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Amberspire review - this eco city-builder from the dev behind one of 2023's best games is a grower

Eurogamer.net·Review by Alexis Ong Contributor·27 days ago
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From the developer of The Banished Vault, Amberspire is an equal-parts frustrating and intriguing eco city-builder set on a moon that was built as a mausoleum. Moon's haunted. We're living on the remains of a long-dead mausoleum, built to honour the bones of this city's previous avatars, clinging on to the hope that the moon won't eradicate every last bit of us. This particular moon belongs to the planet Amber, and our city is named for the deep subterranean spire that defines our core. Amberspire does not belong on the moon, but in this universe, it is locked in eternal war with the four horsemen of ecological warfare: rust, fog, water, and grass. Amberspire is an isometric turn-based citybuilder that runs on dice, which pits the player's rolls against the moon. In essence, it is a single-player digital board game for thoughtful sci-fi freaks, rich in influences across multiple forms – Ursula K.…

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