For some reason I watch all these videos despite having no intention of playing any new games. Just like the narrative of learning about different games and seeing what the narrator has to say

Mack's approval is like honesty gold, and honesty is incredibly rare on KZfaq these days. I hope developers understand how much people value Mack's ethics.

"By the time the farmer gets there with his bucket not only is the fire already out but they rebuilt the f'n house" made me spit out my drink. Mack you're hilarious, and I'll go buy this game simply based on your review.

This is made by Crate Entertainment, the same developer behind the excellent Grim Dawn.

The Devs of this Game are the most awesome Devs ever. I know them from years of Grim Dawn and Titan Quest. You could have state that Mack, we have so few of those kind people that aren't greedy bastards. :(

Best channel on KZfaq.

This game is developed by Crate Entertainment, the creators of the ARPG Grim Dawn. They support their games very, very well and they interact directly with their community. There is no middle man/community manager. So, if you are hesitant because it is in early access and you think it could be abandoned prematurely, you don't have to be. This game is already in a very good state and I can assure you that Crate will develop and enrich this game with new features for a long time to come. Their previous game Grim Dawn was released in 2016 and they still support it with balance patches to this date. Crate is great.

Omg. The farmer running miles for a bucket to put a fire out when the building had been rebuilt. I'm dying. Bloody brilliant 😂😂

Every time you said "Anno-y" it made me want it even more. Cant beat Anno.

This actually looks very nice, why am i so surprised? probably because id forgotten what being postively surprised felt like.

That snow transition was pristine

"Fisherfolk" *ding* ... not why I watch it, but absolutely why I always come back. Always a pleasure.

Was looking for a good city builder for a while but didn't see anything that tickled my fancy, this might just be it

"They're takin' me fuckin' snaggers!" Great review and, as usual, had me laughing all the way through!

I loved Grim Dawn, so regardless if I enjoy this game I'll purchase it for Crate Entertainment's future projects!

LOVE THIS! Finally a worthy Anno1800 successor. Thanks Mack, this wouldve gone under my radar!

I can’t be the only one who whispers “of the developer” right along with him right?… right?

The "my fields resembled slag heaps after 8 years" broke me... I've been really enjoying this game so far today and I appreciate your review. :) Perspective is everything.

These guys made Grim Dawn

Macs the only reveiwer worth listening too he's honest where reviews are concerned.

That's great. Beans, peas and clover are nitrogen fixers for soil.

With how GrimDawn started in EA - it wasn't bad or anything , just compared to full release it improved x20 - so this game might really be one of the best city builders once it's released. And although city builders ain't my cup of tea - it's gr8 to see crate has talent not only in ARPG field - but still finger's crossed that after Frontier we will get GrimDawn 2 .

So nice to start my work day with a Mack review!

Never seen your channel but found this video looking for content on this game and your commentary and accent are amazingly cathartic, looking forward to what else you put out man.

This team made Grim Dawn, which is IMO the true successor to Diablo 2 and best ARPG on the market. (POE is shit don't @ me!) This game is in good hands.

Looks awesome! Might have to get this while im waiting for manor lords

A guy being delayed in putting out a fire seems like a realistic feature, not a bug lol

Always fun to watch your reviews. I can even watch your videos if the games are uninteresting. Still gold. Never change man.

Mack, I love your reviews and honestly, the fact you only have 295K subscribers just goes to show how little this world appreciates honesty. I really, really miss Macks corner though. You used to have me in tears of laughter when you played games that frustrated you. Like the chicken puzzle game where you had to avoid the spikes. I honestly nearly had a stroke from laughing so much at those videos. I first discovered you from your Mechwarrior videos and when you started doing the Gankenstien stalker, I used to think you were mad, seriously unhinged. But really you're just a very funny, down to earth guy. Do you think you'll ever bring back Macks corner?

a game where we can carefully manage farming as oppose to shutting them down like whats happening now.. any way this crop rotation mechanic seems pretty unique and i like that theres some combat even if its fairly minimal.. another great find mac... DING

That looks gorgeous, I'm looking forward to Two Point Campus as well so, I'll wait a bit.

It’s a shame that games like these don’t get released on PSN. Mack great review as usual. I watch all of your reviews whether I think the game is coming to PlayStation or not. Thanks for your hard work.

Great devs, was an instant buy for me due to Titan Quest / Grim Dawn. 20 hours in so far and learned a lot. Longest game was my first. At year 22 I was raided without having a militia, had like 150 people up against 30 tough Raiders. Was a slaughter, townsquare was full of dead people and rats, great screenshots :D

over a year later i had this game in my shopping cart and quickly checked if it's on your thumbs up list. glad it is! bought it.

Your self conversations crack me up every time.

Nitrogen: Legumes like beans capture nitrogen from the air and put it into the soil. Other crops use nitrogen from the soil. Crop rotation revolutionised farming. Before that You has to leave the field fallow for a year or two. All this can be avoided with fertilizer, however fertilizer is expensive so even today its only used on higher value crops of very productive farm land. So, end todays lesson :)

I purchased this as soon as I possibly could. I've spent enough time playing Grim Dawn to know Crate's work ethic, and how much they put into their games. I wouldn't be remotely surprised if this game sees a handful of dlc, and several hundred patches over its lifetime. Grim dawn still sees humongous balance patches, and patches that add more mechanics.

"or you can get your cows to graze on the field. they'll take a few of the weeds with them and they'll have shits all over your fields" "so you have to really be careful with the food or you're going to be in deep shit" Ahh I see what you did there.

Mack, I only bought this game because of you! I watched your initial video of it, immediately loved it, bought it the second it came out and am loving every second of it still! I wish more developers would recognise how good you are at selling (as long as they produce a good game). Cheers!

Loving this game so far, for me its the perfect mix of Anno series and Banished. These devs are awesome

Beans, peas, and clovers are legumes with an association with rhizobia bacteria that fix nitrogen into the soil. So it makes sense that they re-fertilize it in game. I might buy this game just for the food growing alone because I love growing it in real life.

I don't know much about city builders, but I'm keeping an eye on this one.

I wish someone would make a (decent) city builder game in a first person game. Not like My Time At Portia, a true place things everywhere and anywhere, help build it all, etc etc. There isn't (at least not that I know of) a game which lets you do that. But I could really get into a game like that. So many indie crafting early access games seem to promise this possibility, but none have

Just picked this up on Mack's recommendation (and a sale). I was apprehensive about the farming dynamic but then realized it is much like Surviving Mars, which I love. Just getting into this and liking it so far. My weirdest like is the easy of making roads. I'm used to all roads in games like these being straight lines (like Banished) or adding fixed curves (like Frostpunk). Thanks Mack for the recommendation!!!

I don’t watch these reviews because I’m interested in the game…….I watch it because I love Mack’s humor.

I'm never going to have time to play this but i still love it. Brings me back to the days when i wad a kid and was playing Settlers, Tropico and Patrician

Crate entertainment are great devs, I’ll happily buy this just to support them. I can see some similar design style from grim dawn here

Found this channel out of the blue to see how this particular game plays and its gameplay... and... ended up laughing out loud a couple of times with the reviewer, what the heck, is this normal? Its like enjoying Christopher Walken playing video games. Damn, I will be sure to subscribe! Hahaha!

I literally spat tea out at the "fisherfolk" comment. Hilarious! Gotta be careful watching Mack when you have a beverage in hand!

Thanks Mack for another honest review. Game looks cool

What about the sand Mack! Tell me about the fucking sand! Freaking love your reviews dude, keep up the good work!

Crop Rotation Simulator. Sounds great!

Ty, i will hold on until after early access based on this review.

Glad you looked at this :) thx Mack

But what about that fucking sand, Mack? WHAT NEWS OF SAND!?

I think you might like Fire & Maneuver.

It looks like a fun casual game

thanks mac - excellent review ... hope you don't get another one of them "heatwaves" laughing from aus.

I wonder if the next city builder is about Urbek if not, I wanna know your thoughts on it Mack.

hmm I might grab this on the current Autumn sale!

I've been waiting for a Banished follow-up type game for years. I hope this will be it. I've never played a Steam early access game and I hadn't really been planning to (I don't particularity like the idea of playing an unfished game)... might buy this one soon though.

And if you mess up your soil beyond saving, the game automatically kicks you out to Surviving the Aftermath (or any other post-apocalyptic game that’s installed). ;)

Man I'd love to see you review Big Rig Over the Road Racing. We all know the game but I'd love your commentary from it! lol

I very rarely purchase games on day 1, but I did in this case. Farthest Frontier is an absolute gem of a game. I knew Crate would make a quality product, and they did. Can't wait for future updates. If you're on the fence, I say just get it. It's great fun.

At this moment I'm looking for a game similar to this but with combat elements a bit like They Are Billions, but still gonna put this one on my Steam Wishlist in case I get into a phase where I just want to build and manage some shit again.

And it hopefully it will be a long-lived classic. I know it is too early to make a statement like that (still in early access and needs a little polish), but there is one point on my mind about this: this dev team are quite supportive of mods. I've played many, many more hours of Grim Dawn than I would have because I used mods. Out of the city builders, I still fire up Banished because of the mods that I use. Obviously, you need a solid base for mods, but I feel that it is mods that can add decades onto the life of a good game.

Played 10hr now - a match for Banished, Forest Village & Ostriv - maybe better, time will tell. Need to be able to zoom out & tilt camera more though, feels claustrophobic as is. Pretty excited to find a good, new medieval town builder.

There was this very promising game Manor Lords that is still in developing. There was a time when I watched daily at least once for news about that because it scratched that one itch that banished left behind. This game seems to accomplish the same thing AND it's out. I can't wait to try it out

Having a right tough two months but so glad mack is still making videos, they do help delay/distract my mind away from things that I'm not coping with...might give this game a go or humankind since humankind is on sale and farthest frontier idk if I can cope with this crop rotation thing.

Some say that farmer is still running with his F*CKiN bucket!... and if you listen on a quiet day you can hear him coming.. **Sloshing sounds*.

“Crop rotation in the 14th century was considerably more widespread after John?"

just had to come back to this video to let you know a couple of things mac!!! first of all............ Like pretty much always, soon as a see you say a game is good, i take a step and think if its in my genre of game. if it is i just blindly buy it!!! over the years watching you i know you have a solid judgement and if you say something is great, i know i wont be disappointed. so i went and bought it. and i love it, probably going to be wanting some next tier buildings at one point in a couple of weeks and after different maps, but i really get lost in it. it does have the faults you mention and i hope they sort them, so thanks again for mentioning them. keep up the great work. I expect a new bell soon, when you review the latest tripe, and i look forward to it. most importantly, keep up the gems whilst you do the bad ones, because iv spent a while wanting a new game to stick my teeth in, and you found me one when i watched this video. and finally take care of yourself, and know you are the best in your field!!!

Mack, have you checked out Dinkum? it's like My Time In Portia sort of... thought you might like it.

I want Grim Dawn 2 (or some ARPG from them), but I hope this does well. I love Crate, and want nothing but the best for them. If they handle this EA like they did with Grim Dawn's EA, there's nothing to worry about. The game will be finished, and likely enhanced with expansions, from devs who listen and do the work they promise to do.

good ole days of a UK xmas

Thank you for covering this! 🙂

I loved Anno 1800. This looks like something I'm gonna enjoy. This looks like a combination of Anno 1800 and Age of Empires

Looking good so far. The worst part about Anno for me was transferring items from island to ship then to another island then back to the ship then to another island... If this doesn't have the ship aspect it could be ideal (in my opinion).

Had me laughing pretty hard during the crop rotation bit. Good lord, not even sure why it was so funny.

I dont say that ofte, but the game looks gorgeous. Especially the snow elemt, when the soil turns white in front of your eyes.

What a beautiful game!

What makes it different than banished? I’m interested if it’s enough different

Looks like a great game to pick up once there's a bit of polish on it. Cheers

I want this on PS5!! This is exactly what I'm looking for.

Looks great but I just got into Anno 1800 and I can't put it down, or is it worth ditching it to play this?

The UI indeed needs a bit of QOL improvements. For example i spent a long 10 min trying to find which building made barrels; i had to check the online wiki for it. Likewise, there is no in game help or guide you can access from your game, or it's well hidden and i haven't found it. The "tutorials" don't seem to fire either, would have been nice to have one about the farms the first time you build one.

From Grim Dawn to this, I'm impressed. Create Entertainment is quite versatile.

Surprised you didnt even mention the performance being quite meh. It stutters when you open anything and scroll through inventory for example.

Tesco delivers me carrots a root veg. That seem to have been picked in 1635 AD that turn to dust and mold within 3 days of putting them in my fridge ;p

"like facking BEARS, the bastards" 🤣

There should be a custom difficulty like in some city builder/survival/management games so you can, for example, have food spoilage and fireman stupidity on a slider or 1-10 kinda thingy.

id llike a special o'clock on national tv, Macks reviews xD just so devs will know how great or shit there games are and hopefuklly, breeds inspiration, and allows for greater era of games

this looks like it will melt my video card

The pressing questions n being.... Is this a step forward or a step back in relation to the Anno series? I don't fancy buying something that has nothing to offer that I haven't seen before.

anno'y but more details ........... finally ^^ someone understands us bourgondy gamers.

We have a heatwave... Yeah! that lasted two days, WAU!!!

Ok, so the best game ever and a city builder is Pharaoh. It introduced "desirability" to me and that word was a fun challenge among others to understand as a kid. This game has desirability. Reminded me of that legend. I guess it's time to buy this game.

I love Anno series so it's a no brainer.

Wow, yet another city builder.

Don't forget that Crate support their games for a long time with huge updates and expansions. (see Grim Dawn)