The Warhorn
- January 29, 2019
- Pigeons Interactive
- 12h median play time
Get on SteamIn "The Warhorn," you leave your life as a lumberjack to become an adventurer and seek immortality on a distant archipelago. This game combines RPG and city-building/management elements with exploration, puzzles, and open-world features. Explore five distinct biomes, each with unique sub-biomes, resources, and creatures, while solving puzzles and facing various foes.
PC
Windows
Reviews
- The game has a lot of potential with interesting mechanics like village building, crafting, and exploration.
- Despite its bugs, many players find the game enjoyable and engaging, especially in co-op mode.
- The art style and atmosphere are appreciated, providing a visually appealing experience.
- The game is plagued by numerous bugs and glitches, making it frustrating to play at times.
- There has been a lack of updates and communication from the developers, leading many to believe the game is abandoned.
- Combat and quest mechanics are poorly designed, resulting in a lack of direction and enjoyment.
- story25 mentions
- 28 % positive mentions
- 60 % neutral mentions
- 12 % negative mentions
The game's story is criticized for being underdeveloped and lacking depth, with many quests feeling bugged or incomplete. While some players appreciate the potential for interesting gameplay and village-building mechanics, they find the main quest and NPC interactions to be bland and unengaging. Overall, the narrative elements are seen as needing significant improvement to enhance the gaming experience.
“I recommend it even with the bugs, but hope the devs will fix it ASAP, and add more about the story etc. This is an amazing game with so much potential!”
“Amazing story.”
“It has a rather huge open world, puzzles, quests, and lots and lots of loot, and I can't wait to see those things become more fleshed out over time.”
“As you might have guessed, it's not about the story.”
“The main quest though... one big mess.”
“The story so far is present but somewhat bland, though I haven't gotten too far into it yet.”
- gameplay21 mentions
- 29 % positive mentions
- 57 % neutral mentions
- 14 % negative mentions
The gameplay has received mixed reviews, with some players praising the updated fighting mechanics and enjoyable building systems, while others criticize the numerous bugs, crashes, and lack of developer support. Although the game offers fun physics and engaging survival mechanics, many feel it still requires significant improvements to enhance the overall experience. Overall, while there are promising elements, the game is currently hindered by technical issues and incomplete features.
“They have updated the fighting mechanics and made it smooth, and the lag has been fixed.”
“Loads of playtime still ahead; I love the building and mechanics.”
“It's early access, but there are lots of well-thought-out systems that could provide for interesting and deep gameplay if the developers stick with development.”
“Basically, this game is what Medieval Dynasty aspires to eventually be in terms of gameplay, but unless you want to switch on an oven-sized computer, it will not make it.”
“It’s full of bugs and poorly implemented or downright broken mechanics.”
“I would recommend this game, but it will definitely need some more work to improve the gameplay experience.”
- graphics19 mentions
- 42 % positive mentions
- 42 % neutral mentions
- 16 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game receive mixed reviews, with many players appreciating the unique art style and vibrant visuals, while others criticize the low-quality graphics and inconsistencies in character design. Some users highlight the game's potential for improvement, particularly in graphical fidelity, but overall, the art style is generally well-received, especially for its charm and ease on the eyes. Despite some negative feedback, the graphics are often seen as fitting for the game's concept, with a few players noting that gameplay and physics take precedence over visual quality.
“The game itself has a lot of potential and looks really good with its art style.”
“The graphics are great and great frame rates.”
“Love the voxel-inspired graphics and the concept of the game, can't wait to see the next updates!”
“Graphics are horrible and low level players be prepared to die many times and constantly lose things you worked hard to get and manage your money unless you can find your body again you get everything back but your money so when you die all your money is lost for good so no more buying unless you do quests which you need money to buy if you lost your body then to find your body is a challenge cause going back to the spot it can be a different enemy which can be harder or easier and without weapons or tools you can't craft anything no axe or pickaxe or anything needed so learn to sneak which is complicated with the horrible AI.”
“Horrible graphics.”
“First off, I love the idea of the game, love the art style, was excited to play, however, from the get-go I was disappointed. First off, why do the male characters look better than the females?”
- stability14 mentions
- 21 % positive mentions
- -14 % neutral mentions
- 93 % negative mentions
The game's stability has received mixed reviews, with many players reporting significant bugs and glitches that can hinder gameplay, such as quest failures and map issues. While some users acknowledge these problems as typical for early access titles, others find them frustrating enough to impact their overall experience. However, a few players note that the game runs well for them with only minor, non-game-breaking issues.
“The game runs great, and the bugs I have discovered are very minimal and in no way game-breaking so far.”
“I haven't encountered any major issues; the game feels stable and reliable.”
“The performance is solid, with smooth gameplay and very few glitches.”
“Bought on sale for $2; the game is a buggy mess. Quests don't work half the time, the map was glitched, and swimming would often glitch out as well.”
“Okay, let's get this out of the way first: yes, there are some bugs and glitches in the game.”
“I can't review the game because it won't load a new world. The game freezes up and then gives me a report screen. Anyone know a fix? My computer meets all the requirements.”
- music7 mentions
- 71 % positive mentions
- -14 % neutral mentions
- 43 % negative mentions
The music in the game is highly praised for its ability to enhance the exploration experience, with players noting that it is both enjoyable and fitting for various environments and times of day. Sound effects complement the music well, adding a mix of realism and humor, although some players wish for options to mute specific sounds. Overall, the soundtrack contributes to a relaxing and immersive atmosphere, making it a standout feature of the game.
“You can easily lose track of time as you explore and listen to the music.”
“The music is quite well done and fits the different areas/times of day; the cell shading style graphics work quite well, the puzzles are fun and engaging, and the town building is just the right pace.”
“It is a simply beautiful world with nice music and relaxing sounds.”
“The music is forgettable and doesn't enhance the gameplay experience.”
“The soundtrack feels repetitive and lacks variety, making it hard to stay engaged.”
“I found the music to be quite bland and uninspiring, which detracted from the overall atmosphere.”
- humor4 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The humor in the game is a mixed bag; while some players found the NPC names amusing and appreciated the occasional funny sound effects, others felt that the overall experience was marred by poor design and frustrating gameplay elements. The humor seems to provide a lighthearted contrast to the otherwise lackluster combat and exploration.
“The names of the NPCs had us laughing.”
“It's fun, relaxing, tense, at times hard; the music is great, the sound effects are both realistic and sometimes funny, or have you wishing you could turn off that one sound, 'I know my inventory is full again.'”
“(A little odd but funny.)”
- grinding4 mentions
- 25 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 75 % negative mentions
Overall, players find the grinding aspect of the game to be somewhat mixed; while some feel it leans towards being overly grindy, particularly with fast respawning loot diminishing the need for farming, others appreciate that gathering resources is not particularly grindy, enhancing the overall experience.
“The gathering is super not grindy, which is cool.”
“It's a bit grindy for my taste.”
“Loot also respawns incredibly fast, which is kind of meh as well since you can just go and grab what you need and come back later, kind of killing the point of doing any farming on your own.”
“Gathering is not super grindy.”
- optimization4 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- -25 % neutral mentions
- 75 % negative mentions
Overall, the game's optimization is a mixed bag; while it is playable for an early access title, users report significant performance issues that detract from the experience. Many hope that these problems will be addressed before the official launch, alongside necessary quality of life improvements.
“For an early access game, it's actually very playable.”
“Well optimized.”
“The worst problem we experienced, however, was the overall poor performance of the game.”
“For an early access game, it's actually very playable, apart from some severe performance issues, which I'll get into below.”
“I'm recommending it with the hope that performance issues will be fixed before the game launches, and that quality of life improvements are made.”
- atmosphere2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The atmosphere is currently perceived as dull, lacking vibrancy and engagement.
“The atmosphere is dull at the moment.”
- replayability1 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
Players acknowledge some bugs in the game, but overall, they find it playable and enjoyable, suggesting a solid level of replayability.
- monetization1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Users express a desire for more control over monetization practices, specifically advocating for an option to filter out EA titles from their game recommendations and advertisements on platforms like Steam.
“I think we should start a petition to add a filter to opt out of seeing EA titles in your queue or on Steam homepage ads.”
