Farthest Frontier
Release Date: August 9, 2022 Early Access
Strategy, economic, RTS, the middle ages, survival, indie games, city builder, singleplayer
Steam
An expansive RTS developed by Crate Entertainment- the creators of bestselling Grim Dawn. Farthest Frontier tasks us with developing a settlement from a small wooden village to a thriving city.
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The main pros of the game
- Relaxing and Immersive Gameplay: Many players find the game enjoyable and calming, allowing for hours of engaging play.
- Beautiful Graphics and Detail: The visuals are praised for their stunning detail, including seasonal changes and vibrant environments.
- In-Depth Farming and Resource Management: The farming system is well-designed, with crop rotation and disease management that adds depth to gameplay.
- Engaging Mechanics: Players appreciate the balance of city-building, resource management, and survival challenges, with efficient villager AI.
- Continuous Updates and Improvements: The developers are actively working on the game, adding new features and balancing gameplay, which keeps players optimistic about its future.
- Replayability: The sandbox nature of the game allows for varied play styles and strategies, providing a fresh experience with each playthrough.
The main cons of the game
- Endgame Content Limitations: Once players reach a certain population size, many feel the game loses its depth and becomes repetitive, leading to a desire for more late-game content.
- Performance Issues: Some users report performance drops at higher population counts, which can hinder gameplay.
- User Interface Problems: Players have noted that the UI can be cluttered, with small icons and text that are hard to read, especially on larger screens.
- Bugs and Technical Issues: There are mentions of various bugs, including issues with worker assignments and game crashes, which detract from the experience.
- Lack of Clear Goals: Some players feel the sandbox nature of the game leads to a lack of purpose or direction, making it feel grindy and ultimately unfulfilling.
The features or elements that are missing from the game according to users
- More Late-Game Content: Players desire additional content and mechanics for the later stages of gameplay to keep it engaging.
- Improved Building Mechanics: Suggestions for more castle-building options and fortifications have been made.
- Better UI and Production Overview: Users want a clearer and more user-friendly interface for managing resources and production chains.
- Diplomatic Systems: Some players hope for the inclusion of diplomacy with traders and factions to enhance gameplay dynamics.
- More Control Over Villagers: The ability to assign specific tasks to villagers and better management of worker roles is a common request.
- Enhanced Performance Optimization: Many users would like to see improvements in the game's performance, especially with larger settlements.
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Farthest Frontier Description
Farthest Frontier is a complex RTS with an extensive economic layer, set in a world inspired by the European Middle Ages. It was developed by indie studio Crate Entertainment, also responsible for a bestselling hack'n'slash Grim Dawn.
Mechanics
Farthest Frontier has us play as the leaders of a settlement on the edge of the known world. Our goal is to develop this small wooden village into a thriving city.
There are many duties we must fulfill throughout the game. One of the most important is resource gathering, as we need resources to construct buildings. There are more than fifty different facilities to build, ranging from houses, public buildings, workshops (that can produce over sixty unique items, warehouses, to defense buildings such as barracks to recruit soldiers at (though we must also properly equip them), watchtowers and palisades (later on replaced by stone walls). Walls are important, as soon enough our settlement may come under attack from enemies and looters. Additionally, production buildings can be upgraded, increasing their capabilities.
Acquiring food is also important. We'll produce it mainly via farming (though hunting and fishing are also worth your attention). We must decide which crops to grow in each field while remembering about crop rotation to keep the soil usable. Once we've met our people's needs we can start selling surplus goods. Different regions are willing to pay different prices for specific items.
Even if we don't make any mistakes, our town can still suffer due to external factors. Heat and frost (and hungry deer) can destroy even the most well-tended crops, bears threaten our people and our food reserves, while cutting down too many trees can cause the land to dry up. As if that weren't enough, we must also worry about diseases. Lack of clean water may lead to dysentery and cholera outbreaks, lack of proper clothing and footwear to tetanus and rabies, while not keeping rats in check (which grow in numbers due to waste on the streets and not securing food) can bring black death.
Technical aspects
Farthest Frontier features colorful, detailed visuals. The buildings are detailed, the environment is densely vegetated, the seasons and the time of day change gradually as well.
Farthest Frontier Summary
Platforms:
PC / Windows
Developer: Crate Entertainment
Publisher: Crate Entertainment
Age restrictions: 12+
Farthest Frontier System Requirements
PC / Windows
Minimum: Intel Core i5-3470 3.2 GHz / AMD FX-8120 3.9 GHz, 8 GB RAM, graphic card 3 GB GeForce GTX 780 / 4 GB Radeon R9 290 or better, 4 GB HDD, Windows 10 64-bit
Recommended: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5 GHz / AMD Ryzen 5 1600X 3.6 GHz, 16 GB RAM, graphic card 4 GB GeForce GTX 980 / 8 GB Radeon RX 590 or better, 4 GB HDD, Windows 10 64-bit
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