Posted on: October 28, 2018
ixltixl
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Siedler-Clone which plays like a beta
The longer I play the game, the more it feels like an unfinished beta (V. 1 24661) It is a 'Settlers'-Clone with decent graphics and somewhat simplified gameplay (no population management - you just print your robots). The goal is to gather and convert various resources, research new technologies and either build a monument or vanquish your enemy. There is an exploration part involved which is entertaining, and it is fun to become bigger and better. It also is cute to look at your robots doing your bidding - BUT: A big part of 'settlers' is to optimize your resource tree - placing buildings in a most efficient manner. The problem with 'The Colonists' is the pathfinding: the game doesn't fetch the nearest / most convenient resource, instead it can happen that the log is being fetched from the other end of the map, while the one being manufactured right next door goes - you guess right - where the first one came from. That leads to some peculiar transportation stuff - bot delivers energy to waypoint, just to fetch some right back. Equally annoying are the (resulting) roadblocks. Each roadpost (waypoint) can accomodate 4 resources, so your roads get easily jammed. If the block is from both ways (yes, that can happen), it never dissolves - bye bye resources. When you alter a trade route or unplan a building, those cute white bots ditch the cargo. Furthermore (just one more for now) your bots don't look for alternative ways - always picking the shortest pathway. So having an intricate network of paths hurts more than it helps. There is more: graphical glitches, bots ignoring storage (unlike settlers you don't have a castle / warehouse but have to manage output / storage, which is a fun aspect, when it works), a not ending mission 6 and so on (i found a page full) leading me to believe I played a beta. TL,DR: cute little game, could be more fun if it wasn't so frustrating. I'd wait for a patch or a sale.
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