Patron vs Virtual Villagers: New Believers
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: New Believers
Virtual Villagers: New Believers is the latest sequel to the Virtual Villagers game franchise. Unlike many of its predecessor, this game allows you to finally come out from the shadows and reveal yourself to your virtual people as their god. However, to get them to start worshipping you like the god you are, you'll first need to make them believe in you!Using the many awesome godly powers, you'll need to impress your new believers by helping them out - and performing miracles - during their time of need and simply turn their tribe into a prosperous one. Of course, this game also provides players with all the features you all knew and loved, including exciting random events and brain-teasing puzzles.
Show your little virtual villagers your benevolence and might as their new god in Virtual Villagers: New Believers today!