Druid

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Druid is a single player casual puzzle game with a fantasy theme. It was developed by Xakkar and was released on January 16, 2017. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

"Druid is an adventure game with different puzzles and riddles where you play as a druid who searches for a wise master and helps to magic forest dwellers. Overcome all obstacles to find your teacher!"

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Audience ScoreBased on 63 reviews

graphics5 positive mentions

gameplay3 negative mentions

Relaxing and mellow soundtrack with a pleasant natural atmosphere.
Charming minimalist 2D art style with a cute woodland setting and animals.
Simple and casual puzzle gameplay that can be enjoyable for younger or casual players and those who like exploration.

Excessive and tedious backtracking with no proper map or navigation aids, making exploration frustrating.
Very simple and repetitive fetch quests and puzzles; low complexity and little variety in gameplay.
Technical issues including bugs, crashes, awkward controls, slow movement, and poor English translation.

story
20 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The story centers on a young druid apprentice navigating a maze-like wilderness to find their master, completing mostly simple fetch quests and occasional easy puzzles. While some find the narrative intriguing and atmospheric, others criticize it for being simplistic, aimless, and hampered by poor writing and a confusing map. Overall, the story offers a calm, exploratory experience but lacks depth and complexity.
- “Your mission is to get to the 'center' of the maze by exploring the map, doing quests, and acquiring powers.”
- “The story is very simple: you play as a young apprentice who decides to live in the wilderness, learn druidry, and harness the powers of nature. Along the way, you complete quests for animals and gain knowledge and sometimes spells.”
- “You'll also use your powers to do fetch quests for woodland creatures, who have a surreal habit of giving you useful information or relevant items.”
- “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.”
- “Sometimes you can be wandering aimlessly trying to search for quest items or mushrooms as the map layout gets confusing for being so small.”
graphics
17 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The graphics feature a charming, minimalist, and hand-drawn 2D art style that many find relaxing and appealing. While the visuals are simplistic and lack advanced detail or customization options beyond resolution scaling and shadows, this simplicity suits the casual, nature-inspired theme of the game. Some users note the graphics can feel dull, but overall the style complements the game's casual puzzle adventure vibe.
- “The art style is relaxing.”
- “It has a very appealing minimalist feel to it with its simple game mechanics, basic puzzles and cartoon-like graphics.”
- “I bought this game because it looked neat with the hand-drawn art style, and I like nature.”
- “While there are options to change the resolution for the mobile app, all this does is scale up the simplistic 2D art assets used to make the mobile app, which makes little or no difference to the graphics quality.”
- “Without any other substantial graphics tweaks, it's not possible for gamers to improve the lackluster 2D visuals.”
- “Character and animal graphics in Druid are two-dimensional sprites drawn in a simplistic manner.”
music
13 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's music is generally described as mellow and pleasant, but its single, repetitive track often becomes monotonous and lacking in variation. Many users express a desire for multiple, more diverse tracks and less synthetic sounds to better complement the experience.
- “The story was interesting, music was stellar and the puzzles were well thought out.”
- “Also, I liked the simple graphic style and music.”
- “The soundtrack is quite mellow and nice.”
- “Soundtrack gets repetitive real fast, could use one or two extra tracks and it would last through this short game.”
- “There's also only one music track, which plays repetitively through the whole game.”
- “It's boring, it's repetitive, it's not well made and the soundtrack is one song repeating for the whole time (kinda good song at least!).”
gameplay
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33%
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The gameplay of Druid is centered around maze-style navigation combined with simple, point-and-click mechanics reminiscent of using HM moves in Pokémon to access new areas. Its minimalist design, basic puzzles, and cartoon-like graphics create an appealing and straightforward experience, though some players express interest in a sequel with enhanced mechanics and deeper storylines.
- “To put it another way, it is like if you replaced a point-and-click adventure game's mechanics with the 'HM moves' that you use in Pokémon to open up new areas of the overworld map.”
- “It has a very appealing minimalist feel to it with its simple game mechanics, basic puzzles, and cartoon-like graphics.”
- “The basis of Druid is in a maze-style gameplay.”
- “To put it another way, it is like if you replaced a point-and-click adventure game's mechanics with the 'HM moves' that you use in Pokemon to open up new areas of the overworld map.”
- “I wouldn't mind playing a sequel with updated mechanics and more in-depth storylines and, of course, better music.”
atmosphere
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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33%
The game's atmosphere is generally described as pleasant and calming, particularly due to its natural forest setting and signature theme. However, some users feel that the looping electric guitar music clashes with this peaceful vibe.
- “A short game with a pleasant natural atmosphere.”
- “The atmosphere of the forest was really quite pleasant and calming, coupled with the signature theme that plays and loops the whole time you are out fossicking around for clues, items, and progression.”
stability
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's stability is hindered by stuttering and occasional glitches, impacting the overall experience. Once these issues are addressed, it could be suitable for beginners, but currently, it is not recommended.
- “If they fix the stuttering and the few glitches, I guess it's fine for a kid to learn to play puzzle games; until then, I do not recommend this.”
- “A bit buggy and not much fun.”
grinding
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Grinding in the game is considered tedious and unenjoyable, partly due to the lack of a map or marker system, which makes navigation more frustrating during what should be a relatively short playtime.
- “It's not really fun, got tedious really quickly.”
- “With no map and no way to place markers (that would have been a nicer option than straight-up map in my opinion!) the game feels more tedious than it should -- after all this game can be completed in a little more than an hour.”
monetization
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The monetization of Druid is criticized as a cash grab typical of mobile developers, with players feeling the game is a poorly designed mobile app repackaged for PC to exploit spending habits rather than offer genuine value.
optimization
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's optimization currently suffers from stuttering and occasional glitches, which negatively impact the experience. Once these issues are resolved, it could be suitable for younger players learning puzzle games.
- “If they fix the stuttering and the few glitches, I guess it's fine for a kid to learn to play puzzle games. Until then, I do not recommend this.”