- July 18, 2014
- Hearthfire Studios
- 28h median play time
Lantern Forge
Platforms
About
"Lantern Forge" is a sandbox survival game with isometric hack 'n slash combat, set in a procedurally generated world with day/night cycles and dynamic lighting. Gather resources to build, craft, and explore different biomes filled with unique monsters and treasures. Choose from 4 skill trees, enchant equipment, and build a town center for trade. Descend 90 levels underground to find rare materials and power up.






- Lantern Forge offers a fun mix of crafting, survival, and exploration, suitable for various playstyles.
- The game features a variety of biomes and a large underground area to explore, providing a sense of adventure.
- Regular saving and the ability to continue from where you left off make it convenient for casual play.
- The game is incomplete and has numerous bugs, leading to crashes and frustrating gameplay experiences.
- Controls are awkward, lacking traditional WASD movement, which can make navigation and combat cumbersome.
- Development has seemingly stopped, leaving the game feeling abandoned and lacking in promised updates.
- gameplay68 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
The gameplay of the game has received mixed reviews, with players noting enjoyable mechanics and a fun crafting system, but also highlighting significant issues such as bugs, crashes, and a lack of content that leads to a dull experience after a few hours. While the combat and RPG elements add some depth, many feel the game is incomplete and not polished enough for a full release, with repetitive gameplay and tedious controls detracting from the overall experience. Overall, the game shows potential but requires further development to enhance its gameplay and fix existing issues.
“First the good: the combat is fun (although simple), and the RPG mechanics give it a little extra flavor that other similar games lack.”
“While I think this game got out of early access too soon as some ideal content is to be desired, it still has gameplay that is currently pretty fun. The crafting is straightforward as all your recipes for what can be made with what workbench are listed, which doesn't require me to look up or remember how to make something. The game starts out with a 'Don't Starve' vibe, which I think is pretty nice.”
“Besides the survival and crafting gameplay elements, the game offers a decent and solid RPG experience with different types of armor, weapons, enchantments, and skills for you to develop your own unique character.”
“Unfortunately, broken gameplay, poor design decisions, and a buggy client make it really hard for me to recommend this game in its current stage of development.”
“At most, you will get an hour or two of gameplay out of it, but it's obvious that the game isn't finished and there is very little content.”
“There are many tedious bugs and the gameplay/interface needs much work.”