Voxel Turf

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Voxel Turf is a single player and multiplayer strategy game. It was developed by L Twigger and was released on September 13, 2017. It received positive reviews from players.

"Voxel Turf" is a voxel-based city-building and management game with real-time strategy and action elements. Players can build and customize their own cities, engage in battles against AI or other players, and manage resources to ensure their city's growth and success. The game also features destructible environments, procedural generation, and various missions and challenges to complete.

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Audience ScoreBased on 980 reviews

gameplay42 positive mentions

grinding6 negative mentions

The game combines elements of GTA, Minecraft, and SimCity, offering a unique sandbox experience.
The developer is responsive and actively updates the game, addressing bugs and adding new content.
The gameplay allows for a variety of play styles, including city building, crime, and turf wars, making it engaging and fun.

The controls and gameplay mechanics can feel clunky and unrefined, leading to frustrating experiences.
AI behavior is often unrealistic, with enemy NPCs exhibiting aimbot-like accuracy and poor pathfinding.
The graphics and UI are basic and lack polish, which may detract from the overall experience.

gameplay
144 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay of the game has received mixed reviews, with many players appreciating its core concept and potential but criticizing its execution. While the city-building and management mechanics are seen as engaging, the overall gameplay is often described as clunky and basic, particularly in terms of driving and combat mechanics, which can detract from the experience. Additionally, the lack of a coherent tutorial and poor AI behavior further complicate the gameplay, making it challenging for new players to fully enjoy the game.
- “While all the mechanics in this game are relatively straightforward and are something you can figure out on your own to an extent, the implications of those mechanics and how they interact with you and other mechanics is what really causes this game to be something special.”
- “The gameplay is fun and fast and the variety of things to do had us playing for hours straight.”
- “This game is a neat little gem that combines quite a few interesting mechanics and systems from other games and breeds them to create a fun, play-your-own-way voxel sandbox.”
- “The gameplay on the other hand is extremely bare bones; gunplay is shoot until they're dead, and the AI is the biggest flaw of the game by far.”
- “Enemy AI has extreme vision and pretty much aimbot since they never miss a shot. The second they see you (and it will always be before you see them), they will bumrush you, which just exaggerates the already horrible shooting mechanics.”
- “My biggest fault with this game is that it is very hard for a new player to get into the game due to the tutorial skipping over most of the city building mechanics, cop chase mechanics, economy mechanics, and most importantly, it doesn't tell you anything about the diplomacy in the game.”
story
128 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The story of Voxel Turf revolves around a mercenary navigating a semi-anarchistic city filled with various factions, where players can engage in a wide range of missions, from committing crimes to city building. While the game offers a diverse array of mission types and gameplay mechanics, it suffers from clunky controls and AI issues that can detract from the experience. Despite its flaws, the potential for creativity and the variety of activities available keep players engaged, making it a unique blend of sandbox and mission-driven gameplay.
- “Voxel Turf is a game where you control a mercenary doing missions for rich lunatics to poor lunatics in a semi-anarchistic city surrounded by bandits and controlled by many different factions of which you are one of.”
- “I absolutely adore the freedom given in the game while also having an element of linear stories due to the quests you're able to accept.”
- “There is great mission variety in this game, and these range from street races, to damaging property, to saving civilians from thugs and even driving an ambulance.”
- “The AI is this game's greatest weakness, and its combat exemplifies that to such a degree you'll be rage quitting since you failed a mission because some bandit 1km away spots you and starts raining hellfire with an SMG, killing you while you already have 10 HP from fighting all the other cracked-out seeming green beret special forces enemy AI at the hardware store.”
- “Missions - there are lots of missions related to the above, such as rescuing homes and businesses under attack from bandits (this isn't modern times, it's some sort of semi-dystopian setting? There's very little lore, but what's there is quite interesting I think) and trying to overthrow the government, but you can also steal progressively harder to obtain vehicles like tanks and sell them for profit in some missions, undermine rival gangs, and try to fulfill the requirements for getting special buildings like a rocket program for bonuses.”
- “Then I played missions, but then that seemed too shallow.”
graphics
78 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The graphics of the game have received mixed reviews, with many players noting their simplistic and crude nature, often comparing them to voxel-based games like Minecraft. While some appreciate the nostalgic feel and find the gameplay engaging enough to overlook the visuals, others criticize the lack of aesthetic detail and overall quality, suggesting that the graphics detract from the experience. Ultimately, players agree that while the graphics may not be impressive, the gameplay remains the primary focus and can still provide an enjoyable experience.
- “The graphics are reminiscent of another certain blocky game, and here they can look quite nice especially amidst a dense metropolis at night.”
- “For such a low price, you do get some weird graphics but if you overlook it for the mechanics and gameplay, it's worth your money and time.”
- “The graphics feel nostalgic.”
- “The general art style is disappointing to be honest, and that's hard to say because the actual gameplay is great.”
- “The graphics look terrible, I'm not gonna lie here, but this truly is a labor of love and the devs are really trying to make the best game they can offer.”
- “- No effort has been put into any aesthetic detail in this game, the only evidence you need is to look at the basically unanimated rectangle men that occupy the city and the out of place vehicles they ride around in.”
music
24 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The music in the game has received overwhelmingly positive feedback, with many players praising the catchy and incredible soundtrack that enhances the overall experience. Users enjoy listening to the chill music while exploring the game world, often expressing a desire for the soundtrack to be available for purchase. Overall, the music stands out as a highlight, contributing significantly to the game's atmosphere.
- “However, the audio is saved by an incredible soundtrack, which is a great joy to listen to whilst playing.”
- “The soundtrack is amazing.”
- “Honestly, my favorite thing is to simply generate a city, find a cozy highrise like a library, and simply look over the cityscape whilst listening to some of the game's chill music.”
- “Honestly, the music is pretty catchy at times.”
- “Please sell the soundtrack.”
optimization
22 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Overall, the game's optimization is praised for its smooth performance and lack of bugs, with many players noting the effective use of optimization techniques that enhance gameplay. However, some users experienced performance issues, particularly when connecting to servers with high traffic, suggesting that while the game is generally well-optimized, there are still areas for improvement. Regular updates from the developer have significantly contributed to the game's optimization, leading to a positive reception overall.
- “The game mechanics are amazing, the performance is quite smooth, and I never had any bugs or crashes.”
- “I remember when the streets of SimCity boasted being able to drive in your city, but this is much more fleshed out and takes advantage of a ton of optimization techniques that allow you to have lots of fully explorable buildings in one area.”
- “- performance/optimization sucks atm.”
- “- could use with better performance I think.”
- “What led me to buy this game was the fact that the developer took his time to develop proper optimization updates for this game.”
grinding
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Players find the grinding aspect of the game tedious and frustrating, particularly when trying to earn significant rewards like housing blocks or completing bank heists. Many suggest that introducing additional money-making activities, such as drug trafficking or farming, could enhance the experience and reduce the grind.
- “Makes bank heists, or anything fun like that pretty tedious and frustrating.”
- “Quite a bit of grinding to get anything of significant value - including housing blocks.”
- “All the game needs is more ways to make money and credits, like maybe drug trafficking, farming, etc., and it would be even better.”
stability
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Overall, the game's stability is generally solid, with many users reporting no significant bugs or glitches. However, some players note that it still feels like an early access title, experiencing occasional glitches that, while present, do not detract significantly from the overall enjoyment.
- “Fun game still feels like early access with some glitches, but overall very fun.”
- “Many glitches, but it doesn't ruin the game.”
- “Many glitches, but it doesn't ruin the game.”
replayability
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game offers significant replayability, enhanced by its multiplayer features and workshop support, which provide a wealth of content. Players appreciate the surprising depth of mechanics, despite a learning curve, contributing to a rich and engaging experience that encourages multiple playthroughs.
- “Multiplayer and workshop support add a ton of replayability and content.”
- “Final thoughts: fantastic game with a surprising amount of depth and replayability, but a bit of a learning curve.”
- “Mechanics seem so simple, yet there is plenty of depth to this game and replayability.”
humor
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The humor in the game is described as chaotic and silly, featuring amusing elements like voxel graphics, explosive action, and absurd scenarios. While some players find it entertaining, particularly in multiplayer settings, others feel it lacks depth and may not hold up when played solo. Overall, the humor is appreciated but not universally compelling, with mixed ratings around 5.5/10.
- “I wouldn't play this game alone, but it can be kinda funny. 5.5/10”
atmosphere
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's atmosphere is characterized by a lively, traversable city that offers an engaging open-world experience, despite some crude graphics and limited view distance. Players appreciate the ability to build and destroy within the environment, which enhances the sense of immersion, while the vocal chatter contributes to a GTA-like ambiance. Overall, the atmosphere is enjoyable and worth exploring, even with a smaller player base.
- “Not many players, but very enjoyable traversable city, which looks alive. Everything can be built, containing an already established workforce, economics, and multiple players. However, the graphics are a bit crude and the view distance is not the best. The entire open world atmosphere of being able to explore it makes it a good experience worth enjoying.”
- “25% of the GTA atmosphere is all of the vocal chatter.”