Dream Engines: Nomad Cities

This game is good, and for some weird reason there is a lot of reviews complaining that its not like other games? Like yes, that's the whole point of it being a different game. There is 2 problems with this game, only 1 being permanent, other being a challenge. - Map exploration/clearing is extremely tedious and repetitive/boring/slow. There is practically no way to speed this up at any point in the game. - The learning curve is extremely steep and it does NOT ease you into it. You will find yourself having to start anew multiple times to get the optimal snowball required for how fast difficulty scales. The balance of this game is extremely poor in that respect. Seems most players have been expecting more passive/casual gameplay like factorio and Riftbreaker or like Against the Storm where theres 0 consequence for failing/taking too long on 1 Map to have consequences. Yeah not in this game. However once you get past that learning curve. You can have fun in this game.

I don't know what it is about this game, but it feels very much like AI slop. The portraits are straight out of an AI image generator, and the combat is extremely basic along with the enemies.

While I would love to give this game glowing praise Since I do like it I would give it a 75/100 I can only highlight the positives and negatives and the issues with some of the reviews I read. The positive: -Unique, the concept of moving the base constantly to escape the increasing difficulty is a nice one that forces the player to adapt to new resources and redesign their micro factory to build the things that map can make. -Difficulty, is entirely player dictated with options for most features, you can set the classics like permadeath but also things like base map difficulty rising over time, production speed and much more. The difficulty also only really affects the score you get at the end of a successful or failed run. -The art style is nice, the 3D models look just like the splash art with a touch of Texturing that makes them look weathered or badly painted that reminds me of water colors. The buildings are animated like Factorio if slightly more cartoonishly and with a reliance on smoke for some. The Avatar "Tiny" fits the style of the buildings and enemies, the world looks like it fits to itself. -Tutorial explains what you need to know for basic play. -Story, th…

Dream Engines: Nomad Cities is a city-building survival strategy game developed by Suncrash and published by Suncrash alongside Gamera Games, blending automation management, exploration, combat, and resource logistics into a distinctive experience centered around mobility. While many city builders focus on constructing massive settlements designed to stand permanently against hardship, this game approaches survival from an entirely different angle. Your city is not meant to remain in one place forever. Instead, it exists as a massive flying fortress capable of lifting off and traveling to safer territory when danger becomes too great. Set within a ruined world consumed by strange corruption and nightmarish threats, the game places players in control of one of humanity’s last hopes for survival. Civilization no longer thrives through expansion alone. Adaptation becomes the most important skill. The hostile landscape constantly pressures players to gather resources, establish production systems, defend citizens, and eventually relocate before overwhelming dangers arrive. That simple idea changes the entire rhythm of city building and creates a strategic identity that feels remarkabl…

I Cannot get into this game for the life of me. Strange and not in a good way.

While the UI leaves much to be desired, and the game overall lacks polish, I find the core gameplay rather engaging. Most importantly, this is a title that tries to do something new with the genre.