Recent reviews by Lacky

Really enjoyable crafting focused game, not for those afraid of a grind.

I've seen the 'most helpful' review held misinformation so I thought I'd correct that. Yes there is a system that is paid for with a premium currency in the game called empires, but empires are entirely cosmetic. Owning an empire allows you to assign titles to people and it colours the territory you capture on the map with your empire name appearing within it.

That's it, there are no in game benefits to being part of or even owning an empire, in fact you have to pay resource a upkeep on the towers to control an empire.

Developers clearly don't have a clue how to balance the game, every patch there involves extremely questionable changes. Some classes are left in the dirt, others are left in a borderline OP state with no changes since launch.

The problem stems from they balance exclusively around extraction rates, so even if a class is terrible at actually fighting if they have the tools to avoid combat they get nerfed. It's just so backwards.

The game has had a lot of flak in these early reviews from people not understanding what type of game this is, people looking for a survival game or general medieval sim. This game is a social MMO at its core which means whilst you can play solo it will be difficult and things will take a long time, if that isn't your thing then this may not be the game for you.

If however you have a group of friends or aren't opposed to joining a clan the game has a lot of to offer, it's a beautiful world and a great sandbox, the clothing and building assets honestly look fantastic making anything even the least talented builders make look great. But as its an MMO prepare for a grind if you want to level up your crafting skills, you'll be making a lot of duplicate items and right now there isn't much to do with them other than throw them on the floor. (A deconstruction mechanic is in the works)

It's Conan Exiles 2.0, if you liked Conan you'll like this. My issue with Conan is even though you grabbed a bunch of 'Volunteers' to man your base it felt dead as they were so lifeless whereas in Soulmask you can set them up automatic gathering orders, you can have them jump from bench to bench automatically when needed, patrol your base ect. Even in their off time they'll be spending time relaxing on chairs or dancing at your bonfire and as a result your base feels much more alive.

Good to see developers listen to community feedback.