My Tribe Game Review by Andrew Hockenbroch
Game Rating = 5/5 Balls
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Real time strategy meets The Sims in My Tribe, and the result could hardly be better.
GAME PLAY – 5/5
Have you ever found yourself playing a real time strategy game and wondering what type of city you could build if you did not have a pesky opponent always trying to foil your resource gathering and destroy your buildings? My Tribe fits this bill exactly. My Tribe is about turning a small, primitive tribe into a culture of art and science using the individual abilities of each member of your tribe. The people are indeed created as individuals. One might be naturally strong and a good woodsman while another might be smart and a good researcher. In fact producing new people requires the mating of two existing people and produces some combination of the parents’ attributes. Almost the entire game consists of dragging your people to the tasks you want them to complete, but with mysteries to solve and technology and potions to experiment with this rarely gets dull. If you do get a little jaded watching your little people gather resources just close the game. Yes, that is right. They will still be gathering resources and otherwise living while you are gone!
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GRAPHICS – 4/5
The graphics of My Tribe make no attempt at realism. This is a good thing. The little people have a hand-drawn appearance to them while the trees and other items appear to be made of a few very simple but colorful polygons. While bad things do happen to your little people, this is generally a light-hearted, feel-good game and the graphics do a wonderful job of keeping it that way.
SOUND – 5/5
The music is an airy, tribal tone which further helps to preserve the fun atmosphere set by the graphics and game play. The little people also make interesting sounds when you pick them up or set them to a task.
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CREATIVITY – 4/5
While this game does borrow clearly defined elements from a few genres, and how many games do not, it does it well. Everything from the character design to the many uses of stardust and moondust make this game a pleasing experience, different from any other.
INNOVATION – 5/5
While it may have been done before combinations of social simulators and real time strategy are a rare breed. Even rarer still is a game in which your people will continue to work on their tribe while you are not playing.
OVERALL – 5/5
My Tribe is a refreshing game almost in a genre all its own. If you enjoy real time strategy, social simulators, turn based strategy, or even pet simulators you must try My Tribe. For the $19.95 price tag many professional quality games cannot even compare to My Tribe.
