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Hinterland pc Game Reviews
Hinterland
Critic Score
Metascore: 65 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
8.4 out of 10
based on 9 reviews
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Loot, level and build with fast paced RPG combat and strategic base building! Your goal is to lead a handful of peasants to establish a small haven in the wild backcountry of a fantasy kingdom. Bring a diverse cast of followers to your settlement on the edge of the world and then carefully select members of your village to put down their ploughs, leave their comfortable homes, and take whatever weapon they may have at hand to join you on expeditions of exploration and conquest in the surrounding lands. There you’ll encounter the characters and creatures of myth and folklore, and find much needed resources to expand your village whether it be iron to make weapons or a mystic tome to entice a great mage to join you. Should your forays meet with success, fame, fortune and prosperity await. But you must take care, for even the loss of a lowly farmer can spell disaster when harvest time comes. Can you build a vibrant settlement, lead your people to prosperity, and tame the wild Hinterland? [Tilted Mill]

PUBLISHER: Tilted Mill Entertainment
DEVELOPER: Tilted Mill Entertainment
GENRE(S): Real-Time Strategy
PLAYERS: 1
ESRB RATING: RP (Rating Pending)
RELEASE DATE: October 1, 2008

What The Critics Said

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90
Gamer's Hell
The greatest pleasure of Hinterland lies in its combination of simple mechanics to form an engaging and brisk gameplay experience.
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75
GameShark
Whether it's finding new types of resources to enhance your town or waiting to see what types of new visitors might turn up, a lot of the fun factor derives from finding out what’s in the game for you to discover.
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70
GameFocus
Tilted Mill created one of my all time favorite titles with Children of the Nile and the creative game design has continued with their second game. It is initially worth the $20.00 price tag but in the end it has very little overall replay value. Hinterland is worth buying if you like some strategy mixed in with some Role Playing Game elements.
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70
GameSpy
In the end, the best thing about Hinterland is the price tag. The game is designed to be quite short. An average difficulty game should last between six and eight hours. It's also quite replayable, as every new game offers a new randomized world to conquer.
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70
LEVEL (Czech Republic)
A surprisingly complex and entertaining mixture of Diablo and Sim City. Although the presentation is typical for a budget title which contents will keep you for a long time. [Nov 2008]
68
Computer Games Online RO
And so, Hinterland remains a nice little game, with a low price, relaxing gameplay, dusty graphics, and a questionable replay value.
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61
PC Gamer
With this game, your milage will vary. [Christmas 2008, p.94]
60
Total PC Gaming
Hinterland boasts some neat ideas, but the execution doesn't quite come off. [Issue#15, p.69]
45
PC Format
Hinterland's cheap; but that's not excuse for a game this poor. [Dec 2008, p.73]

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