Exoprimal feels like a return to form for video games. It goes back to a time when every game put out by a large publisher wasn’t a cutscene-heavy cinematic experience, a trend-chasing battle royal, or the yearly installment of the dorm-bro shooter. Exoprimal chose to take a risk right when the gaming industry is the most risk-averse.
I figured out that addressing most of those complaints is as easy as switching one in-game setting. Turn on delete inventory on death, and poof, many of the game’s issues disappear. That’s because 7 Days to Die largely falls apart altogether without it.
Dragon Dawn is a rather small expansion for Age of Wonders 4 but still features some pretty game-changing additions to the game, including the ability to be an actual whole-ass dragon. It also adds two new tomes with new spells and units, a new lizardfolk body type for your factions, and a dragon-focused realm option to take on.
Exoprimal is a damn fun game with a pretty unique concept. It borrows a lot of existing ideas but molds them into something that feels really novel. Sadly, people just don’t seem to care.