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Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy, Indie
OpenCritic74IGDB68
Welcome to the world of Banished! In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland.
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Game RevolutionPaul TamburroFeb 20144.5/5 starsBanished is not impressive solely because it was made by one man—it is impressive, period.
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GameCrateChris TurrubiateMar 20149/10Banished is a game that you can pick up and play and then drop in a minute to go do real life tasks. You can largely play the game on your own terms and in your own style, which is wonderful. The goals in front of you are flexible enough to allow for creativity while concrete enough to give you a sense of accomplishment.
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Post Arcade (National Post)Matthew O'MaraApr 20148.5/10Watching over your town in Banished can make you feel like a God, but you had better read the Wiki first.
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Rock, Paper, ShotgunAlec MeerFeb 2014Aside from interface complaints, I would not really call Banished a bad game. I would also not call it a pleasant game.
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EurogamerPaul DeanFeb 20146/10I liked playing Banished. It was complex, but never fiddly, difficult, but rarely cruel, though it would benefit from a little more transparency. But as soon as I had a handle on it, as soon as I'd started to see through some of the fog of its complexity, I wanted to grasp for something bigger, something greater. Banished is satisfying, but never spectacular. That's not quite enough for me.
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IGDB rating 7.0/10 from 202 ratings.
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