Silk

People seem to misunderstand what is the goal of this game. It is not a game about trading or warfare and conquest. It is a statement, it's meant to show the sheer scale of the Slik Road. It exists mainly to show you that the journey (remember the game happens at around Roman Empire times) is an incredible, hard to properly fathom distance. The game is not complex because it's more so a piece of art, a happening to be witnessed making you realise something you probably will never truly experience. Silk is great at what it's meant to be, perspective.

Exelent game, it is a pity that there are not many sounds and music; / but for fans of this type of games great, there is a challenge but also fun :D

I understand that this is an experimental game, but the UI and controls are plain bad.

Very immersive trading simulator, where you manually travel across the entire Silk Road. It is minimalistic, and allows you to experience the immense journey that is ancient Silk Road trading. Also pretty cool to see the other travellers whom you can take along on your team, especially because every place has a mix of locals and people from far away, with pretty drawings giving a lot of personality to represent them.

This is a fun game! This review is specifically focused on the Traveler destiny. As a non-"Gamer" attempting to provide context for other non-"Gamers", this game is spiritually similar to the Oregon Trail, if the Oregon Trail was open-world. You manage supplies (provisions) and livestock, which are necessary (or helpful) for the journey, while also managing/trading for trade goods (Silver, Wool, Spices, Silk). You can take any path you like (or no path at all), visit as many cities/towns/shrines/camps/ruins as you want (or none of them). You can just take a cute little tour of the Silk Road region and fully ignore the destiny tasks (still gotta watch those provisions though!) - which is also really fun, because there's a lot of research that has gone into the history of this region, and the pre-Medieval Silk Road as a phenomena, and the dedication to historicity is so charming and fun (the fast-fact voiceovers at most of the cities/large settlements/shrines of note are awesome!). [side note - I did study the Mediterranean Bronze Age at the postgraduate level, so while this is a bit beyond my scope of time and region, I am specifically someone who appreciates historical research…

Very well made, though some atmospheric music would be nice.