I wonder if you could upgrade the Guard tower on two paths one could be City watch and its duties change as it is now inside a settlement/city, the other could be Frontier fortification.

If it works the same as Settlers 2 then you need two woodcutters to counter 1 forester fully so that it won't seed out of control. Or maybe it's 3 woodcutters for 2 foresters - my memory is a bit foggy about the ratio.

Volker Wertich's giant middle finger to Ubisoft after that New Allies abomination looks pretty amazing after such a short time. Can't wait to see what it looks like in a years time.

I'm actually happy that this game is more grindlike. I hate organic roads. xD Give me a good old Roman grid city anyday of the week.

It's really good to see you not holding up about the critics. That's the main objective of an Early Access game in my view, it's to be criticized so it can evolve. Many of the complaints you have didn't exist in The Settlers III which was the last game Volker worked on, the creator of The Settlers. If he could make it a little bit more like it, I'm sure it would feel much better.

Havnt seen any of the vid yet - but ive been waiting for content for this game! Liked and commented already!

It looks promising but we need real farms. Hopefully roads will be upgraded to mitigate congestion. Thanks for testing this game!

Very excited for this!

It´s looks like a fun game! Fun fact: (maybe related to the game or not) In Argentina there is literally a region called Patagonia, it was named that way by the Europeans because there were Patagones -a race of giants- that supposedly lived there, it´s like the land in the game and was a place for many settlers (mostly Welsh but also Germans and others too). It´s seems like the creators maybe took inspiration and took the TA of the name and said "it´s done".

I feel like games these days are either $100 AAA blockbusters which are unplayably bugged for the first three months, followed by $10 DLCs and microtransaction lootboxes under the guise of "live service", or a pre-alpha of an early access version of the beta of the early access release of the kickstarter. Nothing in between!

Reminds me heavily of Knights & Merchants which I think was pre the settlers franchise. The aesthetic of the buildings to the map design but mostly the road congestion. It was super important to have an efficient building layout. Looks interesting & hopefully they sort out the farming/fields issue.

looks promising. Yeah I will definitely buy this on steam when it comes out.

This looks very interesting and made my Wishlist. I'll be following.

This game is ADDICTIVE! i downloaded the demo yesterday and ended up playing for about 6 hours!

It's interesting to see the reaction outside of Germany since Settlers is pretty big there, but we haven't had a good installment (short of remakes) since 2003. Pioneers of Pagonia is specifically made by the man who created The Settlers, although moving away from PvP (PvE will be a thing, though) in favor of a more cooperative setting. Some of the final objectives do take quite a bit of waiting, but even the third map can be completed in less than 90 minutes. Maybe it's my experience with the old Settlers, but then again, not all rules apply exactly. If you haven't played the first four games, you might want to do so for context. The first is the primary inspiration, although you could probably skip it in favor of II (which Wertich did not work on), which is for the most part an enhanced version of the first game. The third game (which Wertich returned for) and it's immediate successor have a very dedicated community and received a bunch of community upgrades in recent years. All that said, going into these games without any context might be a bit unintuitive, and some mechanics are a bit opaque. You might want to have someone present who can explain things in a bit more detail.

It reminds me a lot like Settlers 1&2, so if that's the case it might be against an AI opponent or 2, and coins were for higher tier units

I forgot how much I missed the Settlers.

Looks promising ❤

Love this game! Please continue to play this!

Yeey! The Settlers! But when Rimwolrd?

So hyped for this Video, gonna watch it later. As a german, i have played all settler games and am exited that Volker is working on a settler-like game again (especially after the flop of the newest settler game...). Just (negatively) curious how the game will work without pvp or a Real pve

Praise Pravus

This game looks perfect! I will definitely test this. I can hear from how you describe the game that you really don't like that oldskool way of city builders of slooow pace :P I however love it!

I was really looking for something to scratch the 'Banished' itch and was short of pulling the trigger on the new Settlers game until someone mentioned this game. This looks so much better. I'll just wait it out. I don't normally buy Early Access games but I think I'll consider this one worthy.

Good thing I came to see this 😂

It is like the settlers lol

Anyone remember hitting F12 in settlers 3 to fast forward 1 minute only to find half the kingdom taken over by an enemy attack? Ahh good times... :D

10:10 Nope nothing else is there, You are correct on not placing foresters in construction zones. Rest is on you, why would I want to know where forester will dig put a sappling down? That's where the fun is.

Looks like a mash of settlers 2 and 3, im playing 3 atm

I got softwood after watching this

Just watched a new video for the game and it has speed controls now.

Can we just take a moment to look at the guy on the right hand side of the main menu? That tunic looks oddly familiar. He was known as Chicken Chaser, I believe.

its like the Foundation

About trees, it looks like settlers 3 where trees in certain areas where just on of the problems to solve ;)

6:15 Traffic jam?? That is the entire reason people play this game. How to solve bottlenecks and get a lean machine. Why would I want them to go around?

Well speed button will be helpful but ruin experience of settlers . I played and sure i will buy this game

Pravus maybe play cities skylines 2 when it comes out? A new series would be great! I love it when you narrate your playthrough

I wanna play games like this but I need more violence in them, like kingdom two crowns

is it still possible to download the demo? Cant seem to find it on its steam page?

Full 3D is overrated for RTS games honestly, except for city builders like the Anno series, this would be so much cooler and easier to handle in a 2.5D isometric view in my opinion

I would have to disagree with you on the statement that no one wants to sit around for 45 minutes watching a building get built. Most of the old city builder games i play for that exact reason. I love making a big plan and then sit and watch as i comes together. But if they could have 2 modes i think that would be a good way to solve this issue.

Would be funny if pirated versions gets their metals turn to pigs again

Given the reviews on Steam for _Path of War,_ the only other Envision Entertainment game, I'm definitely in the wait and see what this becomes zone before I'd consider giving this much consideration.

Looks awsome just like the original 4 Settlers games. The later Settlers games are pretty bad and nothing like the originals. Really looking forward to this

If this is a successor to OG settlers then Silver/Gold is used to make coins to hire and promote soldiers. Its extremely important when you have an enemy but not when your free play like this demo.

How about changing gamespeed? And Whats the use of accumulating food, shouldn't citizen need food for their survival?

I mean it seems to have a fair amount of problems but the foundation is strong Played my first settler game not long ago with the newest one but man that one grew old fast but nothing else really has scratched that ich yet Really do hope this one turns out great

kann man direkt ( alt ägypten ) aufbauen ?

I really hope they fix some of these things. Speed control is absolutely necessary. The pathing and road system needs a little work. But this game is gorgeous and I REALLY want to play it. I'm unsure whether or not to try the demo and potentially ruin the experience. Great video!

Ive tried to play the demo but it keeps crashing on me whilst starting a game.. Its probably my pc because it sucks. And im sure as hell nog gonna buy a new pc with all the price gouging going on at the moment.

Oh cool, an another town building, low-tech game! I sure hope it does not fall into obscurity after a few months!

Why not just make a new tower in the direction you want to expand? That would speed things up 🤷‍♂️ can’t just have 1 of each if you want to speed things up.

it looks like settlers 7 rev.2 to me. maybe they'll do it better, ubisoft failed miserably in this regard

It's very settlers like. Many of the complaints you have are mechanics that stem from settlers. I agree by the way it feels old and that's because it is.

Graphics are great but I feel like gameplay is rather oldschool compared to other games. There are so many awsome mechanics being explored in the genre that this game is missing.

Egyértelmüen szerelmes vagy a saját hangodba! Ezért választom inkább a "no commentary" változatokat!

The scale of the ship look way to big and way to many settlers.

I would love to see more HoI4 modded. especially since we haven't seen that in a while. Equestria at war has been significantly added, especially since another continent was added.

So the map is static in the demo? Makes me wonder just how much replayability this game is going to have.

Looks promising but needs major overhauls.

I hope they don't put in a speed setting, both to spite you and also to make people actually have to think through their planning.

Oh no... I remember in Settlers they used a "skip time" system where you pressed one of the F* buttons and it would jump forward 5mins later. I hope they don't use that system here as well...

I don't like the way that boundaries are pushed out over time. I think boundary expansion should be set (or contended) when you build a building. Should also be using fences/walls (with access gates) rather than stone markers. The existing fences/walls can be left intact or demolished when expanding further. Then you can create inner-city zones, border zones, districts, etc...

This is excellent, an RTS game set in Patagonia. I am from Argentina; where is Patagonia. Let's see how the game is

Not a huge fan of the art style but If the game is good I'll give it a go.

Pravus should play more democracy 4. i would love to see a hardest difficulty america run. day 266

Frankly, after watching your video, I have decided to remove the game from my steam wishlist... to many glaring problems imho.

Day 65 of asking for HOI4 TNO

Looks like a cheaper version of 100 similar games from the last 10 years.

lame

The Settlers 3 or 4 is still better. Waiting for remaster... I had a hope but unfortunately not this time. PoP removed from my Steam wishlist.

Good video. Not a good game.

Yawn! What new? Games like this don't bring anything new to game play (apart from different graphics)

.... Cute game but at a glance, several issues are obvious : 1. Roads need upgrades 2. Guards need to guard, not place stuff, if get attacked and they are 500 miles away placing stones, who guards what ? Also frontier guards or towers . 3. As mentioned, speed modifiers. 4. Awkward placing of buildings. It looks like he struggles to place them or position it ideally. 5. Patchy farming ?! LOL !!! 6. Clear, demolish, delete. 7. Pausing or distributing more manpower to buildings. Hm, quite a list here, didn't think it'll get this big... oh well.. Cheers !!! .....