bogdanovist

Looks well enough made but I have zero interest in laying out a car centric American nonsense urban design. Arent we past this at this point?

One of the simplest and at the same time deepest strategic games I've played. An all time great iOS title that is a must play if you are at all into this kind of game.

Extremely unassuming and fun little game that contains a remarkable depth. The gameplay is quite varied but I found it a bit too chaotic and stressful and didn't want to invest in getting good at this particular jumping mechanic. The graphics are beautiful, consistent and cute and pull this game up.

Many of the graphics here and in promotional material are in no way representative to what we are seeing on the Switch itself. I have no idea what's going on there but it feels like a bait and switch. The game is basic (which is not bad) but for an audience of young children it's remarkably text heavy. Also what’s an issue for us was also that the game has not been localised to Dutch and contains too many made up words to translate well/quickly myself. The core mechanics of the game are exploration, errands (busywork) and construction, mechanics that are served better and many times over by other more marquee titles. Compared with those this game is a minor addition where it pains me to see that a bunch of artists have put so much work into something that is so formulaic.

Charming enough with the visuals and the chill play mode but if my villagers are dropping like flies, I need to have more control about what it is they are doing. That combination of unforgiving mechanics and cottage core atmosphere does not play well together for me. The levels didn't do it for me. Progression was slow especially because I overlooked the Decrees and I was annoyed that the sandboxes were so small and just as the village was going nicely the scenario is over.