An Overview and Review | Cube World

Answering the question: What is CubeWorld?! 

A ranger's skill tree (after having chosen the Scout path) 

From left to right, Warrior (dwarf), Ranger (lizardman), Mage (human) and Rogue (elf)

This time, I'm actually going to be reviewing CubeWorld's gameplay. So if you were one of those who read my journey in order to attain this game, you may think that nothing is worth that kind of pain or endurance.but I'll say this only once in my review, CubeWorld is indubitably one of the best games I have ever played in my life. Yeah, I know, usually I'm a critical reviewer that generally displays next to no emotion, but credit must be given where it's due.




The levelling system gives you at least two routes for each class. There are 4 classes: Rogue, Ranger, Warrior and Wizard. If my presumptions are correct and there are 2 routes for each character, then that makes there 8 routes overall. This makes the game suitable to pretty much all gamers and whatever type of character you like to play as.

You gain experience from killing monsters and bosses and the experience required to level up increases each level. Every time you level up, your max health increases, your power level increases (Dragon Ball, yeah yeah.) which allows you to equip better items and last of all you get 2 skill points to increase your...skills.

The combat skills vary for each class but the rest are the same.

If your climbing level reaches 5, you can then level up your hang gliding skill.

If your swimming level reaches 5, you can then level up you sailing skill.

Last but not least, if your pet strength level reaches 5, you can then level up your pet riding skill.

This is known as the "Skill tree", and the combat section of this tree is different for both classes and you can choose between two paths depending on how you would like to play the game. This skill system is REALLY cool and you can plan how to use your skill points before leveling up.

When you start playing CubeWorld, I guarantee that the first thing you'll find will be a city. In these cities there are inns that you can you use at night to make it daytime. Within the center of the city, there are 4 districts. The pet district, crafting district, trading district and adventurer district. Since all these districts expand out to wider topics I'll split them into categories.

A city, as viewed on a map.

Pet District
In the pet district, various animals walk around that you can tame if you have the correct food. The taming of each pet requires a different food. There are 4 types of pets: melee (the most common), ranged, healing and tank. It's pretty obvious what all these types do. Pets level up just as your character would in addition with the pet skill. When a pet dies, it will respawn by you after a few seconds. Overall, I think pets are an extremely good addition to the game and make it a lot more fun to play.

Crafting District
Here, there are three crafting stalls. A smithing/furnace area, a custom table/saw area and a loom/spinning wheel area. The smithing area is used to smelt metal cubes and create swords. The custom table/saw area is used to saw logs into wooden cubes and I'll get into the custom table later. The spinning wheel is used to spin various items into string which is used for creating armour. Crafting cubes can not only be used in crafting weapons but, using the crafting table, you can literally add these cubes to the weapons and customise them (32 cubes max). Also, when a boss is killed it drops a spirit cube which adds a special ability to the weapon. Logs are gotten from bushes which are scattered across the world. Iron, gold, silver and all the gems are found in caves. There are deposits for each type of metal and these have to be destroyed in order to gain the metals. Cobwebs to make string are found from scrubs that are also scattered across the world.

Adventurer DistrictHere there is target practice as well as dummies to attack. There are also people who give advice on fighting. Not part of this district, but in the middle of all the 4 districts there is a tall tower with a man who can adapt the power level of weapons using platinum coins. Platinum coins are gained from completing quests.

Trade DistrictThis district is my most used district. There are 4 stalls: the armour stall, item stall, weapon stall and identifier stall. It's pretty obvious what the purposes of these stalls are. The money system is that 100 coppers is one silver and 100 silver is one gold.

The rarity system.

The worlds in CubeWorld are endless. People have explored gigantic terrains, and sail from their original island to the next. As you level up, you gain new crafting recipes for food, weapons, armour etc. You can also find crafting recipes by killing monsters and right click them to add them to your list. As you continue on in the game, you start to find better items, and there is a rarity system to dictate this. Green names mean the item is uncommon. Purple names mean the item is epic. Yellow names mean the item is legendary. These items can be made from finding recipes or dropped by monsters. Gems found in caves are used along with the usual items to craft these items.

From left to right (in groups of two), Elves, Humans, Goblins, Lizardmen, Dwarves, Orcs, Frogmen and Undeads.

At the moment, there 8 playable races. Other than height and hitbox, there are not many differences between the races, however goblins are an exception. They can climb faster than any of the other classes. It is unknown why they were given this advantage and it may just be a glitch. The difference races make the game much more interactive and widen the appeal.

As a whole, the gameplay is intense and enjoyable. I think that something that a lot of games are lacking now is fun. Game makers have become greedy and just show off graphics and make the game extremely expensive. Some people have even begun to play games just for the sake of it, when my true purpose in gaming is entertainment and to have fun. This is why I love CubeWorld, because of it spreading out to appeal to practically all gamers and that it has one of the most friendly gaming communities I have ever come across.

If anyone is considering buying this game, I support you 100%. I'd also recommend buying it now as it is in alpha and is probably the cheapest it can possibly be.


But, until next time, peace out.