To get a feel for today's game giveaway - Weather Lord: Following the Princess before you decide to download it, do check out several game play videos HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE.

Weather Lord: Following the Princess

In Brief

Today's game is the fifth in the Weather Lord Time Management franchise.

The game was originally given away November 12 2017 HERE where it received a positive 92% from 36 votes with 19 comments.

Introduction:

The power of the elements is in your hands! Use them to reclaim the kingdom in the game Weather Lord: Following the Princess! An old nemesis returns but only as a forbear of something even more malevolent… The power to command weather systems are still yours as you set off on a journey to rescue a princess from captivity, rebuild a ravaged land, and save the magical Kingdom of Lorraine from complete destruction! As you progress, you'll help the natives by gathering resources, rebuilding their villages, and completing quests, using sunlight, rain, wind, and thunder to replenish crops, eliminate ghosts and bandits, and remove obstacles. You can complete the tasks in a way you choose: either work quickly to reap the best rewards, or take your time and enjoy the vibrant graphics, upbeat soundtrack, and super-fun game play. The power of the elements is in your hands! Use them to reclaim the kingdom!

Edited reference originally accessed HERE. 11th November 2017

The Game:

An old nemesis returns but only as a forbearer of something even more malevolent in the epic Weather Lord: Following the Princess! The power to command powerful weather systems are still yours as you set off on a journey to rescue a princess from captivity, rebuild a ravaged land, and stop a relentless force from destroying the magical Kingdom of Lorraine!

As you progress, you'll help the natives by gathering resources, rebuilding their villages, and completing quests, using sunlight, rain, wind, and thunder to replenish crops, eliminate ghosts and bandits, and remove obstacles. You can complete these tasks however you choose: you can either work quickly to reap the best rewards, or take your time and enjoy the colorful graphics, captivating music, and addictive game play!

Weather Lord: Following the Princess is the fifth game in this creative builder franchise! The princess has been held captive in her own tower and it is your mission to help her out and to stop the evil force that destroyed the beautiful Kingdom of Lorraine.

The game tells a rather predictable story that has been reused countless times in Time Management games. Still, we found the story-line to be quite cute and a great tool to drive the game forward. Unfortunately, there are no voice-overs during the cut-scenes and conversations, so the dialogs can sometimes be a little bit dry.

Regardless, Weather Lord: Following the Princess does feature some stunning graphics. The visuals are stunning in every way; the artwork looks splendid, the colors are well-matched and the visual effects are just enough to grab our attention. On the other hand, we found the music to be quite distracting. Although they are upbeat and fun, they get very repetitive after a while.

The majority of Weather Lord: Following the Princess plays like any other builder/resource-management games, but there are a few exciting twists as well. As with every one of the previous Weather Lord game, you have the ability to control weather. In this installment, you can drag icons of Clouds, Sun and Tornado from the bottom of the screen to help with growing the resources or getting rid of the obstacles. Further, there are also useful Power-Ups which recharge over time. A new feature is also introduced in this sequel, the Artifacts. At the beginning of each level, you will be asked which three of the artifacts you have collected you would like to use in the level. Each artifact has varied functions and powers, so choose wisely!

As for the challenge of the game play, Weather Lord: Following the Princess comes in two modes: Expert and Casual (un-timed). We like how the challenge level increases at a fairly stable rate – so it does not overwhelm beginners, at the same time, more advanced players won’t feel bored.

Edited reference originally accessed HERE. Originally posted by All About Games on 20/11/2015. Edited and re-posted by Whiterabbit-uk 11th November 2017.

Walk-throughs, Game Information and Videos:

You can see some walkthroughs both written and video of HERE, HERE, HERE and 31 videos (one for each level) HERE.

You can see Big Fish community reviews of Weather Lord: Following the Princess HERE and more information in the Big Fish forums HERE and the Steam feedback reviews HERE (collectors Edition). There are several in-game videos of game play HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE. You can also find a walk through HERE and a commercial strategy guide HERE which you can see two pages of in the images directly below. These are not included with today's game.

Conclusion:

I've only played the game for a short while, mainly to see if there were any issues, which there wern't, so haven't posted a conclusion. I'm not a great Time Management game enthusiast so would be a little negatively biased (though I try not to be when reviewing games) and with issues at home I don't have that much spare time at the moment, plus I've had five games to review over the last couple of days, which has left me with precious little time for other things. What I will say is that it looks like another decent Weather Lord game. Basically, it has similar game play to previous Weather Lord titles we've been given here.

Useful Information not related to today's game giveaway:

Don't forget to check out the Epic game freebies; this week there are two games up for grabs, The Stanley Parable and the excellent Watchdogs Next week there will be two more games called Tormentor x Punisher and Figment. You can find details of all this weeks and next weeks games via the Epic Games main page HERE. Also if you missed last weeks Doodle God giveaway, there's an even better (free standing) version for free via the Indie Gala free section HERE that includes all four of the Doodle God chapters as well as loads of other free games, plus Indie Gala have added even more games this week, for example Chronology (puzzle p0latformer), Balan City (city building / balance physics game); you can find all of the free games HERE and the developers showcase freebies HERE. Goat on Duty a fast paced multiplayer shooter is also temporarily free on Steam. Once added to your Steam account before the deal ends it will always be yours.

Finally, don't forget to check out the Game discussion threads over in the forums for details of other free games and offers HERE (I've recently updated the thread though 'some' of the links to older bundles are no longer active; however, most of the links still take you to the latest deals); especially Delenns thread, HERE

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