Manor Lords is the new viral hit that has taken Steam by storm since its launch a few days ago, however, the game’s developer, Slavic Magic, has been deeply demoralized by a trick that has been spread that it warns could ruin the game. gaming experience for many users. And what has bothered the creator of this medieval-themed city-building game the most is that, according to him, this has also been shared by the media.
The exploit in question involves misusing the game’s “castle planner tool” to build city walls, a feature that was not intended in the original design. While this hack may seem harmless at first glance, it has a significant impact on the game’s AI, causing it to behave erratically and ruining the overall gaming experience.
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Slavic Magic has expressed its frustration on X, urging players to avoid this exploit and emphasizing that the “Castle Planner” tool is designed solely for castle construction, not city walls. The developer has also promised to implement a proper wall building tool in a future update.
The spread of the exploit by the press has been especially discouraging for Slavic Magic, which has apparently been shared by IGN, who in their impressions of the game, demonstrated how to use the exploit to build city walls.
Finally, the developer believes that this media coverage not only promotes unsportsmanlike behavior, but could also harm the players’ experience, adding that “it should have been blocked for now.”
Despite this drawback, Manor Lords has broken records on Steam, selling over a million copies in just one day since its release.
Although the spread of this trick worries the game’s creator, he must surely be more than happy overall, since Manor Lords’ publisher, Hooded Horse, https://twitter.com/HoodedHorseInc/status/1784333658297626810 that “Manor Lords has already sold more than 1 million copies.” As if this were not enough, the publisher shows a screenshot of SteamDB, ensuring that the game’s maximum number of simultaneous players, with 170,000 users, is the “highest ever recorded for a city builder.”
This record seems to extend even to general strategy, 4X games, and colony simulators. As indicated on Gamesradar, taking a quick look at Steam Charts can confirm Hooded Horse’s statements: the Cities Skylines franchise peaks at around 75,000 simultaneous players, while Civilization 6 stands at 162,000. Obviously, there are many games that could have surpassed that record within the strategy genre as a whole, but these are certainly some of the biggest examples.
