Lakeburg Legacies

clearing my backlog!! game #2! i was so excited to try this but i was let down. the premise is great but it falls flat and gets super repetitive very quickly. ~ dating matches dont matter. the townsfolk just do what they want anyway including divorcing their perfectly matched spouse for someone incompatible. ~ resource management is both simultaneously boring and overwhelming. ~ the artstyle is incredible. absolutely gorgeous. idk its fine for a little while but gets boring too quickly for me to recommend :(

The only really annoying thing about this game is it's clunky UI (which might never get improved because the game seems to have been abandoned by now). Especially more filter-options (yes I do want to know who is pregnant but no I do not want to know who has which fleeting sentiment) and an expandable menu for the overview of your villagers would be much needed. The idea is lovely, the lines are funny (at least upon first time reading). The dating system is mandatory and nice to have but especially on endless when the village gets crowded, some (best case optional) automatisation would have been really convenient to have because if you want to get the most out of it you either need to have brilliant memory or your phone/pencil and paper at hand while going through the 3-step-process of "dates". Still nice to see a city builder that also has family trees although to see siblings you need to klick on the parents first (more sims-style would have been a less annoying experience for me there) and we are back at the annoying UI I mentioned above already. Autonomy of the villagers could have been a little higher and more impactful for my liking, but there is autonomy. They meet other…

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Its a bit pricey but its well balanced, genetics actually work, which is usually thing that annoys me in games like these. Music doesn't get annoying, and all actions have balanced consequences. I wish developers get more recognitions and start updating more, once they'll have time again. Also characters looks and difficulty are very adjustable.

When Steam asked if I would recommend this game, I selected yes. Because I have enjoyed my time with it. But I would people newly purchasing this game to proceed with caution. The developers abandoned this game less than a year after release. The game feels good to play but unfinished. The gameplay loop came get old fast. It's a great game to get on sale and have a couple of obsessive gameplay sessions with. But what you see is what you get. I really wish the developers had give this game a more time to get it legs but I'm guessing it did do as well as they wanted out the gate. Which is the risk you take when you release a game that is not quite ready for prime time.

Complaints about the modern speech feeling out of place in a historic setting are clearly unfamiliar with postmodernism and eclecticism in art. The humor is irreverent, so it was obvious to me from the start that the devs never set out to make a game that was 100% faithful to the time period. This is exactly why it doesn’t seem odd for female characters to be doing jobs they would not have done at that time, nor for same sex couples to marry. It’s a mashup. From what I can tell, the bad reviews are from people who just didn’t get what the developers were aiming for, or wanted something (like fully fleshed out relationships between couples) that really isn’t necessary to enjoy the game if you’re a certain kind of player—which I am. I have no interest in playing a hardcore city management game . I also find traditional dating sims extremely draining. So to me, this game is a perfect middle ground. The management aspect is easy to get the hang of intuitively (by failing somewhat on a first run). While the relationships among family members aren’t deep, I actually had a great time playing with what felt like a giant dollhouse. I’m so glad the devs updated the game so players can name…