- November 9, 2023
- polyperfect
- 131h median play time
Polylithic
Platforms
About
"Polylithic is a single-player adventure game set in the Paleolithic/Neolithic era with vibrant low-poly graphics and a sci-fi twist. Gather resources, craft items, and hunt animals to grow your tribe and build a settlement, with over 10 hours of playtime filled with grinding and resource management. Manage your tribe members, assign them tasks, and ensure their needs are met to strengthen your tribe and unlock new technologies."











- The game features beautiful graphics and a unique art style that enhances the prehistoric setting.
- There is a good foundation for gameplay with interesting quest lines, resource gathering, and settlement building mechanics.
- The developers are responsive to feedback and actively working on updates, showing promise for future improvements.
- The game suffers from clunky controls and a frustrating camera system that makes navigation and hunting difficult.
- Many players find the tutorial overly long and restrictive, limiting the ability to explore the game freely.
- AI behavior for both allies and enemies is often criticized as being dull and unresponsive, impacting the overall gameplay experience.
story
38 mentions Positive Neutral NegativeThe story aspect of the game has received mixed reviews, with players noting that while the graphics and quest lines are interesting, the execution is often flawed. Many users have expressed frustration with vague quest instructions, a lengthy and forced tutorial, and issues with the migration feature that detracts from the building experience. Additionally, technical problems such as broken task meters and unresponsive NPCs have hindered the overall narrative experience.
“This game has good graphics, interesting quest lines, and lots of things to build and research.”
“Last week, the sandbox mode was released, which adds a whole other dimension to the game. In story mode, you start out with a house already established, allowing you to recruit additional tribe members; with sandbox mode, you have to make a whole bunch of stuff before you can even build a house and grow your tribe.”
“The tutorial is painfully long - obviously intended to be over 2 hours, and the game is locked behind 'story mode', which is literally a forced tutorial.”
“Some quests have very little instruction, and you have to just figure it out by trial and error.”
“I spent three quarters of an hour trying to find stalks for javelins and axes in this silly grindy migration quest that comes with a blinding winter where you cannot save, and out of nowhere a bull massacres me and my tribesman, setting me back to a vast wilderness quest, so now I have to grind for another three quarters of an hour for these seldom found stalks.”