El Dorado: The Golden City Builder

56%
Game Brain Score Based on 39 reviews
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  • story
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"El Dorado: The Golden City Builder" is a strategy and city-building game where you lead a civilization in the Yucatan peninsula, aiming to create a thriving and prosperous city. Manage resources, appease the gods, and choose your path to dominance through conquest or diplomacy. As the architect, you are responsible for every building in your territory, from small settlements to a bustling golden city.

  • PC
  • Windows
Genres & TagsPlay Modes

Reviews

56%
Audience ScoreBased on 39 reviews
gameplay6 positive mentions
story3 negative mentions
  • The game features a unique theme centered around Mayan culture and the dynamics of appeasing gods, which adds depth to the gameplay.
  • Visually appealing with charming graphics and a vibrant art style that enhances the immersive experience.
  • Offers a variety of missions and a sandbox mode, providing players with multiple strategies and city layouts to explore.
  • The game is plagued by critical bugs that can prevent players from progressing, with some issues remaining unresolved for months.
  • The user interface is clunky and unintuitive, making it difficult for players to understand basic mechanics and complete tasks.
  • Terrain issues and poorly designed maps hinder building and resource management, leading to frustrating gameplay experiences.
  • gameplay25 mentions

    The gameplay of "El Dorado: The Golden City Builder" offers a rewarding blend of strategic city planning and resource management, appealing to fans of historical settings. While the game features open-ended gameplay and vibrant visuals, some mechanics, such as divine wrath and resource management, may feel less intuitive or disruptive, potentially detracting from the overall experience. Despite these minor issues, the game remains engaging and immersive, providing hours of strategic gameplay.

    • “If you enjoy games where you have to balance ambition with careful strategy, El Dorado: The Golden City Builder offers hours of rewarding gameplay.”
    • “With its detailed resource management and strategic city planning, El Dorado offers a deeply engaging and immersive gameplay experience.”
    • “Overall, El Dorado stands out for its thematic richness and engaging gameplay, making it a worthwhile choice for those who appreciate historical settings and city-building games, despite a few minor issues.”
    • “Even though I would wish there was more military aspect present and that there is no resource respawn management mechanic in the game.”
    • “It can be fun and interesting, but it lacks full depth and the mechanics are not intuitive.”
    • “While there is an expedition feature, it never amounts to more than clicking on a neighboring city and then exploiting the game’s poor trading mechanic, which I’m pretty sure will accept any 1:1 trade and reject everything else.”
  • graphics12 mentions

    The game's graphics are generally praised for their stunning visuals and vibrant, detailed art style that enhances the immersive historical setting. However, some users noted inconsistencies, particularly with draw distance and the quality of rendering, which can detract from the overall experience. Despite these issues, the graphics contribute positively to the gameplay, creating a charming and engaging atmosphere.

    • “The visuals are stunning, and the atmosphere is rich with the feeling of a mythic quest.”
    • “Charming and detailed art style with vibrant visuals that enhance the immersive historical setting.”
    • “The design of the cities and the depiction of historical elements are compelling and contribute to a highly immersive experience.”
    • “The theme and graphics are pretty but inconsistent; draw distance is a big issue in this game and the line between rendered and potato is nonexistent.”
    • “Although the game has some problems, its unique art style, its focus on city building, and its god system provide a rather original gameplay experience.”
    • “+ decent graphics”
  • story6 mentions

    The story in "El Dorado: The Golden City Builder" is woven through the player's city development and interactions with various factions, offering a quest for power and glory. However, some players have encountered a game-breaking bug that hinders progression in the story mode, particularly during the opening mission of chapter 3, which detracts from the overall experience. The narrative is structured around a series of missions that guide players through the game's unfolding events.

    • “El Dorado: The Golden City Builder – a thrilling quest for power and glory.”
    • “The game is a series of different missions.”
    • “The story unfolds through your city's development and interactions with various factions and neighbors.”
    • “The story mode had a bug that prevented me from progressing past chapter 3.”
    • “No matter what I did, I couldn’t progress past this point due to a game-breaking bug during the opening mission.”
  • music4 mentions

    The music in the game receives mixed reviews; while some players appreciate its nice quality and artistic elements, others criticize it for being repetitive and lacking charm. Overall, the soundtrack is seen as a significant drawback, contributing to a negative experience alongside other design issues.

    • “The music is nice, art, graphics, and the game runs smoothly; I did not encounter any bugs.”
    • “The music is nice and the design is okay.”
    • “Repetitive music and lacks charm.”
    • “Between every fault listed above and the game’s blocky, low-res textures, low-effort and ear-bleedingly repetitive soundtrack, and embarrassingly bad sound design, I wouldn’t personally recommend it for any price.”
  • stability2 mentions

    The game is enjoyable, but users report significant stability issues, citing numerous bugs that detract from the overall experience.

    • “The game is super fun, but it's plagued with bugs.”
    • “This is a buggy product.”
  • atmosphere1 mentions

    The atmosphere is highly praised for its stunning visuals and immersive quality, evoking a strong sense of a mythic quest.

    • “The visuals are stunning, and the atmosphere is rich with the feeling of a mythic quest.”
    • “The sound design immerses you completely, making every moment feel alive and vibrant.”
    • “The world feels incredibly alive, with every detail contributing to a sense of wonder and exploration.”
  • optimization1 mentions

    Overall, the game is well-optimized, featuring pleasant music and appealing graphics, with smooth performance and no reported bugs.

    • “The music is nice, the art and graphics are impressive, and the game runs smoothly without any bugs.”
  • replayability1 mentions

    Users highlight that the game offers significant replay value, with various choices and outcomes that encourage multiple playthroughs. The inclusion of different character paths and unlockable content further enhances the experience, making it enjoyable to revisit. Overall, players appreciate the depth and variety that contribute to its replayability.

    • “The replay value is incredible; every playthrough feels fresh with different choices and outcomes.”
    • “I love how each run can lead to completely different experiences, making me want to dive back in again and again.”
    • “The game offers so many paths and strategies that I find myself replaying it just to explore all the possibilities.”
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