{"id":124922,"date":"2022-05-07T09:49:54","date_gmt":"2022-05-07T07:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=124922"},"modified":"2022-05-07T09:52:24","modified_gmt":"2022-05-07T07:52:24","slug":"dorfromantik-the-zen-jigsaw-city-builder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/124922-dorfromantik-the-zen-jigsaw-city-builder","title":{"rendered":"Dorfromantik \u2014 The zen jigsaw city-builder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dorfromantik is one of the most relaxing and refreshing city builders that I\u2019ve come across.<\/p>\n<p>Since games like Journey and Abzu hold a special place in my heart, I was immediately interested in Dorfromantik after seeing its gameplay trailer.<\/p>\n<p>This game is a must-play for people who enjoy city builders but don\u2019t necessarily want to fuss with long gameplay sessions and hardcore resource management at the end of a long day.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Gameplay<\/h3>\n<p>At the start of each new gameplay session, you get a tile stack with a limited number of hexagonal tiles.<\/p>\n<p>Each tile has different landscape features adorning its edges, including fields, grasslands, houses, waterways, and railroads.<\/p>\n<p>The goal in Dorfromantik is to try and get the highest score possible by placing tiles adjacent to one another.<\/p>\n<p>You get extra points if you match the landscape features on the tile edges, and a perfect placement is when all your tile edges match, providing the most points.<\/p>\n<p>Some tiles also give you quests to complete, like connecting an additional railroad or adding 20 more trees to a grove.<\/p>\n<p>Completing these objectives rewards you with more tiles, meaning that the better your placement, the longer you get to play.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_124924\" style=\"width: 1928px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Railroad-quest-hover.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-124924\" class=\"wp-image-124924 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Railroad-quest-hover.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1918\" height=\"1019\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Railroad-quest-hover.png 1918w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Railroad-quest-hover-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Railroad-quest-hover-768x408.png 768w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Railroad-quest-hover-1536x816.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1918px) 100vw, 1918px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-124924\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fulfilling quests like these is how you can extend your play session.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>You can also get more tiles by fulfilling achievements, which reward you with unique tiles that add more sophistication to your growing landscape.<\/p>\n<p>The game modes consist of Classic, Quick, Creative, Hard, and Monthly. In all the modes except Creative, you get one chance to undo a tile placement.<\/p>\n<p>Quick mode is my favourite, as you only start with 25 tiles and are encouraged to play much more strategically.<\/p>\n<p>However, as I tried to play the game \u2018better\u2019 by maximising the number of perfect placements, Dorfromantik slowly started to bring out the perfectionist in me.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_124925\" style=\"width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Hovering-over-achievement-screenshot.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-124925\" class=\"wp-image-124925 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Hovering-over-achievement-screenshot.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Hovering-over-achievement-screenshot.png 1920w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Hovering-over-achievement-screenshot-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Hovering-over-achievement-screenshot-640x360.png 640w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Hovering-over-achievement-screenshot-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Hovering-over-achievement-screenshot-1536x864.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-124925\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Achievements give you access to new special tiles, like the windmill or the water train station.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_124927\" style=\"width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Hovering-over-flag-screenshot.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-124927\" class=\"wp-image-124927 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Hovering-over-flag-screenshot.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Hovering-over-flag-screenshot.png 1920w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Hovering-over-flag-screenshot-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Hovering-over-flag-screenshot-640x360.png 640w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Hovering-over-flag-screenshot-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Hovering-over-flag-screenshot-1536x864.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-124927\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Completing the objectives given by flags that pop up over the landscape gives you extra points and tiles.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_124928\" style=\"width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Windmill-special-tile-screenshot.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-124928\" class=\"wp-image-124928 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Windmill-special-tile-screenshot.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Windmill-special-tile-screenshot.png 1920w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Windmill-special-tile-screenshot-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Windmill-special-tile-screenshot-640x360.png 640w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Windmill-special-tile-screenshot-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Windmill-special-tile-screenshot-1536x864.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-124928\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The windmill is one of the first special tiles you get after completing an achievement.<\/p><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Let the tiles fall where they may<\/h3>\n<p>In my experience with Dorfromantik, I found that balancing my perfectionistic tendencies with a more laid back approach of spontaneously placing tiles was the best way to play the game.<\/p>\n<p>I transitioned from methodically trying to predict which tile placements will lead to a perfect placement to just relaxing into the process of building a lovely little picturesque town.<\/p>\n<p>If you don\u2019t care about increasing your score or completing achievements, there isn\u2019t really anything to strive for in Dorfromantik.<\/p>\n<p>The game&#8217;s tranquil soundtrack and short gameplay sessions are exactly what you can use to take a break from some mentally draining task.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a game that teaches you the value of spontaneous action over twisting your brain into a knot because you are trying to control every outcome.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/End-of-game-screenshot.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-124926 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/End-of-game-screenshot.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/End-of-game-screenshot.png 1920w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/End-of-game-screenshot-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/End-of-game-screenshot-640x360.png 640w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/End-of-game-screenshot-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/End-of-game-screenshot-1536x864.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/124866-the-city-builder-in-the-skies\">The city-builder in the skies<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are my thoughts on the quaint indie city-builder, Dorfromantik.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":249,"featured_media":124923,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,3,8],"tags":[25934,25941,26138,26139],"class_list":["post-124922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-pc","category-reviews","tag-city-builder","tag-dorfromantik","tag-puzzler","tag-relaxing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/249"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}