Review: Synergy

Survive, build, evolve and thrive.

THE GAME

Synergy is a city simulator game developed by Leikir Studio and published by Goblinz Publishing and H2 Interactive Co., Ltd. Living in a strange environment, your goal is to establish a city for your people while exploring and studying the natural resources so that your civilization can prosper. Send expeditions to go beyond your domains to gain more knowledge and attract more residents to your city.

Planning your city is essential for its efficiency.

MY IMPRESSIONS

City-building games are usually complex, in the sense that there are many details to manage. Synergy is no different. Even though the tutorial teaches you everything, it can be tiring to read all the explanations and can even leave you a little lost with the amount of information there. Nothing that is unusual in a city-builder, as previously mentioned. As soon as the game lets go of your hand, a world of possibilities opens up and that is when you start to try everything you can. It is easy to get lost in the objective and, even though the game's art is very beautiful and stylish, I think it has a strong influence on this aspect.

Even though it is full of tasks and details to be explored, the game being in Brazilian Portuguese helps a lot in understanding all the mechanics and directions that you have to take. It is important to say that you will also have to make some decisions throughout the expeditions, which can influence both for good and for bad, which can impact your resources and citizens. Thriving as a civilization is your main goal, always trying to keep your population healthy and meeting all the basic requirements for their coexistence, in addition to investing in research, exploration and even entertainment. All of this is essential for your city to gain great prosperity.

Achieve goals to thrive.

ACHIEVEMENTS

The game doesn't have a large number of achievements, but it will provide you with a good level of challenge. Some of them include completing campaigns with a gold medal, maintaining a healthy number of citizens and no deaths, among other challenges that will require good management of your districts and your city. Getting 100% of the achievements will require a lot of time and attention.

Research improvements to improve the quality of life for your people.

CONCLUSION

Synergy offers many features for city builder lovers. With beautiful art and interesting designs, even though they hindered my gameplay, they are a great attraction. Still, I feel that Synergy lacks something to fully engage me, something that keeps me playing without me noticing the time passing. I felt lost at many moments while playing, although I think the problem was with me. I think that for those who have been used to games of this style for a long time, they must have a completely different impression.

SCORE: 7.5/10