Chebo's Reviews 5 - Cube World

This game is not finished, but it has been in a seemingly frozen state (but not precisely) for years. And yet, development is still being continued.

General

-Do not assume that this is a Minecraft clone; It is not even close
-It's an RPG game with inspiration from many games like The Legend of Zelda, Skyrim, Minecraft (only the blocky style) and more
-It was first released as an early alpha in 2013 by Picorma
-The sole developer, Wolfram von Funck (Wollay) was later joined by his wife, Sarah
-Unless you pirate the game, you cannot purchase it as of right now
-Wolfram decided to develop the game while posting updates on Twitter, blocking purchase to avoid disappointed customers
-These are the Twitter accounts of Wollay and Sarah: https://twitter.com/wol_lay https://twitter.com/pix_xie
-Wollay has been posting updates mostly once in every month, which is a broken streak as of right now
-You can see the progress for yourself, this article will only cover what the alpha has to offer

The Map

-The map is literally endless, no borders in this game, it endlessly generates new lands, names, and quests
-It is endless, but you never lose track of what you've explored so far
-Every biome has some special creatures that only spawn there

Biomes
-There are many biomes like Lava Lands, Oceans, Snow and so on...




The Classes and Races



-Here you can see four classes; Warrior, Ranger, Mage and Rogue
-They also show off multiple races; Dwarf, Lizardman, Human and Elf
-There are more races like Undead and Frogman
-Any race can choose any class
-Each class has two branches, they one's general playstle as that class

Skills

-You gain XP by killing enemies and bosses or animals
-You gain two skill points with every level up
-Once a skill has 5 points, you can upgrade the next branch of that skill tree
-This is an example:



-The first row is for combat as that class (in this case a Scout), the other icons are for every class
-Pets: Pet HP increases
- On level 5 pet riding can be unlocked (you can't ride all pets)
-Climbing: Increases stamina duration
-On level 5 usage of the hang glider can be unlocked (the only way to obtain a glider is to buy one at a shop)
-Swimming: Increases swimming speed
-On level 5 sailing can be unlocked (the ideal way to cross an ocean)

Cities, Crafting, and Taming



-Cities are always marked on the map regardless if you explored the area or not
-The city name is added to the map once it's explored
-Threats do not spawn
-Cities have shops of different types
-You can sell anything in any shop
-In general item shops you can buy pet food (only one type of pet food per city), bombs, flasks, lanterns, a hang glider and/or a boat

-In weapon and armor shops you can obviously buy weapons and armor, but also recipies for crafting them
-A recipe is activated by right clicking it in your inventory, it disappears after that
-In order to craft you require minerals like wood logs and ore from caves, but you need to refine them into blocks first (with the exception of emeralds)
-While crafting, there is a chance to craft multiple refined crafting items for the price of one



-In order to tame an animal, you need to equip pet food in your pet slot
-You acquire pet food by fighting enemies or buying it in a city
-A pet will be a cage as item equipable in the pet slot, but will appear in the world and fight alongside the player
-You can have multiple pets in your inventory
-Pets level up by gaining XP just like the player, but due to a glitch, they lose all XP progress if they are re-equipped or teleport from too far after dying
-They also use an amount of XP if they die and respawn normally

Power and Adapting

-A player's power level increases as they level up
-The power level is a way to make sure players don't use too powerful items at a low level
-Every town has a tower building in which an item's power level can be transfered to the player's current power level, regardless if it's lower or higher
-This process can only be done once
-It is not for free; It costs platinum coins, a currency obtained by slaying bosses


Restoring HP and Respawning

-You can restore HP by sleeping, crafting food that immobilizes you while eating, or potions using a flask (fillable with a water source) and a heartflower or cactus
-Some food needs a campfire to be crafted, you can find them all around the map outside cities
-In my opinion, the water mage is the most overpowered class, due to the healing spells making healing items useless and the long range attacks

Weapon and Armor Types

-Not all classes use the same materials to craft their armor and weapons
-Classes have more than just one type of weapon to choose from
-Rangers for instance have crossbows, bows and boomerangs





Quests

-Quests are marked on the map just like cities
-Some of them can be activated by talking to an NPC in a city that tells you about the location of the quest
-They lead to a dungeon, it can be mountains, castles, temples, ruins, catacombs or even giant rocks you have to climb
-However, they can get boring after an amount of playtime, depending on the player


Soundtrack

-There actually is no music implemented in the official alpha

Multiplayer and obtaining the game

-There are multiple ways to play multiplayer, feel free to contact me if you want to try :3
-As I said earlier, you cannot buy the game, but I don't think it's bad to pirate it in its current state, cause it's definitely worth playing
-It does get repetitive after a lot of time, but it didn't bore me yet, and it's a lot more fun with friends
-Playing your own music while playing it fixes the issue with lack of music