Territory: Animals Genetic Strategy
- May 31, 2022
- Simplemole
- 4h median play time
Get on Steam"Territory: Animals Genetic Strategy" is a single-player isometric 2D strategy game where you control and mutate animals to achieve various goals in a realistic natural environment. You can evolve animals' genes to change their behavior, enable them to eat specific food, reproduce, expand territories, and fight competing species. The game offers more than 40 animal species, 80 genes, and 12 maps to explore across three different biomes.
PC
Windows
Reviews
- The game offers a unique and engaging concept of controlling animals through genetic modifications, providing depth and strategic gameplay.
- Cute graphics and animations make the game visually appealing, enhancing the overall experience.
- The game has a good progression in difficulty, allowing players to gradually learn and master its mechanics.
- The game can be overly simplistic and lacks depth, leading to a feeling of repetitiveness after a short playtime.
- Performance issues, including lag and crashes, especially in late-game scenarios, detract from the overall enjoyment.
- The user interface and control settings can be frustrating, making it difficult to navigate and interact with game elements.
- gameplay8 mentions
- 38 % positive mentions
- 25 % neutral mentions
- 38 % negative mentions
The gameplay is engaging and offers a mix of tutorial challenges and progressively complex levels that require strategic thinking. Players appreciate the flexibility provided by the genes mechanic, allowing for personalized playstyles, while the map design effectively introduces new mechanics. Although there are suggestions for quality of life improvements, the overall experience is enjoyable and provides hours of fun.
“The game consists of a series of challenges ranging from introductory levels teaching you game mechanics to more difficult and bigger maps which require more of your brain power.”
“While there are some things that could be polished, the game already offers you hours of fun gameplay.”
“The genes mechanic gives you flexibility and enables you to customize your playstyle, which I found really cool.”
“Beyond the little challenge missions that are essentially mechanics tutorials, your job is essentially to increase the percentage of the animal biosphere you control.”
“The game consists of a series of challenges ranging from introductory levels teaching you game mechanics to more difficult and larger maps which require more of your brain power.”
“My main quality of life suggestion would be to allow players to move the map (WASD) even when the game is paused, and my main gameplay suggestion would be to create an option for den relocation, making it cost movement points per block moved or something like that.”
- graphics4 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 25 % neutral mentions
- 75 % negative mentions
The graphics are described as cute and minimalistic, featuring charming animations of animals that enhance the overall aesthetic. While the visuals may appear simple, they effectively complement the game's depth and engaging gameplay.
“The graphics are very cute, especially when your fluffy bunnies start swinging axes at other adorable species.”
“I especially appreciate the cute animations of animals and the overall graphic design.”
“Graphic design is minimalistic, but very pleasant to look at.”
- story1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 300 % negative mentions
The story primarily revolves around expanding control over the animal biosphere, with minimal narrative depth beyond tutorial-like challenge missions that serve to introduce game mechanics.
“The story feels disjointed and lacks a coherent narrative, making it hard to stay engaged.”
“Character development is minimal, leaving the players with little emotional investment in the plot.”
“The plot twists are predictable and fail to deliver any real surprises or excitement.”
- optimization1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 300 % negative mentions
The optimization of the game is notably poor, as users report frequent crashes upon completing scenarios, hindering the overall gameplay experience.
“Performance-wise, I crashed every time I completed a scenario and tried to start a new one.”
“The game is poorly optimized; I experience frequent frame drops and stuttering during gameplay.”
“Loading times are excessively long, making it frustrating to get into the game.”
- replayability1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Reviewers indicate that the game has limited replayability, as most scenarios can be completed in a single playthrough, leaving little incentive to revisit once the content is fully explored. Some suggest it may be more worthwhile to purchase during a sale.
“Might be worth it on sale, but I don't see a lot of replayability once you've run through most of the scenarios to get an idea of what it's about.”
- music1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 300 % negative mentions
Users have noted that the music during the loading screen does not align with the volume settings configured in the game, leading to a disjointed audio experience.
“The music during the loading screen does not match the volume settings adjusted in the game.”
“The soundtrack feels repetitive and lacks variety, making it hard to stay engaged.”
“The background music is often too loud, drowning out important sound effects and dialogue.”
