More than anything, it’s really pretty and the details are tight. It’s also fairly challenging thus far, like I was micromanaging labor assignments a little to have more hands on farming during the autumn and then shifting them elsewhere in the winter. I played for a few hours and then got my village burned down by raiders, which was fun! it seems like you can keep going after that without too much backtracking. I think I’ll probably start over though. Remains to be seen if there’s much to it once you get your ducks in a row though.

It’s a great foundation. The tech tree is only half-implemented so it’s still fairly bare, but right now it’s like an updated Banished with combat but no mods (yet). I bought it day one and don’t regret it at all.

I’ve only played like an hour so far

It does have some pretty good building management and city layout mechanics.