While The Iron's Hot Review: "Hampered By Some Design Flaws"
Not every game needs to be a tense, dramatic experience. This has been the spirit that has driven the success of the likes of the ever-replayable , where a fun adventure is as much based on relaxation and lightheartedness as it is the drive to explore and progress. , from developer Bontemps Games and publisher Humble Games, is the latest game to provide this kind of experience.
sees the player cast as a blacksmith who washes up on the mysterious land of Ellian. There, they must grow their blacksmithing business, exploring Ellian and meeting the various groups who call the land home and providing for all of their smithing needs. Taking on a similar structure to games like, has an enjoyable gameplay loop but is unfortunately hampered by some design flaws.
In terms of immediate comparisons, fits nicely into the growing subgenre of the cozy game. Although there are some moments of relative danger here and there, overall the tone and gameplay is very much a comforting experience. The player's emphasis is on their blacksmithing, as they learn more and more templates to provide additional items to the people they meet along the way.
It helps that the blacksmithing itself is made up of a selection of minigames, from smelting the ore to crafting individual components and finally putting together the end items. essentially takes the crafting system and expands on it with further elements to make it more related to smithing itself. It comes together nicely, particularly with the more unique items that come up at plot-specific points.
The player will need to use gold to upgrade tools and buildings regularly as part of the main story, so it's well worth picking up extra smithing jobs whenever they're available.
Aside from this, the
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