



The basic structure is pretty simple: a town in the middle of a randomly generated piece of land, with resources spread all around and a small stockpile of them to get the citizens started. In just two seasons, my food was down to 200, I had little firewood left, my herbalist was only half built and I was quickly thinking about returning to an earlier save in order to try out another strategy.īanished is basically a simulation that does not aim for the grandeur of SimCity, but for the intimacy and the careful evolution of The Settlers, with Shining Rock Software adding a dose of extra difficulty in order to create a stiffer challenge for players. I built a couple of new houses while anxiously waiting to see how my resources would be affected. Banished might be the best overpopulation simulation I have ever played because its core gameplay seems designed to show those who engage with the title how quickly a town can disappear because it lacks food, firewood or because of mass disease.ĭuring one of my first games, I managed to get past the 1,000 mark for both food and firewood and I began thinking about expanding my population in order to add that all important herbalist building.
