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Posted on: June 5, 2019
Relei99
Verified ownerGames: 192 Reviews: 1
Very good but repetitive
The game is amazing, very entertaining and you'll love it if you like RTS games but it gets kind of boring after a while and it hasn't got any updates in time with having so much new things to add.
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Posted on: October 30, 2024
lancelotdj77
Verified ownerGames: 32 Reviews: 1
Banished
Downloaded a mod and now you can't see the items that you harvested. Wish they would fix this problem. You can only see the shadows.
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Posted on: March 6, 2015
Kevbo2040
Verified ownerGames: 316 Reviews: 2
Shockingly fun, surprisingly deep.
I bought this game during GOG's Insomniac sale, for only about five bucks. I figured it was going to be something like Sim City, but in a more medieval style world. It is not. It's SO much better. Comparing the game to Sim City is really quite wrong, because they tend not to have much depth. You put down buildings, so people can move in, so you can tax them, which gets more money, which lets you put down more buildings. The people's 'needs' never run deeper than them wanting a specific type of building set up. Banished goes much, much deeper than that. If I had to compare it to anything, I would say it's closer to Dwarf Fortress, albeit a much easier and much more accessible version. You have individual citizens (or laborers), and the game keeps track of them. You can watch anyone grow from child to adult, watch them pass away of old age, watch them work their individual jobs. You don't directly control any of them, only assign duties, build homes and workplaces, and try to care for them, but ultimately they're the ones who have to do it, with you acting as overseer for the growing collection of cottages, trying to make it become a village, and then a town, and a city, as big and as long as possible. There is no combat in Banished, and there are no monsters or enemies, aside from natural disasters such as disease, starvation, freezing, fires, tornados, and the like, which helps keep it laid back, but also allows you to focus on growth, and trying new things, new challenges. Can you have a thriving city with only fishermen providing food? Can you survive a winter using only firewood? Can you go without a school for smarter workers, a tavern for happy workers? Carefully managing food, herbs, wood, stone, coal, and iron requires a watchful eye (especially wood), which is the game's challenge. You can build on every inch of land on the map for a huge population, but you'll need room for resources. It's a relaxing but challenging and entertaining game. Buy it.
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Posted on: February 18, 2014
ffathoms
Games: 12 Reviews: 1
Phenomenal game.
It's like the Developer has been listening to all my gripes about city builders and made exactly the game I want. I wish there was the option for battle BUT who knows what will come in the form of DLC or mods. Love it!
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Posted on: March 3, 2015
aritark
Verified ownerGames: Reviews: 2
Worth full price
One of the most surprising games of 2014, Banished is a game about building a village for a bunch of ...banished people. Every building is available from the start so you will have to figure out on your own what works and what wil end in inevitable chaos. And in the first few attempts it WILL end in chaos, death and starvation. There is no combat, but you will fight the elements. The game is challenging, the mechanics are extremely well polished and i've already had many dozens of hours of fun. It wasn't released out as an early access title like so many small developers do and is a real finished product in a time where even AAA titles aren't even close to being this kind of a complete experience, this alone should make even non-strategy fans pick it up and reward this kind of development. For fans of titles like the settlers, anno, simcity and tropico this is a must buy. The fact that this is all done by one programmer is just mindblowing.
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