The Nature

Received a copy of The Nature to review, and it took me an evening to start understanding this experimental game. This is not a mainstream game experience, but I think there is something to enjoy for the thoughtful gamer. It is a cross between an action rpg and "conway's game of life." First, it is difficult to look past the English language problems in the dialogue, which also acts as a tutorial. The basic idea of the game is the player is dropped into a giant "pietri dish" (pool) of intelligent agents: Humans, Bears, Snakes, Bees, and others. Each agent has their own scripted AI, which causes them to gather resources, fight, and level up. A quest-giver, called The Nature, gives the player quests of collecting resources or interacting with the AI. Then, the player gathers resources, along with the agent AIs, to complete quests or craft an item. Lot of random things happening here: (1) resources are randomly placed in certain biomes, (2) agent AIs will sometimes be gathering all the items that you need, (3) there is only one item available to craft at a time - as specified through the "dream ability." For example, I had to find three rocks, for my particular craft item, but the r…

Kind of short and meaningless but the concept of a self sustained rpg biosphere is really interesting. The game is hard to balance and develop but perhaps the developer should try further since the ideea has great potential.

You are in the nature and surrounded by different creatures. Every creature tries to survive just like you. You have nothing more than others but one. You have an anomaly. Your anomaly is the ability to talk with the spirit of the nature. The spirit of the nature is trying to get rid of anomalies and create a balanced nature. It decides to utilize you for defeating other anomalies. Edited: I have bought the game, but some reason review system says that I have had it free.

I loved the chaotic yet directed gameplay. You never know what you will come across or what a new creature in the world will do. I am currently addicted otherwise I would write a more in-depth review. It is an addicting game for a great price. Edit: Now that I have played an unhealthy number of rounds on this one, this game feels like it is still in development. The English is choppy, there is a lack of an option for instructions on how to use the controls effectively, and the world can be pretty imbalanced due to the nature of the game and item spawns; it can be seen as a challenging aspect of the game or simply an imbalance, depending. I still recommend this game for the price, but it needs a little more love from developers. For instance, my family in the game has randomly begun attempting to kill me, so I must constantly run away from them to survive considering I have made them as strong as I am. That just.. doesn't seem right? How am I supposed to play when I can't even trust my family not to murder me? My followers will also try to kill eachother if I have the wrong mix. This is never established as a mechanic in the game, the idea of certain species always going aggro on a…

Fun Game! Made me reminisce about old school games. It has that feeling which is a good thing :) I would recommend this game!

Fantastic little game with an interesting premise of a naturally living world. While the writing leaves a bit to be desired and there is very little in the ways of instruction, the game is a fun and interesting take. Purchased on sale but well worth regular price.