Manor Lords already feels like it has all the ingredients of a superb strategy game - but one of its greatest tricks is a camera that brings you down to earth

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Not for the first time inManor Lords, I find myself staring at a cow.

Manor Lordsis a city builder, not dissimilar to theAnnogames orCities: Skylines.

The key art of Manor Lords, showing someone on horseback looking at a castle in the distance

Theres deep satisfaction to be found in watching your small settlement grow into a sprawling town bustling with life.

At times it looks like a Renaissance painting of rural life.

From field to battlefield

As your city grows, you must set your sights on conquest.

An Ox-pulled plow in the fields in the game Manor Lords

No one region has everything.

Not only are Manor Lords systems and simulations connected, but you might see them in action.

This isnt true ofManor Lords.

A snowy battlefield in the game Manor Lords

Not only areManor Lords systems and simulations connected, but you might see them in action.

you might see them die in battle and their bodies return to the earth.

An active settlement in the game Manor Lords

A woodcutter working next to his hut in the game Manor Lords