Farmville vs Patron
Farmville
Farmville is THE farm simulation game that has gotten millions addicted planting, watering and harvesting their virtual crops a few years back and is still hugely popular today. Developed by Zynga, the game features a plethora of crops, ranging from the realistic to the fictional, for both land and water. There are equally as many farm animals that you can raise for the respective animal produce they provide. Of course, all of these can then be processed into more valuable goods and subsequently sold on the global market to turn a profit.Farmville has revolutionized what it means to be a virtual farmer by providing a farm simulation game that has a very lasting appeal to various types of gamers of various walks of life. If you haven't already, you should definitely experience the virtual farming craze with Farmville.
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!