Hey! This is one of the best games that you ever find! They don't make them like these anymore. The game designers thinks that graphics and eyecandy is more important than the game itself... Also, Ubisoft is ruining the Might & Magic franchise with their joke of Heroes and the Might & Magic X which is a fiasco (bugs, unfinished, limited gameplay, no replayability, no open world, etc.). If you want to purchase a game, and like turned based strategy that has unlimited replayability... buy this!
I think the two first ones were better than this populous. I own the original hard copy of this game. I never really got into it. So, unless you really know what you are buying, don't buy this.
For a limited game like that, there should have been lots and lots more things you could build. There should be double the amount of professions. There should be scenarios in the game like in sim city where you need to solve a problem in a hamlet, town or city. A nice feature you could add is a world map (that could be made by the player too) where when you are satisfied with your community, you could "save to map" and that community would be available to trade with. That way, you could create a farming community, another would be herding, another mining, etc. That way, you could create a world economy of your own. But not like Cities XL, it's more a pain in the butt than fun, I would keep Banished just like it is right now economically and just make merchants available once you have finished your first community so that you can trade with it. I would give it 5 stars only if there would be twice as many professions and scenarios (no need of a campaign unless you add the world map option). The game is very like the small game called Towns minus the dungeon. You pretty much do the same thing without any adventuring, another minus in my book, but minor one.
Good - Beautiful drawings & interesting animation - Nice music and sounds Bad - Repetitive gameplay - Not sure if the choices changes the story - Difficult combat situations, especially later in game. - The fact that you can only take a limited amount of guys in battle but the enemy can take as many as it wants is stupid. - WAAAAYYYY to long waiting between events. Should be a mini game or something to do or even a dialog between two persons while you travel. A BIG WASTE OF TIME HERE! Overall, don't buy this unless you have played it already.
This game has terrible controls, the story is ehhh, and it is basically a combat arena game where you go here and there to fight... :( Don't buy this.
This game should be free on the web, because it's way too short. Don't waste your money on this, not eve 0.99$ not even 25 cents... really, really not worth any money. You can play much better games for free on the web and most take a much longer time to finish than this thing. There is no depth, and like El001 said, if you don't pick the right stats, game over. You should be able to finish the game no matter what the stats, it should be the choices you make in the game that influences the story, not your stupid stats. Also, there should be at least a dozen different endings. Always the same one of few ones in such an easily designed game is poor game design skills. Play Princess Maker instead, it's worth the money in comparison to this joke! Stay away from that game, not because it's bad, because it's too short for its price, should be a freeware.
