Recent reviews by Ariadne

Loved this game - the radio guy, the personalities of the staff, the illnesses and their cures, the machine animations. It was so fun to watch and play. You can chill and play as is or optimize your hospital setup and make the most profit. Iight play their latest game Two Point Campus next. I hope they continue making these kinds of games.

Not quite the programming game that I thought it would be. It feels more like a puzzle game than a logical game because some mechanics of scoring and node behavior are not explained at all. I'd also say that the optimization challenges were better executed by the game Human Resource Machine. I am also failing to see a real connection with machine learning on this game.

Visually appealing from the trailers and photos.

The gameplay itself is lacking, buggy and incomplete. Peeps would be idle even though there are tasks to do. You'd be stuck and there'd be nothing you can do about it.

Uninstalled after 2 hrs of not being able to progress. I wish I can refund this.

Absolutely boring. The closed world concept makes it feel like it's a mobile game. Better play Sims 3.

It's more interesting to buy the game than to actually play it.

Not engaging.

Lots of inefficient micromanaging.

A game with very interesting game mechanics. You pick up lost spirits as a spiritfarer and help them complete their journey by solving unfinished parts in their stories. You build your ship slowly and improve your facilities. You get better as a spiritfarer.

When they said that it's harvest moon but better, they weren't lying. Stardew Valley has improved every aspect of harvest moon to the next level. My only issue is that it's lacking the rival marriages/relationships. I actually enjoyed that about harvest moon and I wish there could be a setting where you can enable rival marriages. I want happy endings for the other couples too.

As a developer, I admire ConcernedApe's range of skills. He had all the technical and creative skills needed to create a game like Stardew Valley all on his own.

Very interesting concept

game: choose A or B

me: *deciding*

*the very fast timer runs out*

game: "he will remember that"

WHAAAT

Banished is not only a city-building game. It's also strategic survival game. After purchasing this game, you will soon realize that getting through winter is tougher than it seemed. You will have to decide what resources and professions you'd have to prioritize over others to survive. It takes a while to get the hang of this game in order to keep your town alive and growing. But after you do, everything else starts to feel repetitive. The replayability of this game is not that great. However, it's still a fun game and I would give this a thumbs up.