Islanders offers the player a lot including: decent mechanics, good puzzles and a great relaxing experience, to the point where maybe they should make you play this in a spa. It just eats away at your worries as you figure out where to pop a windmill. City-builders may not be for everyone but Islanders: Console Edition may be one of the most accessible.
ISLANDERS
GrizzlyGames · Aug 26, 2021
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ISLANDERS is a minimalist strategy game about building cities on colorful islands.
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- 8.0Islanders doesn't necessarily reinvent the wheel and may have a few control issues, but it still provides a hugely enjoyable time that's always there to dive into between other games.
- 8.2Islanders: Console Edition turned out to be a very chill and vibey game that’s much more complex that it seems. To top it all off, it’s inexcusably cheap. Really, there’s no reason not to try it.
- 9.7Now, as much as I love this game like a first-born child, I will say that it has some stability issues. Like a toddler taking its first, tentative, bipedal movements, Islanders is prone to falling on its face. The most common issue was trying to upload my highscore to the leaderboards, the game would hang and remain unresponsive. My constant use of the guide button to try and get a good picture of my lovely little towns did not sit well and the game hard crashed for me at those points.
- 7.8For best results, pick up Islanders: Console Edition for shorter sessions; calm yourself down and escape from the stress of life. Don’t look for it to satisfy your Napoleonic yearnings for military glory. And if you’ve been looking for the next “Civ-on-the-go,” keep looking. Islanders: Console Edition is a small game that knows what it is — and isn’t. And that’s just fine.
- 9.0Islanders truly is a relaxing, immersive experience that’s so easy to get lost into. The challenge of working out the best location to place a building is endlessly enjoyable, and for puzzle fans there’s even a hint of Tetris as you rotate differently-shaped buildings in order to make them fit perfectly within a space. For players looking for something a little lighter to play, I can’t recommend it highly enough – Islanders is the perfect way to switch off and unwind from the stresses of real life.
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