"I’m writing this at the tail-end of a week in which Banished has given me blackened, sore eyes, a pounding head, and an ache in my back. Y’see, I have spent every spare minute of my time from Sunday through to Friday slumped over my desk, completely and utterly enveloped in the world of this brutal city-building strategy game, and as such I have become something of a mess."
~ Paul Tamburro, GameRevolution
Banished, by Shining Rock Software takes you to a simpler era where you must hoard basic resources like food, stone, and iron in order to survive.
Sure, it's a year or too old, but is it worth forking out cash for?
Dan Grilipolous interviews Luke Hodorowicz, the one-man developer of indie hit 'Banished'.
“I think what helped us most is that all the press was there for Sim City and maybe because it was a disappointment to all the people who played Sim City 4 that they were looking for something new to play to fill that gap. I certainly wouldn’t consider Banished a replacement for Sim City, they’re very different games but just that fervour for a city-building game being out there is what really helped.”
Banished is fantastic city-building strategy game by Shining Rock Software; the game has cultivated a very strong following amongst stripped down, hard and painful city-building fanatics. However, the game can become somewhat dull once you’ve mastered the basic gameplay elemetns and built your first few towns – after that, the only thing left is achievements.
Gonna have to check this out!
Sounds like a great game
I'll definitely look into this.
Good for people who like city builders, especially. I've been addicted to this since Tuesday.