DARCO - Reign of Elements

I added this to my wish list about a week or so ago to follow. I was on the fence with the whole concept of mechanical mobs, but thought what the hey when I got the email that it was released for early access, and wasn't expensive. Only played for almost 3 hours so far, so just barely scratching the surface. You have a few typical early access launch things that I'm sure will be addressed fairly quickly. Developers seem active on the discord which is a +++. Took me a few minutes to get rolling when first launching the game. Mechanics are familiar, but different feel to me. If you've played any of the popular survivals at all, should only take 5 minutes or so to pick them up. I really like the dragon companion concept, and can't wait to see that built upon. Overall, I would leave anyone with this: If you enjoy early access and survival, its worth a shot. Holds alot of potential. If you are easily frustrated, but like the survival genre, I would suggest holding off for a patch or two...

Current Rating = 2.5/10 Time = 4.5 hours 1. Fix tabbing out of the game causes curser to stay on screen after coming back. 2. Game animals are way too loud. 3. The mechanical beast can't be lowered byy the audio setttings. 4. Menu doesnt go away after destroying camp fire 5. Invisible walls up top. in the rear. 6. Can't place campfires inside your base. 7. Can't place anything inside your base. 8. Can punch enemies for never ending exp 9. Can't build on objects like bridges. (not sure if its a bug) Note: could plave foundation but not chopping block. 10. Have to be under the water to drink it. 11. Can't take building items out of my hand or switch items once ive started placing them. 12. Crafting menu doesnt record accurate resources in your inventory. 13. I could fly through like 40% of the objects in the world while on the dragon. 14. Could breath fire under water (bug?) 15. Weight of dragon was 71 pounds with nothing on it but had a max weight if 25? 16. None of the audio bar...

I really like this game and can see it turning out to be amazing. Yes there are a few bugs but game play is fun and the crafting is cool. I'm really happy i got this game.

Positive: - Direct contact to the developer team per Discord - Developers respond to suggestions and ideas - Reported bugs will be fixed asap - nice graphics for an EA title - new fresh setting (dragon / Steampunk / survival) - friendly community Negative: - There are a few bugs left, but the developers are work hard on it. There definitely is potential in this game.

EDIT Game was good until the last update. They introduced jitter with player movement, but overdid it, making it awkward to get about.

Game is no longer being developed. Devs have been Vac banned, and they swear they arent doing a cash grab, yet they still have this game (which they admit is unfinished in a post and will no longer be worked on) up for sale. And the first bit of news to come out will push the blurb about no longer working on the game down out of sight. How would people know this is abandoned without something on the main page? But the devs know they are scummy and trying to grab free cash. Heres a copy of their post - Hoping it helps someone see it once its no longer visible on their store page. Sorry SEPTEMBER 28 - PICKLETROOP Ahoi Crew, the day has come that we always wanted to avoid. we will have to stop the production of "Darco" for an undetermined timespan. Unfortunately the financial success was not achieved and we are no longer able to sustain production. Honestly we are not even able to sustain basic means which is the reason for us to stop. We thank you all for your trust, faith and support...

This is an early access Review and as such is my opinion based on its current build state and experimental playability. In its current build i cannot recommend this game. The mechanical animals are way to aggressive. (I get this is the main pve aspect of the game) The main spawn map is saturated with them to the point ive come out a spawn point and there was one right outside the door to maul me to death. Dragon is useless, its pathing is fubar and it pretty much gets stuck somewhere and cant follow you. Once you get to far from it it says it has been defeated and will respawn in 15 minutes. So basically Draco is useless. The game has a leveling based system; basically you get experience; level up; spend points on learning crafting plans. I would say this would be a great feature, but it really isnt. Why you might ask? because the animals make it to damn hard for you to sit in crafting menus to bother learning which plans need to be crafted first to craft the secondary plans. Not to...

Once again fell victim to a decent looking intro, reviews that talk about "potential" rather than substance, gameplay streams that make a game seem more fun than it really is, and devs that can't or won't deliver what they promised. This is the sad state of EA. Buyer beware as the devs are careful to state to cover their legal behinds. Perhaps I've learned my lesson this time or perhaps I'll be a sucker for the next pretty looking video. Cha-ching baby!

Too much concept not enough game, maybe in 5 years when they start to put something in the game

This game needs to be removed from steam store if it is abandon