Posted on: May 1, 2018
eVinceW21
Verified ownerGames: 134 Reviews: 25
Lovely Little Sim
Banished is good, just don't expect much. It's a nice, solid little timewaster that is engaging for a while but its longevity leaves something to be desired. Every game will play the same, the random seed maps don't change the experience at all really. After your first few years the game stops being a survival sim and turns into a simplistic resource management sim. The Construction and Management Simulation isn't very deep or complex. As a city builder, it doesn't offer much creativity because buildings are all the same both visually and funcitonally. Once you're up and running, the objective is really just to copy/paste buildings all over the map until you've run out of map and achieved max population. A playthrough will go through various states (hunter/gather > trade > agriculture) which is about as much variety as the game offers, other than mod support which is extensive and mods are easy to integrate. Mechanically, the game is shallow but sound with precision balance and solid design. Everything about Banished works well, it just doesn't offer a whole lot. The simplistic graphics are rather charming actually. Everything about Banished just screams "cathartic." Expect a solid, simplistic, low key experience that is entertaining for a while.
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