Meridian: Age of Invention
2.8
5
24
24
I have no feelings in my fingers left
I was so happy to see another TMG and this one looked very promising. The graphics are good,music was very annoying. The people and houses etc are very big so there was no searching needed but....after a couple of levels I found myself clicking and clicking until my fingers went numb. It works on the same principal like other games where you fix roads, fix up houses and gather resources. Like some other reviewers said you can not pre-click to get a job done, you have to wait until the workers are completely done and available again. you have delivery boys that do nothing but pick up food and deliver it to houses, pick up treasures,mail etc. but once you upgraded your houses to have waterlines, they start generating money. I was constantly clicking to get the money, deliver food to other houses, pick up ore etc.I can not imagine how confusing and busy the screen would get if I get more helpers. And it is not just clicking on it to be picked up, the money requires one click to pick up and another click on the collection place. So I have to pass on this one and it breaks my heart because I love TMGs.
February 6, 2013
Not for me.
This is a very clumsy tm game in my opinion. Kept going to see if it got any better after the tutorial levels and no not really. The tutorial levels are really annoying. You can't get a grove going. And if you don't have enough workers you can't cue anything up. For instance you want to build a house after fixing the road you can't cue it up for your workers to do unless you have enough workers to do both at the same time. There really isn't a storyline to speak of either. This game just doesn't have anything that makes tm games fun for me.
February 6, 2013
Not for me
I thought in the 1st and 2nd round that this was going to be a great game, but after the 3rd and 4th round it was not so fun. The game was just deliver mail and deliver food the whole round to about 5 different house so you could have enough money or Ore to be able to build a bridge and it went on and on.I thought to my self, what fun is this, I am having to run from house to house delivering stuff that I can't take the time to see what else needs to be done.
Not a fun game for me just a lot of work.
I hope others like it because I did start out thinking this was going to be really fun.
February 6, 2013
Good game, needs a little work - will probably buy
Love the opening scene, but opening scenes don't make the game...
The "directions" for the level, in the bottom left corner, are very hard to see/read. If you are going to have multiple directions (i.e. click to continue) the developer needs to make sure the timer doesn't start until you have read through everything.
On the other hand, the gameplay is different enough that I enjoyed it! If you like build/tm/strategy games, give it a try!
I will probably buy it, but just resign myself to reading the directions, restarting the level, then playing the level.
February 6, 2013
It's a different TM game than most, I liked it!
It takes a little bit to get used to. It's not your typical TM game. There isn't a lot of direction. I didn't get gold on the first try of the first level, which was frustrating but made me try again. That's what I like about TM games. I had to re-try one level because the game didn't explain how to get more gold or ore but once I figured that out it was fun to try again. Just my opinion. I'm going to buy it!
February 6, 2013
Such a nice surprise!
I'm really tired of all the My Kingdom for The Princess clones but this one had many unique features. I didn't find it too clicky at all. I loved the graphics and found it to be a very fun game. I played it all in one sitting. :) Good job, developers! And thank you!
February 10, 2013
Give it a try!
My first time around through all the levels of this game I thought it was OK but not too challenging. Going back to get gold on every level I started to appreciate it more. It is a pretty good little game. Give it a chance. I would try another from this developer.
I gave it only 4 stars because the graphics are a little hard on my eyes, not a lot of contrast.
February 9, 2013
An Innovative game!!
I just bought the game after trying the demo. It seems to be a very fun game so far. I turned off the music-didn't like it too much. Not an issue though. This should be a nice TM game for my collection. Recommended!
February 6, 2013
Very Repetitive
This game was just fine but not that varied. I liked the beginning and bought the whole game but found it to be the same every level. Sometimes it was just basic clicking. It wasn't bad, just average.
February 6, 2013
A bit different
This is an enjoyable Tm. After reading some of the reviews I wasn't sure but thought I'd give the demo a try. After I got used to it I was all over it. I had the same experience with the Monument builders series. Read all the dialogue bubbles that come up and they'll tell you all you need to know.
February 10, 2013