Recent reviews by Devierue

Sim City meets Oregon Trail meet The Quiet Year (haven't heard of it? You're missing out.), only better than I could've hoped.

Gameplay is smooth and relatively simple after you've watched the tutorials. The command menus are well-organized and easy to use, though it's easy for your mind to draw a blank when you're trying to keep everyone from freezing or starving to death.

The tutorials warn you that your citizens are not mindless worker drones, and they weren't lying. They do seem to have their own agendas -- apparently important, as they'll occasionally go putz around instead of gathering resources or eating. The "Priority" tool seems to work for the most part, but it can be difficult to keep track of the agenda of an entire community; if there is a community "to-do" list, I haven't stumbled across it at this point (10-15 hours in).

Glancing at the list of acheivements, I feel a little shame -- 500 people?! For how long?! I look forward to the challenge.