It actually rivals Race with Ryan in terms of difficulty, and you didn't even have to play that game. You really can complete this game in under an hour. Obviously the achievement list is the big selling point here. It was mostly okay, but without much else to do it does become dull rather quickly. I actually did spend about an extra thirty minutes after getting 100% just messing around. I kind of wish that was there, not so we could easily find the recipe needed, or just pluck it out of a list of potential structures, but I wish it was there so I knew when I had built everything and when I hadn't. There isn't really a detailed list in the game of the things you can make. Unfortunately, the concept is probably the best part of the game. Instead of sectioning off everything you can build into a list, you're prompted to just start experimenting carefully, or blindly mash the A button until something different shows up. To me, Townscaper is actually a pretty fun concept. You can also eliminate the grid entirely for a more scenic view of your masterpiece, or abomination depending on your view. If you're having a hard time seeing the grid, you can change the intensity of the colors to make it easier to see. The grid will also randomly generate as well, and give you opportunities to build structures you couldn't normally build in default areas.
The detail on these structures is actually pretty cool and depending on how you arrange things different objects will appear in different places. You can also put different structures side by side and make your own little miniature town. Doing different patterns will build different structures.Īs you build you have the option to select different colors. In Townscaper you're presented with a grid, which you can click the A button on. I could probably end the review here and you'd know just as much if I didn't write another five and a half paragraphs, but let's carry on. What's the deal with Townscaper? You build. If you didn't do that, it's okay, it just means you weren't me. Searching frantically, you likely went to the Xbox Game Pass list and filtered by completion time, bringing up this masterpiece. So, you need a quick 1,000 Gamerscore to catch up to a competitor or do better on a personal goal. £4.19 and available on Xbox Game Pass at the time of writing, a game that even for what may be an hours worth of entertainment, is a hard bargain. A 1.1 Ratio with an estimated 30 minute completion time and video walkthroughs of Achievements and special structures can be found on YouTube. I can appreciate that.Īn easy to install, de-stressing tool with calming colours and low threshold for challenge that’ll add some zen into your shirt game time block. It became a vibrant, zen-like state to unwind to.
Although I can respect the Developer for having limitations. Even a guide on creating special structures would have been handy. I wished I could see some town folk exploring their new home, ships passing the lighthouse and more variation in special structures. It was still lacking life, feeling empty. It was those little details that were fantastic, remarkable to bring so much character and life into this tool. Having to follow contours of a grid, choose which pastels I wanted to combine in a dense part of town to contribute towards its uniqueness and beauty, the randomly assigned gardens, roofs or seagulls perched around, the plants or manhole covers in that appear in the streets, washing lines attached to buildings or simply building something with no architectural logic. My verdict? I liked Townscaper when I viewed it as a tool than compared to a game.
I was prepared for a lack of features, special structures and accepted that the map was randomly generated with the intention of having to incorporate asymmetrical designs into my costal town. I couldn’t tell if I liked or disliked my experience.Ĭuriosity got the better me within an hour before I reinstalled Townscaper once more to have a dabble in the sandbox, seabox? Either way. I had originally treated this as a quick completion, taking merely 20 minutes of my time before I was uninstalling it. This sandbox town creator is better described as a toy than opposed to a game and at the time of writing, is available on Windows, Mac, Steam, Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS and of course, Xbox. Townscaper is an experimental passion project by the Developer, Oskar Stålberg.
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