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A tranquil world becomes ever more corrupt by the day, spoiled by a pirate organization that forcefully impose their brewing monopoly over the lands. It's up to you to explore, forage, craft, sell and deliver your brews to overthrow the corrupt pirate organization and restore peace.
The Brew Barons is a flight, action and open world game
developed and published by Lifetap Studios.
Released on March 01st 2024 is available in English only on Windows.
It has received 748 reviews of which 586 were positive and 162 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.5 out of 10. š
The game is currently priced at 19.99ā¬ on Steam.
The Steam community has classified The Brew Barons into these genres:
System requirements
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Windows
- OS *: Windows 7
- Processor: Intel i5-6500
- Memory: 12 GB RAM
- Graphics: GTX 960 or equivalent
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 4 GB available space
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I love this game, if only because it's one of very, very few flight games that give you something to do other than combat. Note I didn't call it a "simulator." Despite what the user tags say, Brew Barons is an arcade flight game. Think Ace Combat with General Aviation planes. The action takes place in an open-world and is justified by casting you as a brewery owner in a waterworld dotted by archipelago islands. It's an alternate reality occurring around the Golden Age of Aviation where the Hindenburg never blew up and flight technology evolved to utilize the sprawling water environment not just for runways but also for propulsion and warfare. More to the point, a water jet functions as your turbo, and you fire water "bullets." Gameplay-wise you'll be island-hopping, looking for ingredients to mix into a seemingly endless assortment of brews and spirits. In this alternate history, pirates have sprung up to compete for resources. What this means is that they may decide to camp out on an island that contains the special type of grape you need for one of your recipes. There are multiple islands where you can source the same ingredients but you'll occassionally find pirates laying claim to the closest and most convenient one. Tangle with them if you dare, or go to one of the other islands. If you choose violence, you'll eventually do battle with one of many bosses, learning their unique patterns and weak spots, before chasing them away and freeing up the island's precious resources for your own capitalist exploitation. There isn't much in the way of a main story, although you'll manage different pilots who also double as employees to run your brewing operations. You always control a pilot and, as far as I can tell, cannot employe AI to fly for you. Different characters have different stats that affect a variety of gameplay factors, either while you control them or appoint them to different positions to manager your brewing, repair, or bartending operations. The managerial aspects of running the bar are handled via menus. I've seen other reviews comment on the bad UI and, while it's not always the best, it's very serviceable. Direct control is only had while flying, but the brewing conceit does a good job of giving you a reason to fly in the fictional world that's been constructed. Despite the combat, the game is relatively sedate. If you get hooked, you may find hours melting away as you resolve to do "just one more thing" before turning in. If, however, you're not prepared for long flights (several minutes) going from one island to another, you may find yourself very quickly bored. Only you can decide what kind of constitution you have. Do you like flight games and simulators, but looking for a new spin on them? Do you often reminisce about Crimson Skies? Then you'll likely get into Brew Barons. If, however, you get restless while playing games slower than Ace Combat, Brew Barons likely won't grab you either. Oh, and the AI voices. Yeah, they're whatever. They definitely detract from the game's charm, but they're no worse than voiceovers from the early days of video game voiceovers. Except now they're soulless robots and not passionate coders dreading a looming deadline. The writing is good enough but probably should've been cut down so as not to highlight that uncanny valley more than necessary.
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I am shocked that this game hasn't more people playing it. It's overall a really good game, reminding me of crimson skies, which used to be a game i used to play a lot, ages ago. It also has a very novel and somewhat well executed concept of using AI for voices. I would definitely recommend this game, as it has a lot of fun and very mechanics where one can design their own planes, drinks and even bar. It's worth the 20ā¬.
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Great game, it has a charming world inspired in Porco Rosso. It's an original and neat idea and it is impressive what such a small dev team managed to accomplish. I'm having a blast while also relaxing. Highly recommend!
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Amazing Porko Russo Esque game but the non violent approach kind of takes me out of the world. Ill give it another try in the future depending on how the developers or Modders handle this. I think its a really cool game its just not for me. Just be aware there are no actual weapons n this game. you use water cannons and the enemy simply leaves when they're too wet?
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I highly rate this indy game, to be honest in awe of the team that put it together. ***MILD SPOILERS*** This game is never going to age a day and maintain its timelessness owing to its Studio Ghibli inspired graphics and cell shaded dynamics. The day/night cycle and the reflections in the water when you pull off a smooth and gentle landing with a fully loaded plane whistling along to the adaptive soundtrack... *chefs kiss* For 3 people this is very impressive work and from what I've seen they have taken feedback on board changed areas of game play to make this game as approachable as possible to all players and all skill levels. Once you wrap you head around the Simulation/Physics Engine you're away laughing. Either way there's the Introduction/Tutorial and in a lot of ways you're left to your own devices. Want to develop more recipes and build up your bar? Want to explore all the islands, the other bars, that sunken wreck and maybe a Quest before having to refuel? Find all the Pilots, complete all their missions then do some Boat Taxi or Tour Pilot? Want to push you're luck early on and take on a Boss fight? Would you like to do all that, whenever you want, in any order you like, In first person view or third? There is a lot of small victories in the game play. When you do pull off defeating a Mini Boss battling the opponent and the fatigue mechanic or harvesting material off an area of an island or island groups in 2 or 3 passes using all the techniques, technologies and acrobatics involved, you will not regret your purchase in this game. Just where's the Tea?
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Online players
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Developer
Lifetap Studios
Publisher
Lifetap Studios
Release
01 Mar 2024
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