01-27-2017, 01:50 PM
It seems this thread has become a bug report thread, but that's not what I intended it to be. General impression now that I have played a bit... it's good. But then again... was anyone seriously expecting 1.7 to be anything else? [img]<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/smile.png[/img]/emoticons/smile@2x.png 2x" title=":)" width="20" />
I guess there are two opposite ways to play Banished: town builder going for maximum population and building density, or town painter, going for maximum beauty. And yes, obviously you can be somewhere in between, too.
As someone who does a lot of decorating/landscaping I like that the decorative items have been cleaned up and that just about everything is now offered as a ghost item. It must have been a tedious job but it was worth it. I will be plopping some of those nice big greenboy trees in my pastures. It gets hot out there! Cows want some shade too! [img]<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/biggrin.png[/img]/emoticons/biggrin@2x.png 2x" title=":D" width="20" /> This might sound silly but one of my favourite new things (so far) are the ghost reeds. It was sooooooo stupid that you couldn't place reeds on true water tiles but you could place them in the middle of town. Now they can go anywhere. Love it.
There are certainly some beautiful new buildings in 1.7. I haven't gotten into the new shack buildings yet but I very much like the new town smithy and bakery. Actually, the sharp texturing on some of these new buildings is so good it's making some of the older buildings look a bit tired. The central market, for example. It's always been my favourite market building, but put that new bakery next to it and suddenly the textures on the central market warehouse look like a watercolour painting. Not bad, just noticeably fuzzy compared to the newer stuff. So Shock, your texturing skills have certainly advanced to a whole new level with 1.7. Good stuff, and thank you. [img]<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/smile.png[/img]/emoticons/smile@2x.png 2x" title=":)" width="20" />
