Yeah it seems like it will be a great game and best wishes to the Dev but it's like giving an award to a demo. Why don't we just give all the awards to Star Citizen then since they have promised us it will be the best everything once it releases.

[–] EncryptKeeper 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Were there any city builders fully released in 2024? Is this a matter of an EA title being chosen because there are no non-EA titles?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

Following up on this conversation since I just saw this PC Gamer article:

I played a whopping 23 city builders in 2024, and here are my 5 favorites

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This is what I was wondering. Was the genre that quiet this year? Manor Lords isn't just early access, it's early early access. So many outright unfinished systems.

[–] EncryptKeeper 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I can’t think of a single city builder released this year that isn’t in EA.

[–] Dashi 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Frostpunk 2 released and is pretty solid. Maybe not for everyone but it's a full title release I believe

[–] EncryptKeeper 3 points 1 week ago

Ah yeah that’s a good catch. It is a solid game and should have won.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

There’s a Soviet city builder that fully launched in the last few months