A Short Description

[davidweb]

I am curious to know what the game is actually about. I don't have time to watch each gameplay. But I did watched one of the videos but its too much talking then playing. I wanna know it in short so I might decide if I will play it or not. Thanks

[pawnchito]

Its about building yourself a nice base and dodging people that will try and kill you. Also farming.

[davidweb]

Its about building yourself a nice base and dodging people that will try and kill you. Also farming.

Seems like an Age of Empires kind of a game. Is it good?

[pawnchito]

Its the best sandbox around. Super rewarding and so fucking frustrating at times.

[Asgaroth22]

Keep in mind - unless you join a large faction you'll never be competitive, the game will eat up lots of your time and have you playing at unusual hours due to time gating. You can play casually, but expect things to take a long time. It's a beautiful game. If you keep playing, expect to develop a love-hate relationship with it that will leave you wanting to play all day and regretting every minute of it.
Some tips: Claim some land and build a palisade as soon as you find a decent place to settle. Don't bother developing your industry if you don't have a wall - it will be stolen and destroyed. Never leave your base if you are wounded and below 70% of max hp - here' a decent possibility you will die if you meet another player. Don't fight any animals until you know what you're doing (practice on ants).

[Tutch]

Its about building yourself a nice base and dodging people that will try and kill you. Also farming.

Seems like an Age of Empires kind of a game. Is it good?

Not sure if Age of Empires is a good comparison.

You basically play a hearthling which is a superhuman in disguise that doesn't know shit about the world including what a branch is. As you gather stuff you gain learning points which you can spend on skills such as woodcutting and swimming, or you can spend it in raising stats. You can gather materials and build stuff to do busy work like raising chickens or smelting metal and try not to get killed by other people. It's a fun little game but pretty brutal and the learning curve is steep. There's no real goal to anything other than seeing what the game has to offer and raising attributes I guess.

[MagicManICT]

Haven & Hearth is very much an RPG. Jokes have been made about it being an MMORTS over the years in the way various groups compete with each other and the way combat has ended up working.

If I were to describe it in terms of other games, I'd say it was something between Dwarf Fortress and Unreal World with a heavy dollop of EVE Online (minus the "high sec" space that's semi-protected from ganks).

[Procne]

Its about building yourself a nice base and dodging people that will try and kill you. Also farming.

Seems like an Age of Empires kind of a game. Is it good?

No. If you desperately want to compare it to some mainstream games then maybe Ark / Rust. Just less action, more depth, longer games.

You control a character, increase its stats and skills, build stuff, craft, farm.

It's an MMO with PvP so other players may come and murder you and destroy your stuff.
Also a lot of stuff requires hours or days.

Steep learning curve

[DoverianDragoon]

Shortest description I can manage:

"Homesteading in anarchist medieval Europe"

Stake your claim in a world of ancient magic, survival-craft your way up to houses and ships and - eventually - steel. Build your own little paradise, or build one together with others, but beware that any random stranger - or even one of your friends - may be out to take it from you. Also, most of the wildlife wants to kill you.

Most of the game is about making things so you can make better things and learning about how it all works together, one item at a time. The rest of the game is about keeping those things safe from raiders. If you're into being one of those raiders, I imagine your mileage may vary.

[iamahh]

you start naked, having fun with sticks and stones, then you start having an itch for that next thing, and the next thing, until you become the meme "why can't i hold all these things"?