Nebuchadnezzar is a glorious strategy game, heavily inspired by Pharaoh, Caesar and likewise old city builder games. And I must say, I was skeptical at first, as I've already seen failed attempts at bringing those games back to their full glory, I was very surprised to see Nebuchadnezzar truly becoming spiritual successor of those.

Now, there are some things that may affect your opinion about this title, depending on how much you compare it to its over 20 years old competitors. As of patch 1.3, there are for example no military aspects in the game, which I don't consider as some crucial aspect affecting my review, but it's a valid concern that you may find more content in original games. Personally I don't attempt to compare it as a clone, but standalone game, and as a standalone game inspired by Pharaoh and alike, the game is truly a very satisfying experience and I'm glad that I managed to grab it in Humble Bundle, which was a steal.

In comparison with Pharaoh or Ceasar, Nebuchadnezzar is much simpler game. For example, you no longer have to worry much about distance from houses to work places, as your citizens apparently can teleport at work right away. House-planning aspect was also simplified, as you no longer need to min-max roads and exact placement just to ensure that your bazaar workers manage to give food to everybody. At the same time you still have to take into account the usual mess, whether that will be production buildings, storage, transportation, delivery and everything in-between. However, since everything is vastly toned down, the game should also be a satisfying experience for more casual players, rather than being constantly pressured about supply chains.

I really liked the campaign, which very similar to Pharaoh, guides us through history of ancient Mesopotamia. There are like 13 missions total, which took me more or less 45 hours total taking into account some slacking off, and that's plenty. Every following mission features some new mechanic, production chain, or additional logic which needs to be implemented in order to finish it. It was pretty satisfying to finish whole of it.

What else I can say, if you liked Pharaoh, Ceasar, or similar games, Nebuchadnezzar will definitely be along your alley. If you expect from it die-hard experience, you might get disappointed, but even that is configurable with selection of difficulty, so I'd say you should be good to go. For people that somehow skipped those marvelous city builders released more than 20 years ago, I'd still recommend this title if you enjoy city builders in general, and you're covered in case you'd still want more afterwards.

I can heavily recommend this title. Maybe it's not a masterpiece that keeps me awake at night, but it's a very solid production that I had a lot of fun with, as can be seen with the amount of hours clocked. As a mid-to-hardcore strategy fan, I'm satisfied.

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Don't Escape: 4 Days to Survive is one of the best point & click games I've ever played, and it'd be easily considered a masterpiece if it was released back in point & click games era.

What really shocked me is how well the game mixes point & click elements with actual post-apocalyptic survival. The moment I launched a second playthrough and realized that majority of the events that happen are now COMPLETELY different compared to my first playthrough, I was speechless, it's not just a really good point & click game, it's a point & click game with actual replayability factor, and now THAT'S something the game can be really proud of.

I don't know what else is there to say, it's a very decent story in awesome setting with very interesting mechanics and general idea for itself, done by a single person with two more supporting him. I consider it a mandatory pick for everybody who is interested how point & click fallout/wasteland could look like, and even if this isn't RPG game, the vibes and inspiration is clearly visible.

My opinion - a masterpiece in point & click genre, must-play with very unusual (in this genre) replayability factor.

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