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Urbek City Builder

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Urbek City Builder
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Developer(s)Estudios Kremlinois
Publisher(s)RockGame S.A.
EngineUnity
ReleaseJuly 13, 2022[1]
Genre(s)City builder

Urbek City Builder is a city-building video game developed by Estudios Kremlinois and published by RockGame. The game also has a puzzle aspect.

Gameplay and description

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Unlike many entries in the city builder genre, Urbek does not use money,[2] or "random elements" such as disasters.[3]

Buildings have varied requirements including resources and relative placement. Buildings can upgrade to other types of buildings depending on these relative placements.[4] Relative placements can also have negative impacts on buildings, such as pollution affecting housing.[1] In addition to direct placement of some buildings, the game also uses a zone mechanic.[1]

Graham Smith of Rock Paper Shotgun suggests the building requirements gives the game a puzzle game aspect.[2] Luke Plunkett of Kotaku explains how the puzzles also arise from numbers and spacing of buildings.[4]

Urbek uses voxel graphics.[2][4] Details can be inspected up close by exploring a city in a first-person view.[2][5]

The game includes a tutorial made up of text dialog boxes.[6]

Reception

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Smith praised the voxel art, suggesting Urbek has better graphics than many indie games in the genre.[2] Frances Addison of KeenGamer found the building design appealing.[5]

Smith compared the addition of the puzzle aspect to Concrete Jungle.[2]

Plunkett wrote that despite the apparent complexity of some of the game mechanics, the gameplay felt more relaxing than other city builders,[4] other reviewers found a similar atmosphere.[3][5]

Addison also wrote about creativity in the gameplay and suggested "the core of the game is putting your city together just as you want it to be".[5] Plunkett similarly suggests that the game has "malleability" allowing for creativity by the player.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Eaton, Joe; Robertson, Andy (2022–2023). "Urbek City Builder". Family Gaming Database. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Smith, Graham (July 26, 2022). "Urbek City Builder demands efficient use of natural resources, not money". Rock Paper Shotgun. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
  3. ^ a b Musgrave, Shaun (May 4, 2023). "SwitchArcade Round-Up: 'Urbek City Builder', 'Space Gladiators', Plus Today's Other New Releases and Sales". TouchArcade. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
  4. ^ a b c d e Plunkett, Luke (July 24, 2022). "New City-Building Game Is All About The Voxels". Kotaku. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
  5. ^ a b c d Addison, Frances (2022-07-22). "Urbek City Builder Review: A Beginner's Guide to City Planning". KeenGamer. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
  6. ^ Moore, Paula (August 3, 2022). "Urbek City Builder Review". Ladies Gamers. Retrieved 2023-12-04.

Further reading

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