Guilds of Mountgate

I would go into this game with an open mind not expecting a standard formula. The game is about working on skills, trading, questing, socializing, but more importantly discovery. The game doesn't tell you everything so you need to explore to figure out what XYZ does. Its sort of like a Melvor Idle style game but not telling you what every item does immediately or what NPC buys your goods for the best price. You need to discover these things whether by yourself or asking the community in chat. The game also offers idle and active gameplay. The active portion is optional and is mainly random events while doing any activity. Travelling? Well, maybe you find a buried treasure on the way but must click to receive it. Mining? Might find an opportunity to receive bonus ore and extra XP. The world also has random events (I haven't explored this yet) such as a town on fire and the economy collapses, a drought, or maybe the mines in a town are booming with resources. Travelling in this game takes real time so you must plan ahead. Inventory management is another part of the game. You can't just go around harvesting everything. You need to utilize banking and plan your routes or you will …

I like it thus far but I think it's probably better to go in with the expectation of this being a predominantly idle game. The trailer says you can play in a more active fashion but the minigames don't trigger enough to make it worth keeping your attention on the screen. The server seems to be kinda potato (it's slow to respond to input and you need to wait for a few seconds after each craft is completed to get the item) but it's early access so it's still tolerable.

It's fun for me, that's all I can say.

Great game, fun and maddening and immersive all at once. You finish smithing a bunch of stuff that took all day to make, and then walk ten minutes to a neighboring town only to remember that you needed to craft some arrows with wood that was only available in that town. So you walk ten minutes back and start chopping to get your wood, only your tool breaks so it's off to a different town six minutes up the road to reforge your tool, but [i]that[/i] town has a great hunting spot so it's time to harvest some deer...and then you realize you're due at work in three hours so it might be time to get some sleep. Yeah. I have never been less idle.

honestly just too much AI, if your gonna use this much AI just dont release it bro, whatever i gave it enough "time" to find out if its worth or not, honestly not worth your time. its not the satisfying levelling like osrs, you dont feel like your actually gaining anything out of the time spent, even if its AFK

This game won't be for everyone, but personally I like it. Simple IDLE style crafting game. There is a social aspect through the ingame chat and the people are helpful and pleasant from my few interactions. My biggest like is the music. Given that it is for the most part an AFK game, having it run while I do other things and just jiving to the music is great. Cheap price as well so I can't complain there at all either.