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In wilderness' loving embrace.

Banished, a medieval village sim full of tranquility that evens out the many hardships of an exile's life in the lush and beautiful, but also harsh and unforgiving realm they've been cast into, is available for $19.99 on GOG.com.

We are the banished ones. Cast away from our homeland, exiled by our own brethren. But the woods are bountiful, the river is full of fish, and there's still months before the winter comes. We will toil and we will moil, from the sweat of our brows a village will rise. We will cut trees to make room for roads and houses, we will quarry stone to build walls, we cultivate the land and hunt the woods to fill our granaries, and we will survive. We must. An outcast is an outcast as long as they don't have a place to call home. A home we shall build then, my friends. Here, in the wilderness no one ever braved. It's either that, or the cold breath of winter and the death it brings. Tomorrow, starts another chapter in our story of hardship. For now, we should rest, and marvel at this beautiful day. This has been a long journey.

Banished is a free-form village sim firmly placed in a medieval setting with every possible calamity that comes with it. You will lead a small group of refugees, exiled from their home kingdom only with the clothes on their back and a small cart of supplies. Now, they need to rip a piece of land from the wilderness and make it their home, where they will live, love, have children, and finally die (let their death be peaceful!). You'll need to keep the population happy and healthy by providing them with food and warm shelter. Watch the town grow as you assign 20 different jobs to build buildings, grow food, craft tools and clothing, and more!

Heed our warning: this is not a city-builder you may be expecting. This is a game of survival where death and despair comes uninvited into the tranquility of your settlement just when you least expect it. We challenge you to lead the Banished, for only $19.99 on GOG.com.
I did a little Lets Play in german: for anyone who is interested in the game mechanics: youtube.com/watch?v=GEGjc5FDQI4

So far its a lovely game which is surprisingly entertaining although nothing really bad happened to me in around an hour gameplay. :-)
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1322: I just give up! Okay I tried to NOT buy this, but I just had to. Played a little bit, seems nice. I need to join GOG Anonymous. I think I have an addiction.
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jackster79: We members of GOG-A welcome all comers! Our doors are always open to those in need. :-)
Do you have a gaming room?
I'm still rather unsure how much I would enjoy this game. I'm definitely interested, but I fear I may get into a love/hate relationship with this title. Hm.

That said, my indecision lead me to finally give my GOG copy of Children of the Nile a good try, and I'm very much enjoying that one. :)
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mistermumbles: I'm still rather unsure how much I would enjoy this game. I'm definitely interested, but I fear I may get into a love/hate relationship with this title. Hm.

That said, my indecision lead me to finally give my GOG copy of Children of the Nile a good try, and I'm very much enjoying that one. :)
Depends what kind of games you like really. I am having a blast with it. Should be said though, it's definitely not an easy game. The balance is tough, and much can go wrong, easily. I love that challenge, but it's not for everybody.
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mistermumbles: I'm still rather unsure how much I would enjoy this game. I'm definitely interested, but I fear I may get into a love/hate relationship with this title. Hm.

That said, my indecision lead me to finally give my GOG copy of Children of the Nile a good try, and I'm very much enjoying that one. :)
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Pangaea666: Depends what kind of games you like really. I am having a blast with it. Should be said though, it's definitely not an easy game. The balance is tough, and much can go wrong, easily. I love that challenge, but it's not for everybody.
plus the game has a way of lulling the player into a false sense of "this going well" & then one little thing can change and you have the dreaded "domino" effect crushing your hopes for the town.
Made a wrapper for the game so you can play it on the Mac, works great :) (www.paulthetall.com)
Post edited February 20, 2014 by drpaulthetall
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Pangaea666: Depends what kind of games you like really. I am having a blast with it. Should be said though, it's definitely not an easy game. The balance is tough, and much can go wrong, easily. I love that challenge, but it's not for everybody.
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Rusty_Gunn: plus the game has a way of lulling the player into a false sense of "this going well" & then one little thing can change and you have the dreaded "domino" effect crushing your hopes for the town.
I'm looking forward to the real world aspects like that, as long as things don't just happen in spite of steps we took to prevent them. That t would be very frustrating. :(
I have an idea that I'd enjoy it to begin with, but after I figured out how to get past the initial hump, the lack of any objectives or end game other then "keep going" would kill it for me; that's been my experience with "building" games in the past. Because of this, as impressive as this looks for a one-man effort, it's going to have to go into the "maybe when there's a sale" pile.
Just reached 585 games from GOG with the purchase of Full Spectrum Warrior - Really tempted for this to be my 586 :-)
Post edited February 20, 2014 by delboy2k10
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delboy2k10: Just reached 585 games from GOG with the purchase of Full Spectrum Warrior - Really tempted for this to be my 586 :-)
Have 'em make ya a deal on the last 115 and change your username to GOG2. :P
I wonder if later on there will an update that includes the possibility of oriental medieval village.
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mangamuscle: I wonder if later on there will an update that includes the possibility of oriental medieval village.
Mod support is being planned. So at least you will be able to create this yourself, if no one else does. :-)
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mangamuscle: I wonder if later on there will an update that includes the possibility of oriental medieval village.
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goglier: Mod support is being planned. So at least you will be able to create this yourself, if no one else does. :-)
I wonder what kind of mod level it will allow.

1. Visual level. Change details in the visuals, but the games stays the same.

2. NWN level. Change the way the program works, but some aspects are hardcoded.

3. Open source. The author will make the code open source (but you ill need to buy the game to get the non code resource needed to play the game).
Between those at least level 2, number 1 is redundant for this kind of game. Hopefully a mix between 2 and 3, if not 3 entirely.
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jackster79: We members of GOG-A welcome all comers! Our doors are always open to those in need. :-)
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Pangaea666: Do you have a gaming room?
I wish! That would be my man-cave! :-)