Haven & Hearth
Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 6:35 pm
http://www.havenandhearth.com/portal/
It's a small Indie game, a 2 guys in their spare time in their bedroom affair.
I've been playing it a bit and it's got a lot of potential. Essentially a sandbox world the players can affect and change.. The world is huge and not highly populated, though at prime times you can expct 350-400 people online and growing.
It's very muc h in an alpha state and user friendliness could do with some work, but once you have a grasp of it, it's suprisingly enjoyable..
Every action you take in the game pretty much earns you Learning Points which you can spend on skills, stats or expanding your claim on the world.
Claiming essentially gives you a private ownership of an area, but there's skills in the game like trespassing and stealing to enter private claims. But you leave evidence that can be tracked.
Building takes a fair amount of effort and work, but you can explore, find an unclaimed house/farm/village/fort and take over or spend the time needed to build your own exactly how you want.
There's no restrictions when it comes to freedom, if you want to kill someone, provided you have the right skills you can. There's a big majority of people playing farmers, explorers, merchants etc. Though being alpha there are a couple of issues like super high stat players being able to punch down your walls, kick your house down and rip your head off. Though I've not seen it happen.
It's all Java based so simple to just click and play, though there's an enhanced client available if you get into it.
It's well worth a look if you're bored and looking for something to try. I've been enjoying it a lot. Port Roxin is comign along nicely thanks to my frequent trips out on my boat to explore, raid and pillage other people's shit.
If you do find yourself playing it, the wiki comes in very handy: http://havenandhearth.wikia.com/wiki/Ha ... earth_Wiki
It's a small Indie game, a 2 guys in their spare time in their bedroom affair.
I've been playing it a bit and it's got a lot of potential. Essentially a sandbox world the players can affect and change.. The world is huge and not highly populated, though at prime times you can expct 350-400 people online and growing.
It's very muc h in an alpha state and user friendliness could do with some work, but once you have a grasp of it, it's suprisingly enjoyable..
Every action you take in the game pretty much earns you Learning Points which you can spend on skills, stats or expanding your claim on the world.
Claiming essentially gives you a private ownership of an area, but there's skills in the game like trespassing and stealing to enter private claims. But you leave evidence that can be tracked.
Building takes a fair amount of effort and work, but you can explore, find an unclaimed house/farm/village/fort and take over or spend the time needed to build your own exactly how you want.
There's no restrictions when it comes to freedom, if you want to kill someone, provided you have the right skills you can. There's a big majority of people playing farmers, explorers, merchants etc. Though being alpha there are a couple of issues like super high stat players being able to punch down your walls, kick your house down and rip your head off. Though I've not seen it happen.
It's all Java based so simple to just click and play, though there's an enhanced client available if you get into it.
It's well worth a look if you're bored and looking for something to try. I've been enjoying it a lot. Port Roxin is comign along nicely thanks to my frequent trips out on my boat to explore, raid and pillage other people's shit.
If you do find yourself playing it, the wiki comes in very handy: http://havenandhearth.wikia.com/wiki/Ha ... earth_Wiki