My first ever review, so be kind :D

This game is everything Banished should have been. And before anyone complains, i am a huge fan of Banished, i just think that this game is a step up from Banished.

The graphics are beautiful. Buildings, people, wildlife, livestock all look great, very detailed.

The game is easy to learn, but for complete beginners i think the tutorial needs a bit of work.

I haven't come across any bugs or crashes yet, i've only been playing for 3 hours.

The fact you can possess the body of a villager and take full control of them is great! You see through their eyes in first person view. You can take supplies to the warehouse, or kill a wolf that's eating your chickens!! Or just take a walk around the village you created.

I like the fact that the weather has a huge impact on what crops you can grow, and how they grow. How the weather affects your villagers and their performance when doing their jobs. The fact that even when you make clothing for your villagers they actually change their clothing, so it alters the look of them.

The game makes the micromanagement of your villagers important. How your villagers feel and act has an impact on your entire village and it's productivity.

My only negative so far is the fact i can't use edge scrolling with the mouse. I hate using keys to move left or right in game. And the camera control needs calming down a little as it's super fast. But these are minor things that can be fixed as the game progresses.

The fact is, this is a Banished style game with everything Banished didn't include. It's fully working in Early Access, and it looks stunning.

Well worth getting if you like Banished, or if you're looking for a new city builder type game that isn't too easy or so simple it's built and finished in 5 minutes.

For anyone worrying about specs, here's mine, and the game runs perfectly :)

Win 7 64-bit.
8Gb memory.
Intel Core CPU i7-4700MQ @ 2.40GHz
Nvidia GeForce GTX 765M
(i also have second card Intel HD Graphics 4600 that i ran it on by mistake and it worked fine with that too).

Thanks for reading, hope you found this review helpful :)a

*EDIT (Aug, 31st) - Mouse edge scrolling has now been enabled in the game. And camera rotation is smooth and steady. Thanks devs! I'm very happy :P