Create beautiful cities or towns, and then start building up to make towers or tiered levels! One of the most fun and relaxing games I’ve ever played! Since the developer admits no DLC’s on the horizon to address expected features that are MIA, this incomplete title’s one to skip, even at just $5.99.One review said it was a simplified sim city, I call it Zen city! It’s easy and relaxing, with no municipal troubles to worry about! It’s basically tap and play. It doesn’t even have codes for town sharing (pc only). I have to call it what it is, an early access Steam experiment trying to pass itself off as a full-fledged Switch release. Townscaper offers little to keep players engaged and seemingly never will. Without any optional achievements or objectives, in this case, it’s worse. But it’s especially true here, for better or worse. I know that’s a cliched maxim I could say about any Switch release. But how about some silhouettes in the windows? Smoke from a chimney? Boats parked on the water? Something to indicate life! The lifelessness even extends to the music, or should I say lack thereof a sizable opportunity missed in a largely silent affair. I don’t expect a ton of people a la Labyrinth City. However, no matter how large your town gets, it’s lifeless.
You can quickly build a small town and eventually a city.
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Here’s a title to plunk away at for a few minutes with the TV running in the background. Once I accepted the open-and-shut design of this release for what it was, I had some very brief albeit mindless entertainment. For instance, when paying on the touch screen, you “Long press to remove” something and “Very long press to pick color.” Not an ideal or intuitive setup. Without it, I can see early frustration setting in, especially with some of the choices. A bit of a shame as the audience I envision possibly gravitating toward this (children) would benefit from the inclusion. There’s a static instruction screen but no tutorial. The controls can take a while to get used to.
What you see is what you get, and it’s not much.Įven simple titles can have control quirks, and Townscaper is no different. The simplicity and straightforward nature are well-made for the beginning but never really advance. Because the game decides what you’re building, and except for color and placement, your input is limited. So you’ll grow tired of Townscaper much sooner than expected, waiting for updates that will seemingly never arrive.Ī building title at its core, Townscaper is more of a ‘tap and see what happens’ release. And one the developer admits he has no plans of updating. However, it’s an experiment not seen through to completion. More of a toy than a game.” In that sense, it doesn’t fall short of its modest aims. It sums itself up better than I can, as “…an experimental passion project.
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Townscaper is a title full of potential that will sadly never get realized.
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