Empires and Tribes

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Empires and Tribes is a single player economy city builder game with a economy theme. It was developed by empiresandtribes and was released on December 21, 2023. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

"Empires and Tribes" is a medieval city-builder and role-playing game hybrid, set in the 13th century. Oversee your city's growth, resources, and technology, while navigating political power struggles and raising a formidable army for protection. Experience immersive RPG elements, such as first-person perspective exploration, as you make critical economic and diplomatic decisions to maintain your position in this challenging world.

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67%

Audience ScoreBased on 310 reviews

graphics12 positive mentions

stability44 negative mentions

The game offers a unique blend of city-building and RPG elements, allowing players to engage in both management and first-person gameplay.
The developers are responsive and actively working on updates and bug fixes, showing commitment to improving the game.
The game has a lot of potential with interesting mechanics, such as the ability to marry and have children, and a dynamic aging system for both the player and NPCs.

The game is plagued by numerous bugs and performance issues, including crashes, save file corruption, and AI pathfinding problems.
The tutorial is poorly designed, leaving players confused about basic mechanics and objectives, which can lead to frustrating gameplay experiences.
Graphics and UI are outdated and need significant improvement, making the game feel less polished compared to other titles in the genre.

graphics
52 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
23%
65%
12%
The graphics of the game have received mixed reviews, with many users noting that they are outdated and reminiscent of early 2000s titles, leading to a lack of visual appeal. While some players appreciate the potential and find certain aspects, like building visuals, satisfying, others criticize the overall quality, including poor textures and animations. Overall, there is a consensus that significant improvements are needed to elevate the game's graphics to a more modern standard.
- “The visuals of the buildings - watching your buildings upgrade from wood huts to fortified stone keeps is very satisfying.”
- “Great medieval game, wish my computer could run it more smoothly though, the castle, towers and walls look incredible along with everything else.”
- “The game shows great potential, graphics are great, nice idea, a little like the guild but a mix of survival gaming.”
- “Just bought the game, played for 10 minutes and asked for a refund. I think the game has a lot of potential, but the game designers obviously did not put the time into the game; the graphics are absolutely horrible, 1999 video game quality.”
- “I was taken aback by how crappy the textures and graphics looked in-game even at the highest settings and the horrible animations - it made me feel like I was playing a medieval Minecraft from 2008 and not a life/city simulator.”
- “Despite the promising concept, between the super clunky, unintuitive UI, lackluster graphics, and written content that is in desperate need of editing, this game veered quickly into the not fun™ camp.”
story
51 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
16%
78%
6%
The game's story and quest system offer a mix of engaging city-building and RPG elements, but many players find the quests to be repetitive and lacking in variety, often reduced to simple fetch tasks. While the concept is praised for its potential and unique blend of genres, the execution suffers from bugs and a lack of polish, leading to frustration with quest navigation and rewards. Overall, the narrative experience is seen as underdeveloped, with hopes for future updates to enhance the depth and drama of the quests.
- “This is a very unique game that manages to have beautiful city building, quests, and combat; sadly, there are very few games in this particular genre to compare it to.”
- “It has a story, quests, and assigning your villagers with jobs according to their likes.”
- “The best builder elements of Skyrim, fun NPC management, and a dynamic story.”
- “The quests your villagers give are boring; sadly, I hope newer versions of the game will have more dramatic quests, as for now it's mostly uninteresting fetch quests or characters asking for wood or food.”
- “The quests are simple and not fancy, and there is little in terms of variation.”
- “I really only stopped playing because I hit the point of just mindlessly repeating quests (this is my fault as I chose the smallest map which apparently has no conflicts unless you go insult your neighbor).”
gameplay
44 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
14%
79%
7%
The gameplay of this title is a mix of city-building, management, and RPG elements, offering a unique first-person perspective that some players find engaging and innovative. However, it suffers from numerous bugs and AI issues, leading to a confusing experience for many, despite its potential for replayability and depth. While some players appreciate the mechanics and the effort put into the game, others criticize it for being low quality and tedious at times, particularly regarding certain gameplay mechanics like evidence gathering.
- “Although this game looks outdated, gameplay-wise it not only clicks with me, it is a hidden gem I was looking for a long time — basically, this is a Guild 2 from a first-person perspective, with more autonomous and smarter AI, and less need to pause the game to decide something about production.”
- “The game mechanics allow for your style of play; you can run around and build everything you want or instruct villagers to go and build for you. It also allows you to engage in simple combat with animals and people.”
- “The game combines city building and management mechanics with top-down RTS, RPG progression and quests, castle building, and first-person combat.”
- “While it all looks very pretty, the actual gameplay is a confusing mess.”
- “Besides this issue, there are a massive array of other gameplay issues that render the game very low quality and quite boring most of the time.”
- “I do not recommend this game at this time as it's still riddled with bugs and gameplay issues.”
stability
44 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game is currently plagued by numerous bugs and glitches, significantly impacting stability and overall gameplay experience. Players report game-breaking issues, particularly with AI behavior, resource distribution, and save corruption, making it frustrating to progress. While some find enjoyment in its potential, many reviewers advise against purchasing it in its current early access state due to its unpolished nature.
- “This is an early access game; it's not finished, and at this moment, the game is filled with bugs and glitches. You'll probably encounter game-breaking bugs (it took me 2 tries to finish the tutorial because of game-breaking bugs), and many things are broken or yet to be implemented.”
- “Honestly, I can't recommend this game because it's so buggy and crash-prone as it stands right now.”
- “This game is currently a buggy mess for me; as such, I can't recommend it. Only get this to support the development of the game at the moment.”
optimization
13 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
23%
54%
23%
The game's optimization has been widely criticized, with users reporting severe performance issues, including massive save files and frequent crashes after 30-45 minutes of play. However, some players have noted improvements following a performance update, suggesting that optimization efforts may be making a positive impact. Overall, the game still lacks polish in various areas, including character animations and combat mechanics.
- “I think the performance update made a huge difference for me.”
- “Edit: performance has gotten better, thanks!”
- “- performance improved”
- “The game is severely deficient in polish of the basic things such as optimization, character animations, and the quest pool, bandit encounters, combat in general, as well as having no mounts in a giant land and no siege engines, but magical ability to tear down stone walls.”
- “Save files are massive, optimization is so bad, and the game closes itself after 30-45 minutes.”
- “Not sure if it's related to memory/game optimization.”
humor
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Players find humor in the game's quirky bugs, particularly the amusing lag that occurs when building multiple guild halls. Additionally, the transformation of a humble village into a bustling town is described as a funny and enjoyable experience, especially from a first-person perspective.
- “It is very funny seeing your poor little village evolve into a nice town, especially from the first-person view!”
grinding
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Players find the grinding aspect of the game tedious, particularly due to the repetitive nature of searching for hidden evidence in familiar locations. This mechanic can become monotonous as players become accustomed to the usual hiding spots.
- “Sadly, the court mechanics are based on looking for 'evidence' that's hidden in different parts of town, a mechanic I can see becoming tedious once you know all the usual hiding places.”
emotional
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Users express disappointment in the game's emotional impact, primarily due to subpar graphics and animations that detract from the immersive experience, likening it to outdated titles rather than a modern life or city simulator.

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17h Average play time

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Empires and Tribes is a economy city builder game with economy theme.

Empires and Tribes is available on PC, Mac OS and Windows.

On average players spend around 17 hours playing Empires and Tribes.

Empires and Tribes was released on December 21, 2023.

Empires and Tribes was developed by empiresandtribes.

Empires and Tribes has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked this game for its graphics but disliked it for its stability.

Empires and Tribes is a single player game.

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