Patron vs Virtual Villagers: The Tree of Life
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!
Virtual Villagers: The Tree of Life
Virtual Villagers: The Tree of Life is the fourth installment of the Virtual Villagers game series where the mysterious island of Isola is showing signs of trouble. The chief of the villagers have decided to send an exploration team to venture to the eastern shores of the island in hopes of finding the cause of the problems and maybe solve them. This game contains all the features of the previous games - this means you'll need to set up a village and help populate the eastern part of the island as you send out people to explore the deeper parts of the island.With tons of new puzzles to offer, Virtual Villagers: The Tree of Life is a great sequel in the game series. It will definitely appeal to fans and newcomers alike!