200,000 views in one day. Easy to understand why the developper sent a free copy of the game to this channel.
You cant simply bypass people who do 200,000 views in one day.
Game format is not adapted to a quick 30 minutes video.
And the tester did not like much this kind of games and it felt through the video.
Nevertheless, the video is enough to see that the game world in this game ticks quite well. It was enough to convince.
So I am bringing to you a person who must be called these days what he is: an internet legend. Tom.IO.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeVi8Xj5V9s&feature=c4-overview-vl&list=PLC51F5EF3FA6D258A
As to me, on the game for the moment:
-fully a city builder
-(very) high production quality
-game UI is well thought and must be played with the shortcuts
-Game is easy on default mode (contrary to the first video claims) if you are used to this type of games and are ready to developp a city at the pace imposed by its population.
About gameplay: so it is a game aiming to bring the experience of settlers in the same way as the american land theft period.
You are supposed to start harshly relying on your own strengths to slowly open to the exterior you will depend on more and more.
It follows that path, at start, you'll eat the surrounding land to saturate it more and more and in the end, the city will thrive through trading with the exterior only.
From self reliance to an export colony.
On default mode though, the developpment is very linear, no set backs.
The game comes with a wide range of productions (technology is limited) but at the moment, it is hard to see the differences between various productions.
They probably serve to better survive but on the difficulty default mode, survival pressure is extremelly low.
That is a game that might come with solid gameplay but must be tested thoroughly on the highest difficulty mode to see if all the options mean in the gameplay or if they are only cosmetics.
