The early bird doesn’t catch the worm in this feathery sim - Scorchlands Quick First Impressions
PLAY IT OR SKIP IT?
Skip it for now, unless you’re super into civilization-building sims. Scorchlands follows the tried-and-tested mechanics seen across most 4X strategy games but twists the formula by bringing it to the moon and by starring birds instead of humans. The results are challenging and aesthetically pleasing, but not without a few frustrating issues.
TIME PLAYED
I played Scorchlands for over three hours. The prologue took me around twenty to thirty minutes to complete, and the first part of the campaign took me over an hour. I had to repeat that hour-plus of gameplay, though, because of a bug that stopped me from terraforming areas.
Jay Hunter12K2023-02-13