Banished vs Farm Days
Banished
Banished is a medieval-themed city-building simulation that can be pretty difficult to get into at first mainly due to its many nuances and lack of a comprehensive tutorial. But once you get the general idea of how things work (we'd recommend starting with easy mode), you'll start to truly appreciate the game as the challenge that it is. In some way, this game is quite similar to SimCity in many ways with the obvious difference being the themes and the lack of piping, waste management or electricity. Different maps will pose a different challenge and of course, the bigger your village is, the more stuff you'll need to manage. Although it does have some strategy elements to it - mainly in the form of village management, the game is not a war game. There is no fighting involved but your villagers will die from natural causes or disasters like illnesses or famine.However, once you've gotten the hang of the game, Banished becomes less of a punishing game and a bit more boring due to the same-y looking buildings and the soundtrack. When it comes to replayability, we'd say that the game has maybe tens of hours in it before you'll get bored and move on to the next game... and this play duration may be drastically reduced if you happen to be a pro SimCity player.
So, in short, Banished will appear to be a somewhat frustrating game at first, but once you've gotten the hang of it, the game might gradually becomes boring mainly because there is nothing else to do except to expand, expand and expand! However, we can't say that we didn't enjoy playing the game, and even for the shorter play duration it has to offer, as opposed to triple A city-building titles, the game is worth the money it costs.
Farm Days
Farm Days gives you a farm to call home and develop in your own way to go on to be a huge farmstead. You have a small home to start with and it is up to you to manage your money and build it up into a massive holding full of crops, animals and produce to sell to the local village. There are lots of crops for you to grow from corn to potatoes and everything between and you can also use these crops to feed your animals and use their produce to sell to the village. Play with your friends and share items and help each other out as you manage every aspect of your plot.There are lots of different options for you to add to your farm too, from fun statues to all the money making buildings you need. You can also make some pretty amazing patterns and designs as you expand adding that nice personal touch. A really fun and enjoyable sim game full of items, animals and crops for you to use.