Big red flag here in before the game even started, I see that this is made by DigitalDNA games. The same company that has brought you the obvious-grabs-for-money games on Xbox Live such as Avatar Connection and Avatar Snowball fight, as well as the just generally horrible Xbox live games such as Avatar Paintball, Avatar Avenue, Avatar Superstar, and the list goes on.

If you look at their collection of titles, it becomes completely obvious that they are taking the “Well, if we make a game for every single idea the team gets we’ll have to make money, right?” Simple fact is, its quality over quantity, not the other way around.

I’ll try and leave my personal bias about the company out of my review for Savage Lands, because well this is a completely different platform, but I also wanted to note the above statements for the simple fact that DigitalDNA is not a company known for good titles, by any means.

Once in game I immediately noticed the fact that I couldn’t bind my sprint function to the right shift key, then, when I came back to my word document to note that I realized that Savage Lands has made my computer so laggy that I see the exact things I’m saying to you right now appear only about 6 seconds after I type them. I’d like to note that I have a $1300 custom build gaming computer, and don’t even experience this on ultra in games like Crysis.

The game itself? Very hollow, but that’s to be expected I guess. Overall they actually made me think that DigitalDNA can really pull off a wholesome title, the graphics were completely adequate. The sound was one of my favorite aspects of this game, the immersion was well done, and the realism, for the most part, was actually kind of on point. Things like being able to punch a ravenous wolf to death kind of disappointed me. Same with waking up in a new land with tools already there for you, but honestly? My gripes with Savage Lands are pretty much all very minute problems. Things like your arm vanishing sometimes, or the fact that punching any creature gives off this laughably terrible blood spatter effect as if my hands have knives on them. You know, things that can and most likely will be fixed as the game progresses.

Do I recommend this title? On sale, sure. I would never pay any more than $15 for it, and for a moment even regretted doing that. But keep in mind you are paying for a possibility for a great game, NOT a great game. As of this very moment you are paying for just another early access survival game with a bunch of issues and bad aspects by a company who has routinely put out terrible titles.
Savage Lands has quite a bit of potential, and you shouldn’t discredit this title just because DigitalDNA has made poor decisions before this. The trailer made this seem much better than it actually is, in reality, it’s a bit wonky and lacks any real character.




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Big red flag here in before the game even started, I see that this is made by DigitalDNA games. The same company that has brought you the obvious-grabs-for-money games on Xbox Live such as Avatar Connection and Avatar Snowball fight, as well as the just generally horrible Xbox live games such as Avatar Paintball, Avatar Avenue, Avatar Superstar, and the list goes on. If you look at their collection of titles, it becomes completely obvious that they are taking the “Well, if we make a game for every single idea the team gets we’ll have to make money, right?” Simple fact is, its quality over quantity, not the other way around. I’ll try and leave my personal bias about the company out of my review for Savage Lands, because well this is a completely different platform, but I also wanted to note the above statements for the simple fact that DigitalDNA is not a company known for good titles, by any means. Once in game I immediately noticed the fact that I couldn’t bind my sprint function to the right shift key, then, when I came back to my word document to note that I realized that Savage Lands has made my computer so laggy that I see the exact things I’m saying to you right now appear only about 6 seconds after I type them. I’d like to note that I have a $1300 custom build gaming computer, and don’t even experience this on ultra in games like Crysis. The game itself? Very hollow, but that’s to be expected I guess. Overall they actually made me think that DigitalDNA can really pull off a wholesome title, the graphics were completely adequate. The sound was one of my favorite aspects of this game, the immersion was well done, and the realism, for the most part, was actually kind of on point. Things like being able to punch a ravenous wolf to death kind of disappointed me. Same with waking up in a new land with tools already there for you, but honestly? My gripes with Savage Lands are pretty much all very minute problems. Things like your arm vanishing sometimes, or the fact that punching any creature gives off this laughably terrible blood spatter effect as if my hands have knives on them. You know, things that can and most likely will be fixed as the game progresses. Do I recommend this title? On sale, sure. I would never pay any more than $15 for it, and for a moment even regretted doing that. But keep in mind you are paying for a possibility for a great game, NOT a great game. As of this very moment you are paying for just another early access survival game with a bunch of issues and bad aspects by a company who has routinely put out terrible titles. Savage Lands has quite a bit of potential, and you shouldn’t discredit this title just because DigitalDNA has made poor decisions before this. The trailer made this seem much better than it actually is, in reality, it’s a bit wonky and lacks any real character. ***EARLY ACCESS DISCLAIMER POSTED ON ALL MY EARLY ACCESS TITLE REVIEWS*** EARLY ACCESS IS NOT AN EXCUSE FOR DEVS TO RELEASE TERRIBLE GAMES. IF YOU THINK MY REVIEWS ARE TOO HARSH DUE ONLY TO THE FACT THAT THE TITLE IS IN EARLY ACCESS, YOU ARE PLACING UNREALISTIC STANDARDS UPON THE EARLY ACCESS FUNCTION. IF YOU ARE RELEASING A GAME ON EARLY ACCESS, IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING PEOPLE *WANT* TO INVEST INTO WATCHING GROW. NOT A PILE OF UNFINISHED IDEAS CRAMMED INTO A TITLE SOLELY TO GARNER MONEY FOR YOUR TEAM. DO NOT COMMENT TELLING ME THAT MY REVIEW NEEDS TO BE MORE LIGHT HEARTED SIMPLY BECAUSE THIS TITLE IS EARLY ACCESS, I WILL CALL YOU A FUCKING MORON.