Patron vs Transport Tycoon
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!
Transport Tycoon
Transport Tycoon is a fun tycoon game where you can build the ultimate transport empire from the ground up. Taking over a small transport company, it now falls on you to build it up and, through good business acumen as well as a good mind for logistics and planning, eventually expand your reach to the entire world. The game contains everything that the original PC game contains, but for the Xbox version, you'll get a ton of new features, including bigger worlds, more immersive simulations, along with a wider variety of vehicles that can traverse land, sea or the skies.Do you think you'll be able to create an impressive network of interconnected transport systems that will bring resources and people to the places they need to be? Play Transport Tycoon now and find out!