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In wilderness' loving embrace.

Banished, a medieval village sim full of tranquility that evens out the many hardships of an exile's life in the lush and beautiful, but also harsh and unforgiving realm they've been cast into, is available for $19.99 on GOG.com.

We are the banished ones. Cast away from our homeland, exiled by our own brethren. But the woods are bountiful, the river is full of fish, and there's still months before the winter comes. We will toil and we will moil, from the sweat of our brows a village will rise. We will cut trees to make room for roads and houses, we will quarry stone to build walls, we cultivate the land and hunt the woods to fill our granaries, and we will survive. We must. An outcast is an outcast as long as they don't have a place to call home. A home we shall build then, my friends. Here, in the wilderness no one ever braved. It's either that, or the cold breath of winter and the death it brings. Tomorrow, starts another chapter in our story of hardship. For now, we should rest, and marvel at this beautiful day. This has been a long journey.

Banished is a free-form village sim firmly placed in a medieval setting with every possible calamity that comes with it. You will lead a small group of refugees, exiled from their home kingdom only with the clothes on their back and a small cart of supplies. Now, they need to rip a piece of land from the wilderness and make it their home, where they will live, love, have children, and finally die (let their death be peaceful!). You'll need to keep the population happy and healthy by providing them with food and warm shelter. Watch the town grow as you assign 20 different jobs to build buildings, grow food, craft tools and clothing, and more!

Heed our warning: this is not a city-builder you may be expecting. This is a game of survival where death and despair comes uninvited into the tranquility of your settlement just when you least expect it. We challenge you to lead the Banished, for only $19.99 on GOG.com.
Nice I have two friends from work who were following this games progress, eager to grab it once it was released. Think I might have to check it out as well.
Exactly the type of game I was dying to play! Incredible! Instabuy... Let's hope it works fine enough.
Looks very enjoyable, and I had no idea this style of game was still being developed.

The game looks amazing; especially all the types of things you can build and grow.

However, with the back log of so many games (games I have yet to even download since purchasing), I will wait for a sale before serious consideration.
Wishlisted for now, waiting for a price drop :)
look at those screens
that's what you call a nice looking game

edit: only 89mb? what?!
Post edited February 18, 2014 by vicklemos
Looks interesting, but I am not sure if it ran well on my laptop. Wishlisted.
looks like Settlers from times when Settlers were still a good game...

wishlisted :)
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Rusty_Gunn: I figure this would help some understand the game

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iv2w4zXySDI
This. Looks. AMAZING. Now I want it even more. The problem is aside from running low on available money, I also don't have the time. And if I'll buy it I will not be able to stop myself from playing... I hate building sim games...
EDIT That was OT that made some confusion so I decided to delete it. I'm terribly sorry for that!
Post edited February 18, 2014 by Ghorpm
It's very likely some of the devs of the game lurks this thread... :P
If so, could you explain how it happens the game is less than 100 Mo? (No worries there. Just... surprised.)
wow this looks right up my street! wait no pun intended... i mean it might be what ive been searching for all these years!
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Ghorpm: a very difficult game.
hmm might make me rethink above... then again maybe not...
e: whoops sorry my bad please ignore that in relation to banished, im not awake (as usual!).
Post edited February 18, 2014 by chezybezy
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Ghorpm: Just keep in mind that despite this cheerfulness it's a very difficult game. After a few easy missions it gets really tense. The further you go the more features you unlock. At the beginning when people die their bodies just lie around. But when you reach a mission where you can build a church and train a priest to bury your deceased villagers then the bodies will spread a plague. At some point crimes will get more serious than stealing an egg. Not to mention nasty monsters attacking your settlements...
What kind of monsters, like wolves and such? Or has it any fantasy twist with those monsters?
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Merchito: It's very likely some of the devs of the game lurks this thread... :P
If so, could you explain how it happens the game is less than 100 Mo? (No worries there. Just... surprised.)
I'd like to know too :)

Must be a high level wizard or something :D
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Merchito: It's very likely some of the devs of the game lurks this thread... :P
If so, could you explain how it happens the game is less than 100 Mo? (No worries there. Just... surprised.)
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JudasIscariot: I'd like to know too :)

Must be a high level wizard or something :D
Or they learnt from .kkrieger ;)
One person developed this?

This game is under 100 MB yet looks THAT amazing?

What the....How the.....but....

Bought!!!!