Kingdom Eighties
June 26, 2023
Kingdom Eighties is a short story-based standalone expansion to the award-winning Kingdom series: A singleplayer adventure of micro-strategy and base building, inspired by the neon lights of the eighties. You play as The Leader, a young camp counselor who will have to defend their town and family from the relentless …
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85.0
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80.0
"Not without its hiccups, Kingdom Eighties is a great introduction to the Kingdom games with its stylish aesthetic, intuitive controls, and cohesive story."
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70.0
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80.0
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75.0
"Kingdom Eighties is beautifully repetitive and simple while still managing to be a lot of fun to play. While it might not look like it from afar, developer Fury Studios does a lot to ensure that the player never gets …"
Read original review"Kingdom Eighties is a fantastic tribute to the 80s, offering satisfying base-building and plenty of nods to the movies of the time."
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92.0
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78.0
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85.0
"Kingdom Eighties is just fun. The game is easy to pick up and hard to put down; with the removal of micromanaging, the game is far more approachable for new players of the genre. The game features a cast of …"
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70.0
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75.0
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"Despite its simplistic setup, Kingdom Eighties will hoover up hour after hour of your time. There&s;s a captivating quality to its pure, focused strategy, and combined with its more narrative-driven focus Kingdom Eighties is a must-play game in 2023."
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65.0
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70.0
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68.0
"Kingdom Eighties excels at combining its gameplay with a beautiful world based in the 80s. Even if it gets repetitive and has some problems, the gameplay manages to deliver a good dose of strategy and entertain for a while. The …"
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"Overall, I liked Kingdom: Eighties, but it doesn’t quite reach the heights of Kingdom: Two Crowns. Kingdom Eighties feels like an experimental entry that tries new things and mostly succeeds without diverging too far from the core formula. If you …"
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75.0
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70.0
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"Kingdom Eighties is a fun blast from the past and maybe even a window into what life once was. The attention to detail on the world design combined with the music already add a lot of life to a scene …"
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78.0
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82.0
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68.0
"You can hear the elevator pitch now: Kingdom micro-strategy meets Stranger Things… and it works"
Read original review"Kingdom Eighties is a great title for those interested in the series and a worthy distraction for those waiting for the next big release! Its neon style and synthwave charm will get you hooked, and its fun mechanics and plot …"
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75.0
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80.0
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45.0
"Kingdom Eighties seeks to create a standalone experience for newcomers and longtime fans alike, and it achieves this in some facets. It’s beautiful, it sounds amazing, and the animated cutscenes and character archetypes fit the 80s bill to a T."
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85.0
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75.0
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60.0
"The latest title in the Kingdom series, reconstructed in the retro vibe of the 80s. Visuals and musics resemble the scene from the &s;Stranger Things&s; are quite attractive. Though it is a bit regrettable that the overall system is similar …"
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