Best City Builder 2024: Manor Lords [as per PCGamer]

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/city-builder/best-city-builder-2024-manor-lords/

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B0NK3RS@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y (3 replies)

I played it when released to Gamepass and it got boring quickly so hopefully now there is more to it.

It is a beautiful looking game though.

AlphaOmega@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

Same. Good for a few hours

Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

My main go to is city builders and I couldn't get past like 20 hours in manor lords before giving up. I just couldn't get into it.

Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 1y

I've had a blast playing it. Beaten it several times and have all the achievements bar two really hard ones.

murmelade@lemmy.ml · 10 pts · 1y (9 replies)

But... It's in EA? 🤡

Dashi@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I don't know how I feel about this game getting an award in Early Access. But it feels weird.

I have nothing against EA I played several ea games including this one, but this is getting closer and closer to the norm.

murmelade@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 1y

Yeah it seems like it will be a great game and best wishes to the Dev but it's like giving an award to a demo. Why don't we just give all the awards to Star Citizen then since they have promised us it will be the best everything once it releases.

EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y (6 replies)

Were there any city builders fully released in 2024? Is this a matter of an EA title being chosen because there are no non-EA titles?

Ashtear@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y (4 replies)

This is what I was wondering. Was the genre that quiet this year? Manor Lords isn't just early access, it's early early access. So many outright unfinished systems.

EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y (3 replies)

I can’t think of a single city builder released this year that isn’t in EA.

Dashi@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Frostpunk 2 released and is pretty solid. Maybe not for everyone but it's a full title release I believe

EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

Ah yeah that’s a good catch. It is a solid game and should have won.

cpkwtf@ttrpg.network · 2 pts · 1y

There’s a Soviet city builder that fully launched in the last few months

Ashtear@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y

Following up on this conversation since I just saw this PC Gamer article:

I played a whopping 23 city builders in 2024, and here are my 5 favorites