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[bsnott]

It's currently greenlit on Steam, and it looks like it has major potential. If these devs come through on what they're hoping to make, we very well might have an incredible game on our hands.

KINGDOMS - Steam Store Page

From the Store page:

Spoiler: Game Information (click to show/hide)

"KINGDOMS is a procedural medieval RPG in a randomly generated open world. The main feature of KINGDOMS is a smart AI system that completely controls NPC behavior. As the player, you can fully interact with this massive world and become any person you want to be.

MAIN FEATURES

>>DYNAMIC WORLD
During the game, the world changes constantly: settlements appear, new houses, taverns, and shops are built. NPCs decide for themselves what to build next and how their settlement should be developed; and of course this living world reacts to any players' actions.

>>LIVING AI
Each npc has his own life goal and acts depending on this goal. Every NPC is unique - temper, motivation, reputation, skills and many other parameters affect NPC behavior. Even when NPCs have the same goal, this goal can be reached in different ways depending on situation.

>>FREEDOM
You can do anything you want, you can go anywhere you want. Explore caves and ruins, fight wild animals and bandits, trade with other characters, open shops, taverns or manufactories, create settlements or even whole kingdoms and manage them or just help other people. It’s up to you!

>>DYNAMIC COMBAT
As with all other aspects of KINGDOMS, we want to make combat as realistic as possible. The movement of your sword depends on mouse movement. Our goal is to make combat intuitive and give you a challenge. One perfect strike can be the final one.

>>K-EDITOR
Our mods editor, K-Editor, allows you to make any kind of modifications from new items to global mods. World, quests, AI, items, creatures - All can be changed or modified."

I wouldn't suggest buying it at this point, but I'd definitely follow it and watch the progress. If they actually finish this game even relatively like they plan to, it's going to be a great game.

[Frumple]

Movement of sword depends on mouse movement... oh gods, I'm having Die By The Sword flashbacks, and they're janky as all hell ;_;

[bsnott]

Movement of sword depends on mouse movement... oh gods, I'm having Die By The Sword flashbacks, and they're janky as all hell ;_;

That's not in yet, but the placeholder sword fighting system they currently have in is a little bit laughable.

[Gabeux]

Not trying to be the guy to shoot something down as it pops...but I tested this around a version or two before the current one, and everything was pretty terrible, buggy, ugly, etc. I'd recommend high amounts of waiting and previewing before investing in it.
The concept is really great and I do want to see something like this get done, though.

[bsnott]

Not trying to be the guy to shoot something down as it pops...but I tested this around a version or two before the current one, and everything was pretty terrible, buggy, ugly, etc. I'd recommend high amounts of waiting and previewing before investing in it.
The concept is really great and I do want to see something like this get done, though.

I've also tried it and my experience was quite the same. That's the reason for:

I wouldn't suggest buying it at this point, but I'd definitely follow it and watch the progress. If they actually finish this game even relatively like they plan to, it's going to be a great game.