Patron vs Simpsons: Tapped Out
Patron
Patron is a medieval-themed city-builder that is quite similar to Banished. In this game, you play as a pioneer sent by your King to colonize a new region. With a group of peasants to help, it is up to you to build a town from the ground up and develop it into one of the most prosperous colonies of the empire!The game is all about optimizing production chains and subsequently, pursuing advancements. So, at the beginning, it’s important to produce enough raw materials so you can have enough materials to “fuel” your other production facilities in order to craft more profitable items. As your town expands, you’ll need to make sure your production scales up accordingly, be it by upgrading existing structures or building new ones. This is where the challenge really comes in.
Of course, besides upgrades and expansions, you’ll want to invest in research so you could unlock better and, hence, more productive buildings, as well as new production facilities which will then allow you to produce items that are usually more luxurious and lucrative to trade. From time to time, you will receive various edicts from the King or news of certain events. You’ll then be expected to choose between the two decisions provided.
All in all, Patron is definitely a much better version of Banished in every way, and this saying something since I’ve enjoyed playing Banished. This game’s a solid medieval city-builder with a nice level of difficulty which matches what a midcore gamer like me can handle. The game is definitely worth the cost!
Simpsons: Tapped Out
Simpsons: Tapped Out is a fun town-building simulation that is based entirely on one of the most popular animated sitcoms of all time, the Simpsons. Developed by none other than EA Games, this game allows you to assume the role of mayor of Springfield. You are free to decide how you'd like to build your own version of "Springfield".Best yet, like the Sims, you can not only dress up each resident of your town - most of which are the cast of the Simpsons, of course; you can even take control of them and get them to do some really ridiculous stuff. There are always something going on in town as well. Ranging from an impending zombie invasion to one of Homer's many "brilliant ideas", you'll definitely be kept amused throughout the gameplay.
Simpsons: Tapped Out is one humorous simulation game - one that many players and not only fans of the series would enjoy. If this sounds like something you'd like, then be sure to check it out!