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Weather Lord: Following the Princess

In Brief

Todays game is the fifth in the Weather Lord time Management franchise.

Installation:

Weather Lord: Following the Princess downloads to a 618 MB zip file that unzips to three files, (a setup.gcd security wrapper, the set up file and a read me). Those with multiple hard drives are able to save games on any drive they wish. The newly installed game is MB in size. The game installs to the following path by default, but can be changed by the user if you prefer:

C:\Program Files (x86)\MyPlayCity.com\Weather Lord - Following the Princess

Four shortcuts are installed to the desktop. three of which can be safely deleted (Play Online Games, MyPlayCity Games and shortcuts to a free online game which vary each week). Also, if you don't like icons installed to the quick launch task bar, make sure you uncheck the box when the additional tasks window appears (after the Select Start Menu Folder window)

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 forbearer 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 gameplay. The power of the elements is in your hands! Use them to reclaim the kingdom!

Edited reference 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 gameplay!

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 storyline to be quite cute and a great tool to drive the game forward. Unfortunately, there are no voice-overs during the cutscenes 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 gameplay, Weather Lord: Following the Princess comes in two modes: Expert and Casual (untimed). 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 accessed HERE. Originally posted by All About Games on 20/11/2015. Edited and reposted by Whiterabbit-uk 11th November 2017.

Other Reviews and Videos of Weather Lord: Following the Princess:

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 walkthrough HERE and a commercial strategy guide HERE which you can see two pages of in the images directly below. These are not included with todays 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 gameplay to previous Weather Lord titles we've been given here.

Suggestions:

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There are thousands of subscribers to the game giveaway of the day every weekend which makes this an ideal forum for giving developers new or fresh ideas as to what their consumers (i.e you) would like to see in a game. For example, you could suggest extra content such as better or more original mini-games, or a level editor that you would like to see that would make it more appealing to you. Maybe you think the graphics are a little dated and are in need of re-skinning, or maybe you've just had enough of the genre and want to see something different or something with more originality? Giving such feedback instead of saying nothing or just saying this game is rubbish or good may bring more developers to the site, which could mean more and better games. Would 'you' give away thousands of copies of a game (or extra content for a game) away to a community that complains all the time instead of giving useful feedback? It only needs a few moments of your time.

This site could be transformed if only the community would be more forthcoming in their opinions of the games they are getting for free instead of complaining about the way this site has changed, for example, they don't like MPC games, they hate HOG's, have had enough of Match Three and Time Management games, or they want to see the latest version of Call of Duty or some other big name AAA game given away or that they don't like Steam games. If something isn't for you then please move on to the next giveaway, or check out the forums HERE, HERE and HERE, where a few members of the community post details of various free games and free game sites as well as links to various indie bundle sites etc; you never know, you may find something that really interests you.

If you miss today's game giveaway you can always get the game via MyPlayCity 24/7 HERE; or If you prefer to purchase the game you can get it HERE via Big Fish Games or via Steam HERE

Problems getting the game to work:

If you're having problems installing or activating or getting Weather Lord: Following the Princess to work please visit the FAQ's Thread HERE and read through the communities comments because sometimes fixes have already been posted, for example, a common issue seen since the Themida wrapper was introduced three years ago is that some community members installation of the game are blocked by their security because Themida code has been known to hide malware, (usually an error message is flagged for example 'The executable is corrupted' even though in reality it is not); so as a precaution some anti malware programs will block and even delete the suspect installation files even though the files (i.e the setup, read me and setup.gcd files are actually totally free from malware. This issue can be solved either by rebooting your computer in safe mode with networking or a quicker method is to temporarily turn off your security software to allow the installation. You could also try whitelisting the setup.gcd file. In the almost 11 years this game giveaway site has been operating there has 'never' been a game given away that was infected with malware.

If for any reason you want to contact the giveaway team, for example, you have a game to offer the community, or are unable to download the latest game or other issues that the FAQ's thread or these comments don't cover or solve you can do so HERE

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank MyPlayCity for giving away Weather Lord: Following the Princess and also to the game giveaway team, as always, for securing other ways to get free games.

Useful Information not related to today's game giveaway:

If Weather Lord: Following the Princess doesn't interest you, but you still hanker for something new to play, you'll find details of some game deals whether they be sale items, indie bundles or games being given away for free HERE (I've not updated the thread in a while, but most of the links still take you to the latest deals).

The rest of the information that used to be posted in the game review can be found in the forums HERE. Finally, check out Delenns threads for details of other free games and offers HERE and eslewhere in the game discussion forums HERE, (usually on the first page of the game discussion forums). You can get five of the Weather Lord titles free from MyPlayCity HERE, though make sure you uncheck the boxes at the beginning of the installation . The one that's missing is Legendary Hero.