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Amazing Cultivation Simulator offers a unique and engaging experience for players interested in exploring the world of immortal cultivation, a popular theme in Chinese fantasy novels and media. This simulation and management game, reminiscent of RimWorld, puts you in the shoes of a disciple of the Moon Worshipping Sect. After a devastating attack by outsiders during your Grandmaster’s closed-door cultivation, your sect is shattered, leaving you and a few fellow disciples scattered.

Early Game in Amazing Cultivation Simulator

Your journey begins with the daunting task of rebuilding your sect from scratch, seeking revenge against those who destroyed your home, and ultimately, achieving immortality. Unlike many games with predetermined narratives, Amazing Cultivation Simulator generates randomized events and maps, providing endless replayability. Every playthrough unfolds like a unique cultivation novel, with thousands of potential storylines waiting to be discovered. You decide whether to establish a righteous sect or embrace a darker path, cultivate immortal techniques, or dabble in demonic arts.

A Complex and Detailed Cultivation System

The game boasts a meticulously crafted cultivation system, albeit with a relatively short path to immortality consisting of five cultivation realms. You start as an Outer Disciple, diligently gathering Qi to reach Grand Completion. Then, you must select a cultivation technique to advance to the Qi Refinement stage.

Cultivation Technique Selection

Choosing the right technique is crucial. Each technique has specific attributes, and matching them with your character’s inherent qualities is paramount for optimal cultivation. For instance, the Sunflower… or rather, the Sunflower Divine Cultivation Technique, is designed for female characters with a certain level of charm. Mismatched techniques can lead to severe consequences in later stages, such as mental instability, Qi depletion, and increased difficulty overcoming bottlenecks.

As your character cultivates, they gain experience points, which can be used to learn various spells. While each technique comes with a set of spells, you can learn additional spells from external sources, offering significant character customization.

Learning Spells and Abilities

The path to immortality isn’t without its challenges. Bottlenecks, mental instability, and unsuitable environments are just a few obstacles you’ll encounter. Overcoming these challenges is integral to achieving enlightenment. Paying attention to factors like mental state, emotions, and even feng shui within your cultivators’ living quarters is crucial to avoid disastrous outcomes like Qi deviation. The game also allows for the cultivation of formations, enabling you to train disciples with similar attributes to master powerful formations for defense or offense.

In-Game Environment and Characters

A Dynamic and Interactive World

Amazing Cultivation Simulator offers a vibrant and interactive world, teeming with events and conflicts. You’ll start within a single, albeit large, map to build your sect. Even within this limited area, numerous events unfold, such as bandits attacking your sect, travelers seeking help, or wandering cultivators offering guidance. These random events, coupled with the randomly generated characters who visit your sect, contribute to the game’s dynamic nature.

Interactions with the World

Once you have an Inner Disciple who has reached the Qi Refinement stage, you can explore the wider cultivation world. This isn’t a simple menu-based expedition. You can directly travel to new areas with unique maps, allowing you to control your disciples as they explore and discover new resources, abandoned ruins, bustling cities, and dangerous locations where lost techniques might be found.

Combat and Skills

The cultivation world is populated by other sects, and diplomacy plays a vital role. You’ll need to carefully consider your interactions, avoiding powerful sects while strategically absorbing weaker ones to expand your influence. The game’s detailed graphics, showcasing intricate details of rooms and cultivation tools, along with unique character animations during combat, further enhance the immersive experience.

Sandbox Building and Management

The game’s sandbox building system provides immense freedom in designing and constructing your sect. Whether you prefer a structured layout with Outer, Inner, and Core Disciples residing in separate areas or a more open design promoting free movement and communal cultivation, the choice is yours. You’ll manage your disciples through a task assignment board, assigning them to activities like cooking, woodcutting, farming, or mining. Each character has unique strengths and weaknesses, influencing their efficiency.

You’ll also manage a schedule for your disciples, balancing cultivation, labor, and rest to optimize their performance. Too little cultivation weakens your sect, too much hinders development, and insufficient rest leads to negative emotions and even demonic possession. Mastering this delicate balance is key to building a thriving sect. While the number of buildings might seem limited, the game is actively updated, and a robust modding community on Steam expands the possibilities. The game’s serene soundtrack, evocative of ancient China, adds another layer of immersion.

Frustrations and Shortcomings

The initial experience can be overwhelming due to the multitude of buttons and mechanics, coupled with a somewhat unconventional tutorial system. Guidance is provided only when clicking on new, unexplored buttons or seemingly at random intervals. This can be frustrating for newcomers. The pathfinding system also has its flaws, occasionally causing characters to get stuck in loops or take unnecessarily long routes, sometimes with dire consequences.

Late Game Screenshot

Conclusion

Despite its shortcomings, Amazing Cultivation Simulator provides a compelling and intricate simulation of the world of immortal cultivation. Its detailed systems, dynamic world, and sandbox building offer a unique and engaging experience, albeit with a steep learning curve. The game’s strengths lie in its replayability, depth, and the freedom it offers players to forge their own path to immortality.