New Frontier Days: Founding Pioneers kickstarts a genre’s presence on Nintendo Switch that I would like to see plenty more of. Shallow in execution and with little to keep you returning once you have built up your town from scratch, this largely average city builder needs to re-examine its foundations.
New Frontier Days ~Founding Pioneers~
Arc System Works · Mar 23, 2017
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"New Frontier Days ~Founding Pioneers~" is a town-building simulation game, where you command your pioneers to colonize a new land.
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- New Frontier Days: FP is an OK game if you’re in for quick sessions of farming simulator basics. A clunky menu system and lack of an inventory screen makes this seem like it needs a bit more polish. If this was a mobile game I’d be happy recommend it, but being that this is on a console, I’d say use your money elsewhere.
- New Frontier Days: Founding Pioneers features a gameplay loop that’s quite entertaining, and it’s definitely one of those pleasurable, time-consuming style titles. I cannot suggest it if you’re not fond of the town-building simulation genre though, as it is not as nice to see as it is to play.
- 2.0The shame of it all rests in that Frontier Days: Founding Pioneers isn't broken. It functions perfectly fine. This means that it was developed in such a way that it was left a bland, emotionless husk of what it was trying to imitate. For a game without microtransactions, it manages to feel like a tremendous cash grab. While it's easy to say any game was made with love in it, this feels like it was terribly misplaced.
- 6.0New Frontier Days: Founding Pioneers provides enough fun to justify itself during the Switch's current drought, but that won't last very long.
- New Frontier Days offers a very different experience from anything else in the early Switch lineup, and I think it’s a valuable one for people who enjoy this type of game. While the game can be overwhelming at times, it’s very rewarding to see your little settlement grow and thrive. Unlike some similar games, it always feels like you’re playing an integral role in what’s going on, but that also means you always have to give it your full attention
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