Introduction:
Hello everyone welcome back to another game review. I am really sorry that I couldn’t publish content for the last couple of days because of internet failure in my whole country. But now I am back and I will continuously publish new content for you guys. Today I am going to write about Airborne Kingdom. This is a city-builder game with a bit of a twist and I am pretty sure you are going to love this amazing game.
Details:
All the mechanics you would expect for a game like this are here, manage resources, build up your city, and research new structures to further expand your city. However, there are a few more things to consider than you would normally see in other city builders; you also need to consider your lift, propulsion, and most crucially, tilt. Build too much on one side of your city and you’ll run into some problems. The art style is beautiful. You can get some amazingly cinematic views with the changing lighting throughout the day.
My experience:
I love how the map stretches out below you with these beautiful tile designs, and how the clouds, and later on fog, disappear from under your cursor as you move around. I really enjoy listening to the music too. It’s really relaxing and adds to the Arabian/Middle Eastern aesthetic of the game’s art direction. It’s the sort of soundtrack I’d like to have on in the background when I’m writing these lines.
Resources and other things:
Game Balancing your resources is a rather fun challenge. You need to keep moving for quests and to find new resources after depleting others but you don’t know where the next source of food water or coal might be. This can add a little tension but it’s not too stressful as long as you are cautious. This starts to become more of a concern as the game progresses as if you’re not careful you may need more people than you have to run your city, and new areas of the map have very certain resources to add a little challenge.
Storyline:
The story isn’t particularly deep, it’s mainly a framework to give you a reason to keep moving on and finding new places. I haven’t completed the game at the point of writing this review so I can’t say if that changes towards the end, but that’s something we can all look forward to discovering together.
There are a lot of new buildings and structures to unlock as the game progresses. You need to purchase blueprints from each of the new kingdoms you find to unlock the ability to research them, which gives a second motivation for exploring the world if the vague story isn’t enough for you. This also slowly introduces new concepts even after several hours of gameplay which is definitely appreciated.
Conclusion:
The Airborne Kingdom is an incredibly well-made game that puts a new spin on the city-builder genre. It effectively balances increasing the challenge of gameplay with maintaining a relaxed, low-pressure atmosphere and really leans into its beautiful visuals. I have loved playing this game and happily recommend everyone to play this game to destress because this is a relaxing game for sure.
