‘Outlanders’ Is a Charming Community Building Game, Laced with Desperate Survival
Outlanders is a mobile strategy game (found in Apple Arcade), which the player act as the leader of a small community requiring homes, food, and resources. Each leader has his or her own personality and, therefore, has their own goals, whether they be selfish, social, or otherwise. The player is required to construct and grow the community according to the leader’s goals, while keeping their villagers alive.
The game features a beautifully vibrant illustrated style, with music sounds and a setting that provides a soothing atmosphere. Listing to the soft thock while a villager hammers together the frame of their house is incredibly delightful to me.
And yet, the community abides amide the constant presence of possible doom — making Outlanders simultaneously one of the most relaxing and stressful gaming experiences I’ve had in a long while.
Any misuse of resources can lead to the villagers dying off one by one at a slow, but inexorable pace. As the leader of the village, the player has the decision of where to direct those resources, as well as the ability to set proclamations to boost or…
