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08.05.2024 - 22:31 / thegamer.com
13 years after the release of Skyrim, developer Slavic Magic is keeping its janky spirit alive. As one Reddit user discovered, if you walk on fallen logs inside of a burning building in Manor Lords, you'll be propelled into the atmosphere as though an overly protective giant just clubbed you.
They attached a few screenshots of their ascent - they shoot up into the air above the nearby village, making it look like that miniature set in Hot Fuzz, before climbing so high that they're above the clouds. "You can get launched pretty far up but I haven't managed to leave the planet yet," the original poster commented. "Will keep trying, for all making and all that."
You can't jump in Manor Lords, but interestingly, there are animations for launching into the air and falling. This might mean that there are plans to add this functionality in future--the game is in early access, after all--but it's likely just leftover base animations from Unreal Engine.
Manor Lords is a medieval RTS city builder, meaning you spend most of the time in a bird's eye view (without having to jump onto a log in the middle of an inferno). But there is a player character model which you can use in third person to get a more intimate look at your surroundings.
As the original poster points out, to access this mode, you need to click the eye icon next to your character portrait in the top right.
However, you can't do much from this perspective. That might change with later updates, but for the time being, it's purely aesthetic. Everyone also shares one model, so if you pull off this glitch, you'll be doing it as the same bearded man in a red cape.
Manor Lords is a strategy game that has you roleplaying a Medieval lord. You're the one calling the shots as you send your soldiers into huge battles while also maintaining the social balance back behind your walls.
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Since launching into Steam Early Access on April 26th, Slavic Magic’s Manor Lords has impressed with its sales. Publisher Hooded Horse recently announced that it had sold over two million units. The real-time strategy city-builder sold over a million copies in its first two days of release.
With over one million copies sold and 173,178 peak concurrent players on Steam, Slavic Magic’s Manor Lords has received a new patch to address multiple issues. It’s available on Steam’s experimental branch, and though accessed in the Betas tab, players should back up their saves. Some balance changes are also “still experimental”, and there may be stability issues.
Harken to me, serfs! There's a big new patch for Manor Lords now available in beta testing for all players. Developer Greg Styczeń has blogged about it in depth. Yes, this is one of those update changelogs, the one that keeps on scrolling with hypnotic insistence till at last you tear your eyes away and look around and oh hell, it's night and why am I standing over this altar, holding a skewered doll?
AManor Lords player has discovered a hilarious bug that catapults characters into the sky. This Manor Lords bug has captured the attention of players, leading to amusing conversations within the game's community.
was released into Early Access as the most wishlisted game on Steam. Although it pulled in over 100,000 concurrent players, it definitely doesn't have the feeling of a fully finished game just yet. However, there are plenty of city builders available that can help fill in the time between updates for as it continues to be developed during Early Access.
is a city-building and real-time strategy game that allows the player to act as the ruler of a humble fief, which can expand into large swaths of territory. In, money is divided into regional wealth and treasury. Both kinds of wealth are essential, both in defending the original plot the player is allotted and in expanding to new lands.
In, the player's initial territory is a small village that can gradually turn into a sprawling town. As the town begins to grow through trade, commerce, and even invasion, the roads need to grow to match. Thankfully, roads are not permanent and can be removed just as soon as they are placed.Roads are not mandatory to place in, but the resource helps villagers with pathfinding immensely.
is extremely complex even for a city builder, and there are a few things players should know before getting started. Slavic Magic’s medieval city sim doesn’t feature much in the way of a tutorial, so you’ll have to learn as you play. However, learning a few key pointers can help you take your first steps and set up your settlement for long-term success.
is a real-time strategy game and city-builder where you need to manage and defend all the functions of your settlement. In either the Restoring the Peace or On the Edge scenarios, raising an army to defeat nearby lords and bandits is essential to reach the eventual win condition. For offensive or defensive purposes, crafting builds to construct weapons and armor is imperative.
One of the core resources you can get in is Influence, which can help you press Claims for more land and negotiate with other settlements through Diplomacy. Having high Influence gives you a better chance to expand and let your settlement grow. However, you need to gather enough of the right resources to raise this aspect of your community through specific locations.
It's happening again. A small indie developer comes out of nowhere and has everyone flipping their lid over some revolutionary new game, and you can buy it for half the price of a traditional AAA game. Except this time, there isn't some post-launch slow burn as super-streamer after super-streamer gets their chat cults all riled up. Nope, this go-around, medieval city builder Manor Lordsarrived at its Early Access launch with a wishlist army over three million strong, reaching 170,000+ concurrent players on Steam multiple times during launch weekend. But with many of its features still unfinished, Manor Lords may be just a flash in the pan, at least for now.