Game News Banished coming February 18th

[Whisky]

Tags: Banished; Shining Rock Software

Banished, the Medieval City-Builder by Shining Rock Software, now has a solid release-date. It will be released on February 18th of this year.

 

[Gregz]

You will be missed.

 

[laclongquan]

Need more screenies. That pic look boring as fuck.

 

[J_C]

Need more screenies. That pic look boring as fuck.

That game is a city builder. It looks very good.

 

[titus]

Looking forward to this. I haven't played a city building game in years. Hope it doesn't suck!

 

[Damned Registrations]

Need more screenies. That pic look boring as fuck.

That game is a city builder. It looks very good.

If I didn't know better I could just as easily assume the game was an isometric crpg, a hiking simulator, or a fishing simulator.

Why the fuck don't the marketing guys ever show screenshots of the fucking interface for games any more? Makes me fucking rage. I give 0 fucks about your generic 3D graphics that have been in nearly every game made for the past 20 years. Am I supposed to buy a city building game because the water is reflecting light?

 

[laclongquan]

Need more screenies. That pic look boring as fuck.

That game is a city builder. It looks very good.

Just note the extensive thread with multi videos there. My own comment, even.

 

[thesheeep]

I do agree that the game looks as generic as a game can look. It definitely has nothing unique about the art style.
But that is what you get when you strive for a "realistic" atmosphere.

That said, this really isn't what matters for such a game.

 

[Dead Guy]

Am I supposed to buy a city building game because the water is reflecting light?

Of course not. You're supposed to buy one because the trees are emitting honks.

I'll give this a try sooner or later. Hope he/they've been able to make the challenges of the time into interesting mechanics and balanced it all well, if so I don't give two shits about the generic look.

 

[Goegoff]

... marketing guys ...

This game has been made by one single person.

 

[General Maxson]

Hope it will be interesting and not some generic crap city builder.

 

[tyrannosaurus rex]

I do agree that the game looks as generic as a game can look. It definitely has nothing unique about the art style.
But that is what you get when you strive for a "realistic" atmosphere.

That said, this really isn't what matters for such a game.

It's far from realistic looking. I don't know what medieval area they're trying to emulate but as far as I know that looks nothing like a Western Medieval town. It's more akin to a swiftly made 18th colonial town, in all it's blandness.

 

[thesheeep]

Sure, but I think it is clear that they strive for a realistic look, or whatever they understand as realistic looking.

They do not take the transfigured/"artsy"/abstracted approach to art of a Borderlands, Starcraft, XIII, Realm Explorer, and hundreds of other games.

 

[Molly Roberts]

This is Molly from Pillsincart. nice to this game.

 

[OSK]

This is Molly from Pillsincart. nice to this game.

Hi Molly!

 

[Raghar]

Molly Roberts
Barely Literate

Hi Molly, how are going your literacy exams?

 

[tyrannosaurus rex]

This is Molly from Pillsincart. nice to this game.

what?

E. Cortez Drive Scottsdale,arizona 85259,usa

Are you completely mad?

 

[Angelo85]

Mad on pills most likely.
Rule #2: Don't get high on your own supply, Molly!

 

[Berekän]

I wonder who approved that