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- Hearthfire Studios
- Hearthfire Studios
- Hearthfire Studios
- Hearthfire Studios
Lantern Forge
Released On: Jun 19, 2014
Metascore
Available after 4 critic reviews
6.8
All Platforms
Believe me when I say you will sink days into this game. I got so wrapped up in playing it that I forgot to write the review and if that doesn’t say much for it’s wonderful mix of minecraft style building and RPG then I don’t know how to convince you.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 18 User Ratings
6.8
61% Positive
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
17% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
22% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 18 User Ratings
6.8
61% Positive
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
17% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
22% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
I found Lantern Forge two weeks ago and have wracked up 38 hours playing it. I am in love with the crafting, gathering materials to craft with, exploring the depths below and fighting beasties. It is everything I wanted from Minecraft with near mouse-only controls. There's a lot to explore and every depth below ground has randomly generated dungeons you can loot and kill beasties in. You can even mine their walls to use to build your own buildings top-side as well as take paintings and tapestries off the walls to sell or decorate your place with. Definitely well worth the $10 price tag on steam!
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OMG, where has this Gem **** been hiding. I've been after a game like this for sooo loooong..
An open Sandbox RPG survival game that just seems to have the right balance of gathering, building , crafting, exploring, 90 level underground so i hear, I haven't been anywhere near that low yet. , combat, skill trees, health, vitality. nice graphics. Randomly generated world at the start of the game, multiple save slots, be male or female. and cheap too..
I only have one arm too. and other games are so hard for me to play but all the controls in this game can be quite easily accessed by me. Fantastic. More later as i get deeper into the game
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I've put 20 plus hours into this game already. There is just tons of things to do, build, craft, explore, fight and even farm. This is a true sandbox game, letting you decide how to play it, It's a fantastic buy at the current price and a great little Gem to get!!
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My wife and I bought this game several days ago. We've managed to lose a good amount of sleep. This game is so addicting. The game as it is for us would be a 10! if we could visit each other's world and play co-op. Even if the game never becomes playable over a network, it is now and will ever be one of our favorites. We have played Diablo to Diablo III and games like minecraft. This is definitely a wonderful combination of everything we like in all of our games in one.
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I really like this game, which takes the feel of a classic RPG and combines it with randomly generated worlds and an extensive crafting system. The gameplay of Lantern Forge is tied heavily to exploration of this vast and unpredictable world, collecting and crafting, upgrading your resources and abilities to ultimately conquer it and make it your own. Lantern Forge ensures that each play can be different, with many things to do like making farms, finding dungeons, and building yourself a home. If you enjoy exploration and have a little imagination I think you will have a really good time with this game.
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I would give this game a solid 9 rating if the controls were a bit more friendly and if it wasn't laggy when generating new parts of the map. A very solid sandbox survival type game. Crafting/Farming/Building and Exploration as well as a ton of enemies to fight. A really great concept that is very very close to being great overall.
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I would really love to rate this game higher. It has the potential to be a superb title in what is a niche genre and has all the things we fans love about the genre - the building and crafting, monsters and combat, and loot and exploration, all without being an outright clone to similar games. Not to mention it is pretty. But it has two major flaws that for me, make the game almost unplayable. The first and most game breaking of the two being the constant need to draw the surrounding area, even when in familiar territory. Every few steps yields unplayable lag for a few seconds while "Generating Map." Secondly the controls could really be fleshed out to accommodate the laptop user. As it is the game is frustrating to play if using a touchpad and there is no way around this (without resorting to a mouse of course). I would very much love to see these two issues be addressed because the game is truly worthy of a much higher score.
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Summary A sandbox survival game with building, crafting, and RPG elements. Mine and forage for resources to build a home, plant crops, and craft weapons and armor. Then venture out to explore the wilderness, find hidden dungeons and temples, fight unique monsters, and collect the treasures they guard.
Platforms:
- PC
Initial Release Date: Jun 19, 2014
Developer:
- Hearthfire Studios
Publisher: Hearthfire Studios
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