping forest dwellers along the way. With a big set of abilities and numerous puzzles, players must navigate obstacles to find the teacher.





- The game features a charming minimalist art style and a pleasant natural atmosphere, making it enjoyable to explore.
- The concept of helping woodland animals and solving simple puzzles is engaging and can be relaxing.
- The game is short and can be completed in a couple of hours, making it suitable for casual play.
- The game suffers from excessive backtracking and lacks a map, leading to frustration in navigation.
- Puzzles are overly simplistic and repetitive, with many quests being fetch tasks that feel tedious.
- Technical issues such as slow movement, poor animations, and a lack of customization options detract from the overall experience.
story
34 mentions Positive Neutral NegativeThe game's story revolves around a young apprentice druid on a simplistic quest to find their master while completing mostly fetch quests for woodland creatures. While some players found the narrative intriguing and the music stellar, many criticized the story for being underdeveloped and the writing quality poor, leading to a lack of depth and engagement. Overall, the gameplay is described as peaceful but often aimless, with a confusing map layout and simplistic puzzles.
“The story was interesting, the music was stellar, and the puzzles were well thought out.”
“The story is very simple: you play as a young apprentice who decides to live in the wilderness and learn druidry, harnessing the powers of nature.”
“You play the titular druid, on an unexplained quest to find your master, another unnamed druid.”
“The story is very simple; you play as a young apprentice who decides to live in the wilderness and learn druidry, and harness the powers of nature.”
“The puzzles and quests are equally simplistic to the point of being as dull as the visuals and the rest of the implementation.”
“The game is about finding your way through the map, through a mix of quests (almost exclusively fetch quests), gaining abilities to advance, and the very occasional, rather simple, puzzle.”