King of Dragon Pass

Immersive narrative, with the lore and dynamics of the clan in Dragon Pass, truly addicting for me.

i have significantly more hours on mobile, but figured i'd review here too. while i dont like the art nearly as much as Six Ages, this game's world is beautiful and fascinating and I feel forced to fully immerse myself in order to succeed. like my modern notions of ettiquete and morality do not work here, they do not keep my clan happy or healthy. you gotta adapt to what works in their culture

It's a classic, the sort of game you have on the edges of your memory and try to recollect its name every once in a while, and my playtime on Steam is just my playtime now I've picked up this Steam/mobile version. Really, even with this release, for me the game is all about the world building and unpicking the lore and myths to it. The actual management side and navigation through the perils of Dragon Pass reflect design choices from a quarter of a century ago, slightly altered a decade ago for this release, and can grate at times when the game's systems aren't quite feeling cohesive or throw out results which raise an eyebrow. If you can get it for buttons and want to buy into that world building and the narrative choices then I'd recommend it. I've obviously held off this version until an 85% off sale so expectations for me were already suitably set.