UnReal World is a unique low-fantasy roguelike game set in the far north during the late Iron-Age.
The world of the game is highly realistic, rich with historical atmosphere and
emphasized on survival in the harsh ancient wilderness.
Mar-07-2021 | "The Cake is a Lie" exhibition about video game food culture at Finnish Museum of Games includes
downloadable .pdf publication containing an entire UnReal World menu to try out and interview where Sami talks about the food and its meaning in the game, also covering historical viewpoints and folklore behind the game mechanics.
The publication is available in English and
Finnish.
Oct-11-2019 | Rock, Paper, Shotgun ranks the best RPGs on PC in 2019 and UnReal World
is 34th on the list - "The first release of Finnish survival roguelike UnReal World didn't contain
all of the seeds that would make it one of the world's greatest and most distinctive RPGs." ...it starts. And we can nothing but agree.
Sep-27-2019 | Lord Mandalore's review on YouTube is informative, amusing and enjoyable episode with the essence of the game and setting dug out with talent.
June-03-2018 | Ancient gaming history becomes alive in this deep and screenshot rich review of the very first versionUnReal World [v. 1.00b] (1992) by CRPAddict
May-30-2018 | Did You Know Gaming? episode puts the history of UnReal World nicely together in their easily digestable video episode PC Game Constantly Updated For 25 Years.
June-03-2018 | Ancient gaming history becomes alive in this deep and screenshot rich review of the very first versionUnReal World [v. 1.00b] (1992) by CRPAddict
Jan-30-2017 | UnReal World gets Game Swapped in a new Rock, Paper, Shotgun series where one person recommends another a game they might like.
1-May-2016 | Listen to Roguelike Radio episode on Simulation
where Mark Johnson, Darren Grey, Tarn Adams and Sami Maaranen discuss Simulation in Roguelikes.
Apr-28-2016 | UnReal World review at PixelPerfectGaming
gives 5/5 and states "I continue to be impressed by how fantastic of a game Unreal World continues to be, despite it being the oldest running rogulike survival game on PC."
July-10-2015 | Rock, Paper, Shotgun ranks the 50 best PC RPGs ever released and UnReal World
is 26th on the list - "a survival/crafting game that offers a more complete and compelling vision than anything else in the genre."
A finnish book "Sinivalkoinen pelikirja" is the first true chronicle covering the dawn and evolution
of finnish video game sector (1984-2014). Here's the page about UnReal World in "Sinivalkoinen pelikirja"
where, among other things, it's stated that "UnReal World is Finland's own Ultima". (The book is being translated to English and translated edition will be released by Christmas 2014.)
A History of Finnish Games, Part 2
reaches the times when "another indie game developer, Sami Maaranen, had started working on his bigger-than-life project, UnReal World,
in the summer of 1990. [..] But the vastness of the game was something unheard of in a roguelike..." and so on.
Anti-Skyrim: Iron Age Roguelike UnReal World Goes Free post at Rock,Paper,Shotgun says it all in a nutshell and requests comments: "Let us know you how get on with UnReal World. I want to hear stories of being eaten by bears in the middle of the night, eating your own clothes to survive, that sort of thing.".
Just like real life except fun! article about surviving (on occasion) in the wilderness of digital Finland at Deep Thoughts blog.
My Year in Roguelikes article and review of
NEO scavenger tease with few lines about features and feeling of UrW on Rock, Paper, Shotgun site by Adam Smith.
The very first UrW newsflash in printed media
was published by finnish Pelit-magazine back in 1996.
This scanned article talks about descendants of Hack and Rogue - in finnish, of course.
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