Foundation

The game is good. The gameplay concept it has is just fabulous. The problem is that the game is not that polished (in fact, its very, VERY raw) and lots of gameplay mechanics are not developed enough to call them genius. A lot of work was done, but even more is yet to be, if the developers want to make the Foundation successful. I am refunding the game after 5 hours of gameplay, but I will gladly buy it again if it becomes a title as solid as SimCity4. The game is a raw, a very raw gem, which is yet to be polished. If you want to support the development of the game - go for it. Buy the game. You will certainly like the concept and the developers honest enough to develop the game until it's really done, and not leave in half-baked state like it happened to Gnomoria. If you don't really want to play a raw game with not that much content to play with - just wishlist the game and wait for it's full release. Im pretty sure it will become a solid game with huge potential.

... it is "organic": one because villagers pick the locations of their homes themselves, you only assign the zone (sure, you could break it down again). Second, because you place all the other buildings where and how you want to, freely without any grid for position or rotation. Third: Villagers trample out paths over time which also adds to the feeling of organic settlement development. It is detailled: Decorations are not purely cosmetic, some of them help you progress or gain influence (I usually dont't care much for cosmetics if everything works, but here even my "functional" settlements look nice now). Only a few decorations are required to upgrade houses and I must admit it's fun placing lanterns and admire everything at night. Another detail: You can even specify the tone (and more) of church bells. There's no day/night cycle, but you can switch at will to day, night, dusk or rain. This not only changes the lighting, but the ambient sounds as well (like hearing frogs in the night near a lake). Never experienced a crash for like 20+ hours with longest session being 7 hours straight. And by now they fixed even more crashes other people had with 5 hotfixes each day in the first week after release.

Foundation 1.10.3.10 freezes on average 10 minutes into play. Re-install and drive checks have not solved this problem.

I just played about an hour right now, as I have bigger issues with the graphic. It is flickering a lot. I tried different setups, but it still does not work properly. I hope that will get better with upcomming updates. Beside that... I see the potential of the game. A bit more instructions woulg be helpful.

This game looks plain gorgeous. Houising and roads appearing automatically just make you build away and then try to fit additional buildings into that. while the pace is a bit slower than I personally like, its been a fun few hours watching my village grow. (yes I am aware of the speed up function) expanding the manor, churches and tavern with the attachments really rocks.