Recent reviews by Milotic

Trash. Don't even bother.

Instead: Buy Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 (original) and download the fan-made RCT2 mod "OpenRCT2" project. Lightyears better optimization and options interface. Cannot believe the devs tried to pull this off without checking out the OpenRCT2 project. It's like they didn't even try.

General Review with Small Tweak Suggestions // Small Progression Spoilers

Genre: pixel-art, alchemy/crafting, rogue-like, god simulator, speedrun capability
Difficulty: 5/10, moderate difficulty, becomes easy once you learn all the recipes, can be frustrating discovering new recipes in the beginning

Graphics (Pixel): 8/10
Replayability: 8/10
Audio: 6/10
Value: 10/10

Every once in a while there comes a developer that makes a great game and puts it at a great price, Simmiland does all of that and more. The developer is active and listens while at the same time not giving every one what they want.

So a decade ago I played a mobile game that was identical to this, minus the people. It was a simple drag and drop alchemy game where you started with the "4 elements" and went one to eventually make things like wiring, lights, motors, all while unlocking a giant compendium of inventions. So this game is not original by any means, however it is a very good iteration of the "alchemy" style and I encourage you to keep adding more invetion branches and raising the price to $10 eventually. I also wish this game enough success to make a Switch port because let me tell you, this would be perfect for the platform.

OK! Suggestions! After playing to the end and nearly completing the compendium I have some cool ideas. No pressure, just things that popped into my head. I encourage everyone to comment on these ideas as I love speculating this kinda stuff! :]

1. I found a lot of the RNG maps had 1 to 5 tiled islands plopped in the middle of the ocean somewhere. The unusable space was annoying, maybe consider having a minimum island size?

2. You have a religion 1000 faith path, a 120+ IQ tech path, what about a withcraft/satanist path? Item examples may include ectoplasm, cauldron, bat (from swamp/rainforest), witch hut (require mountain terrain to build), etc. Condition could be also triggered by having a consistently low IQ AND Faith amount to prevent players from playing too slowly? Other than a third branch to go for, I don't see how this game can be improved other than a slightly better AI (it's already been tweaked and seems very decent as you get better at managing the game).

3. Now this is something I would love to incorporate into my stream: peed-running options. This game has almost everything to be considered a great SRL game. As such, I recommend a small addition of being able to link your Twitch and have the people born/spawn be randomly selected Followers/Subscribers. It would make repeated speed-running sessions fun for the player and viewers.

4. The card system is awesome. If you ever feel like adding new cards that would just further add value to this game. The only thing I would like to see is a Faith Down card, something to manipulate faith if it's getting too high for a 120+ IQ run.

So thank you for a cool little game, I enjoy niche rogue-likes and this is a good one.

The best Online CCG out there right now. Konami is a money-grabbing machine, however, they are generous with giving in-game currency (both gems and coins) if you spend the time to participate in their Stage Quests and frequent events! So the pay-to-win factor is there, but you can absolutely grind out everything in the game without paying a cent. It will just take you 20x longer to do so.

The Kaiba Cups (their version of an official tournament, also gets you WCQ invites) happen twice a year, so in theory, you have 6 months of grinding to become meta relevent each season. The monthly ranking seasons will be hard until you get a bigger card pool, but Gold 1+ is definitely achievable with just a few weeks of playing the game and advancing through the Gate levels.

They have implemented a Forbidden List in-game, however there are only a few cards on it, and it does not impact the pay-to-win factor that much at all. It also doesn't impact the diversity of the meta either, which if you compare it to the IRL TCG and OCG, Duel Links is very Diverse.

As a Recommendation: Farm Gates, Level Up Characters, SAVE YOUR GEMS that you farm. Look up builds and do not spend the gems until you know the direction you want to take your competetive deck. Do your research, there's a lot of card farming tips and box openning techniques out there.

The greatest game of all time under $10.