I am reviewing this game with a no for a couple of reasons. I would review it as a "not right now" as opposed to a full no. But that is not an option. Okay so let's dive into it:

What's good:

1. The cities look fantastic to me. I love that you really only control the civic buildings and resource production buildings. I understand other city building fans won't enjoy that though.
2. Bringing a city through different eras is fun.
3. The faction and district system is neat, and interesting to build districts with them.
4. The trade system is pretty easy to use and understand.
5. The map is beautiful and lovely.
6. There's event politics for the greater world around your city.
7. The coat of arms is lovely.

Now for the bad.
1. There's only one map.
2. The game abruptly ends and has no way to continue to work on a city.
3. There are no seasons. For a game that is about a city surviving through time it doesn't make that much sense. Though I get they are going for longer eras type things.
4. Culture doesn't really matter in the current game. You can pretty much ignore that aspect.
5. It feels like a mobile game port.
6. There's a weird map flicker when you move your map around to areas outside of your city proper.
7. There's a few bugs that I encountered such as carts and wagons going under the bridge instead of over it.
8. Politics within the city doesn't really matter much. You can pass edicts, but they aren't needed. You can just eject the problem faction and shrug your shoulders at it.
9. There's not really a research system. You just get blueprints and use those to unlock a new building.
10. There's no real variety between the different starts. You need to have the different cultures in the city anyway so all they really do is give you a little bonus in one direction or another. I chose crafters but like my city didn't become like an artisan city full of the best crafting guilds or anything.
11. The game is about 3 hours long. Just one hour longer than you can refund the game for.

There's a lot more, but let's keep this review simple. In short TL:DR - It's "okay" and could be good for the price tag if you could keep playing and perfecting your city. Since the game just ends though when you get to the end of the first midages section it really hurts the game. One map also kills replayability.

I am reviewing this game with a no for a couple of reasons. I would review it as a "not right now" as opposed to a full no. But that is not an option. Okay so let's dive into it: What's good: 1. The cities look fantastic to me. I love that you really only control the civic buildings and resource production buildings. I understand other city building fans won't enjoy that though. 2. Bringing a city through different eras is fun. 3. The faction and district system is neat, and interesting to build districts with them. 4. The trade system is pretty easy to use and understand. 5. The map is beautiful and lovely. 6. There's event politics for the greater world around your city. 7. The coat of arms is lovely. Now for the bad. 1. There's only one map. 2. The game abruptly ends and has no way to continue to work on a city. 3. There are no seasons. For a game that is about a city surviving through time it doesn't make that much sense. Though I get they are going for longer eras type things. 4. Culture doesn't really matter in the current game. You can pretty much ignore that aspect. 5. It feels like a mobile game port. 6. There's a weird map flicker when you move your map around to areas outside of your city proper. 7. There's a few bugs that I encountered such as carts and wagons going under the bridge instead of over it. 8. Politics within the city doesn't really matter much. You can pass edicts, but they aren't needed. You can just eject the problem faction and shrug your shoulders at it. 9. There's not really a research system. You just get blueprints and use those to unlock a new building. 10. There's no real variety between the different starts. You need to have the different cultures in the city anyway so all they really do is give you a little bonus in one direction or another. I chose crafters but like my city didn't become like an artisan city full of the best crafting guilds or anything. 11. The game is about 3 hours long. Just one hour longer than you can refund the game for. There's a lot more, but let's keep this review simple. In short TL:DR - It's "okay" and could be good for the price tag if you could keep playing and perfecting your city. Since the game just ends though when you get to the end of the first midages section it really hurts the game. One map also kills replayability.