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Entries Tagged as 'City Builder'
Dawn of Discovery Review
July 27th, 2009 · Comments Off on Dawn of Discovery Review · City Builder, Gameshark, Review, Ubisoft
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Paying The Ferryman
July 18th, 2009 · 11 Comments · City Builder, Design
As I work through a continuous game of Dawn of Discovery, I’m finding it a little hard to get into the whole spirit of a master builder. The game is allegedly about making grand cities and trading with exotic outposts. You establish your own resource colonies (with just enough citizens to keep the budget in […]
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Dawn of Discovery: Early Moments
July 11th, 2009 · 7 Comments · City Builder, Review, Ubisoft
I’m about four or five missions into the campaign for Anno 1404: Dawn of Discovery. The first few are tutorial missions that get you quickly up to speed with resident needs, resource chains, trade routes, etc. In fact, they are one of the better city builder tutorials I’ve seen since they start you out with […]
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Re-Entering the Cave
June 14th, 2009 · 18 Comments · City Builder, Design
I am on the edge of returning to Dwarf Fortress. I know it will be a big mistake, though. Here’s the thing. Dwarf Fortress is probably the most compelling city builder in many years. Like the best city builders, you can guide the development of your habitat but your citizens have wants and needs of […]
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Cities XL Beta Starts
April 16th, 2009 · Comments Off on Cities XL Beta Starts · City Builder
If you missed City Life, you missed one of the most clever spins on the whole modern city builder design. Monte Cristo’s newest game, Cities XL, looks to do the same thing by adding more variable geography and climate. It is one of the few city builders on the horizon that really has me curious. […]
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Unexpected Pleasure
March 20th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Ancients, City Builder
A while back I called into question the quality of the upcoming Tropico 3 because its developer, Haemimont Games, had never really entertained me with one of their games. So I have to eat a little crow and say that their new Roman city builder, Grand Ages: Rome, is a minor delight. It’s not perfect […]
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