I Returned to Banished After 10 Years & Loved Every Minute of my FAVE City Builder!

[@Serialfoxity]

I swear all people who go back after many years all love how much this game holds up, self included.

[@zioming]

Wonderful soundtrack

[@ianc4178]

Banished is, arguably, the best of this genre of game I have ever played & I STILL go back to it even after 10 years. More please!

[@DBT1007]

it also teaches us many stuff about real life thing. like population control. we, human, NEED TO CONTROL OUR POPULATION. And when we control our population growth, that means controlling our housing. and along the way, there gotta be surplus of humans. some gonna be homeless. but after some times, there gonna be some deficit like in japan condition today. IT'S ALL NORMAL. CONTROL OUR GLOBAL POPULATION. IT HELPS TO STABILIZE OUR RESOURCES USAGE. STABILIZE OUR GLOBAL CLIMATE.

[@Zephaeria]

I still play this game. Would love to see more.

[@zelphiaellerson6283]

@Zepharia Love your name!!!

[@hamtier]

man this game was the stuff for the longest time. before timberborne and manor lords nothing could even touch this game on the indie scene at least

[@derdiedasdoppele7475]

Wich is really sad to be honest when u remember how old banished is

[@TheKlink]

another game that really had potential was the single player version life is feudal: your own, which let you take over individual npcs and had terrain deformation.

[@onetinymadman2633]

its a much better game than timberborn imo.. manor lords has waaays to go to get up to that level too.. not enough content whatsoever

[@Aliksander54]

Tips: 1) You can task laborers to "collect everything" in a small area a little distance from your village. This will give you a short boost to available logs, ore and stone, and the forest will slowly replenish the 'bald spot' you leave behind without having to asign a forester job. 2) when you start farming, try to make each plot small enough so that one person can work it efficiently. Lots of smaller farms end up giving you more food than a few large ones with multiple farmers working it. 3) Make multiple "forester, hunter, gatherer" enclaves around your main town to keep a steady supply and variety of food coming in long term.

[@VaingloriousGaming]

Banished remains one of THE best city builder/colony sim/resource management games of all time. I have devoted an absurd number of hours to this game!

[@kathyweber2089]

Banished was the game that made me fall in love with city builders. I go back periodically because I miss it. I'm happy to see you do a series!

[@CJLloyd]

I literally played this yesterday! Excellent stuff. I always keep the gatherer's hut pinned, so I can see the ring around it and make sure it is packed with trees, which maximise the output for it, the forester's hut and the hunters, which I put right next to it. Make a crossroads in the centre between them, and stick storage and a couple of huts next to them. That crossroads will form the backbone of a large community way easier than other food sources.

[@jasonthomas208]

I love Banished my fav game, I like to start off in Adam and Eve mode (2 people) thats quite the challenge, but it takes much longer to get established. Regarding the roads, you can make them diagonal by holding down shift. You need storage close to production areas, otherwise they have to walk all the way to the village to store products such as fish etc which will negatively effect productivity

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Diagonal roads, forgot about that! Thanks :-)

[@maidenminnesota1]

Seriously? That's how you get diagonal roads? I didn't even know that! Thanks for the tip after all these years!

[@DC-jw4ic]

Bruh your joking thats a thing ?

[@jasonthomas208]

@@DC-jw4ic Totally serious, watch Part 2, he uses it on there

[@AinaLove73]

Love this game playing since it came out. TIP; when a shop reaches the resource limit like clothing they will become a labourer until they need to go make more clothing so no need to micro that unless you just want to change their profession, which is often needed at the beginning of the game.

[@wreckcelsior]

Great to see you back at Banished. Teacher: I always set one extra on the Teaching job... if there is no work, they act exactly as a labourer; current teacher dies, they slot right into the job and you don't have to worry about not having a spare labourer. Of course you add a new extra teaching job as the old one dies. I always hated losing all my educated chillun. cheers Biffa

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Great idea 👍

[@hrani]

I played an absurd amount of Banished back in the day, when I could still game for hours. I can still sometimes hear the winter music in my soul! Other people have commented how it was The Template for so many other games but ooh the sound design was also quite good.

[@Youberc]

I loved when spring arrived, that fresh spring green leaves appeared on the trees. And they turned lovely yellow and dissapeared towards the end of autumn. A tiny thing, but I loved it.

[@Joyous1978]

Once or twice a year I'll randomly become obsessed with this game all over again. Thank you for kick starting this year's obsession!

[@lawrencepsteele]

According to Steam, it's been almost 4 years since I last played Banished. What an awesome game, though I have a different game that's had me hooked the past four years. This is my first time seeing Biffa play Banished and I'm so hoping to see more! I'll be sure to have my cup of tea at the ready.

[@acidtwin]

What's the game that hooked you in since?

[@opallise]

I always get the "Iron is iron" mod. I don't like having to smelt iron right from the beginning. Also remember that the trading boats will only come on that wider river. If your fishing lake isn't connected to it, then it's not a good place for the trading dock. I'm really stoked to see you play more Banished!

[@PunksterNL]

Never heard of this game. On the other hand watching Biffa play is quite relaxing, so unless we suddenly get into survival horror I'll watch anything, really.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

😅

[@dantea1474]

Banished is basically survival horror. All goes good, crops wiped out, death wave, kaboom. All goes good, not enough firewood, hypothermia, kaboom. All goes good, too many people, kaboom. Really it's all about the kaboom.

[@wolfer1000]

I would absolutely watch more Banished! One of my favorite city builders made even better with Colonial Charter.

[@patrikhjorth3291]

In Dawn of Man, you could set production limits to a percentage of the population. It could be more or less than 100%, depending on whether you wanted a surplus for trade or not. That's a pretty clever mechanic. If your population remains steady, your people will automatically make replacements for any tools or clothes that are worn out, and if your population grows, your stock of items will grow to match.

[@FoFBigBoy]

You still have contact with the devolpers, hope to get Banished 2 :)

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

We shall see I guess! :-)

[@jwkennington]

The city builder that all city builders are based upon. I still play this. I started watching you, Vaypah, and Skye and participated in the beta. Good to see you playing it.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

:-)

[@Arauge1981]

This is one of my favorite games of all time, I still go back to it every couple of months.

[@Bystander333]

Banished is an absolute classic, Farthest Frontier is also pretty good.

[@zamboughnuts]

I saw this and was like "ain't no way this is 10 years old"

[@c31979839]

I wish he'd go back and play Farthest Frontier. Great game that I still enjoy playing. Hope it gets out of early access soon

[@jasonfuentz4282]

its trash

[@dylan8285]

Banished is like Simcity 4 no matter how long it’s been it’s still so good and holds up to lots of new games

[@TRPLD]

I'm so excited to see more banished. I played it a ton back in the day. Can't wait to see a playthrough with these mods. Might give them a try.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Hope you enjoy! :-)

[@texasrickg]

I LOVE this game!!! I have gone back and re-visited a number of times. Love to see you playing this again! Yes, the graphics are not what CS2 looks like, but the genius of the developers on this game is making the mechanics challenging, but not too hard.. just love it!

[@maxking235]

I love Banished. It's such a simple, relaxing game. Would love to see more of it on the channel!

[@Psylaine64]

Biffa, a suggestion for early game is to place a duck hunter on waters edge where you see reeds grow and duck fly over. I've found I get 1000 food a year from one hunter in the duck hunting hide!

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Oooh nice! Thanks :-)

[@andreastyrberg7556]

@@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines Duck hunter a wonderful building - but it is sometimes so OP and a bit missbalanced - so do not place to many

[@EmmaLaBunn]

Top quality nostalgia. I am absolutely here for more.

[@martinlehtonen]

YESSSS! Banished is back! Remember that the laborers bring the resources to building sites, builders only do the building. You don't need to have so many builders unless you are in a hurry to get something finished.

[@JayWalker]

This is blast from past.. love this game..

[@boplax123]

I still play this game every now and then. It's really one of the GOATs of city builders.

[@MarieAxelsson]

I absolutely love Banished so much!

[@andrewburton-spearing]

I've had Banished in my Steam library for many years but never played it. Seeing your video has made me want to get it installed and start playing. Would defo enjoy watching more of this series!

[@zelest]

I loved this game, I got it just when it was released. But I rarely made it past the first big death wave.

[@jasin_bashar]

Love this game! Definitely would like to see more, maybe even a mini series?

[@ThatBaritoneGuitarGuy]

To clarify the point about markets creating even distribution, without using mods, the priority order for resource storage is (1) markets, (2) houses, (3) storage barns. Until you build a market, everyone will take what they harvest/make to THEIR house, and the leftovers are taken to the storage barn. That is why you saw the fisher delivering fish to the fisher's house BEFORE taking the rest to the storage barn. As with real life, houses don't share resources, so whatever is stored in houses is only available to the residents of THAT house. So, citizens WILL starve to death, even though the house directly next to theirs has food, and they WILL freeze to death, even though the house directly next to theirs has firewood and clothing. It is 100% accurate to real life. However, markets being the highest priority for resource storage, all resources will be taken directly to the market, THEN the nearby households will buy whatever that they need from the market, and the leftovers will be taken to the storage barn. In addition, after you build a market, all the nearby households will dump all their resources into the market, THEN buy back whatever they need. So, markets FORCE even distribution. Ignore your stats. Simply harvesting/making resources is useless. If you want ALL your citizens to have those resources, markets are what distribute them to your citizens. As such, the most efficient town layout is to build a market first, then build houses in concentric rings around the market. Think of it like a series of squares. Four rows of houses, a market, four rows of houses, a market, four rows of houses, and so on. Or, you can build little enclaves with a market at the center.

[@konakatranya5531]

Holding shift while drawing a road gives you a diagonal. So glad to see someone playing this. Love CS and all the rest, but Banished and it's mods still hold up and continue to be an inspiration to game devs.

[@konakatranya5531]

I was wondering about the town square layout. Was waiting for you to put down a field so you could assure at least one good harvest before the first winter. I'm at minute 13+ and I'm yelling and stressing LOL

[@konakatranya5531]

I also thought that like farmers, folks whose workplace has maxed out become labourers, don't they? So then you don't have to micro-manage EVERY workplace.

[@LateralTwitlerLT]

I've enjoyed playing *_Foundation_* again lately, and tho not yet finished, it's still a soothing and cozy game. And I really like the 'organic' way the inhabitants organise their surroundings. Banished I haven't touched in 7-8 years. Might give it a go again, and check out some mods.

[@shaneintheuk2026]

Banished is one of my favourite games of all time. It’s the only game that I’ve completed every single achievement. Glad to see you playing it.

[@scamp5000]

Yes, I would love to see you play more of this game, please continue.

[@darkglasses87]

I love this game. Not ever played with mods, so I'm keen to check them out!

[@PerfectAlibi1]

We want more! WE WANT MORE! ^^

[@gromit2478]

Would love to see you make another series of this amazing game. It's a while since i've played, but I do remember that having storage near your various industries was important, as it means your workers can drop them off close by instead of walking into to the town centre. Wells for fire fighting are vital also.

[@AdventureswithJeffandMeeka]

First time seeing Banished. I luked watching this game. Please continue this series.

[@trev8591]

More please, mate! The memories it brings back!

[@wheezy-c]

I always love goin back to Banished every now and then 😊 gonna be checkin out the colonial mod for myself next time!

[@Mackers60]

I believe workers will work as labourers anyway once the limit has been hit, so no need to worry about turning them off and micromanaging them

[@EternalGamingNet]

Such a fun throwback! Love this game, not played in a couple of years.

[@wisteriatheclerizard]

I spoiled myself so much playing this modded, love love love this game

[@TrueStahl]

ever now and then someone revisits this gem. would like to see more

[@delphia85]

Little tip. You have a fishery quit far away from your town. Place a storage unit over there so they don't need to travel so much for a storage unit

[@onetinymadman2633]

OMG YES. This is literally the best city builder ever. With the megamod or whatever. I love it. I just want an optimization... Not new wannabe Banished...

[@spx8465]

I miss this this game. You luckily you survived first winter with low food

[@kleinehexe790]

I still play the game today. The mod you use is really interesting because it brings more variety to the game. I would like to see more videos

[@ZerozPk]

Banished... what a gem.

[@madkow77]

One of my top 5 games of all time and one of the few games I ever 100%'ed.

[@sandrawelsh1599]

I would love to see you play more of this game. I have spent the last 3 or 4 weeks watching you play cs1 and cs2 and thoroughly enjoyed every minute. I myself would be a complete failure at these games.

[@colmortimer1066]

If I remember right you should not need to close jobs, nor remove builders as they will act as laborers if they have nothing to do. I'd forget to add people as they are needed then wonder why I have no firewood in late autumn. I keep thinking about dusting off the old Banished and giving it a go. Maybe I should try to Colonial mod. I looked into it a few times but always felt overwhelmed by all the new options, and ended up playing without it. It is nice to see a youtuber going back to playing older games. So many only play the newest stuff, but often revising old games is just as fun as something new...especially if it is one of the better games that has not been fully matched since it came out.

[@Dee-cn3iq]

When a manufacturer has reached it's limit IE wood cutter has 200 firewood, they automatically work as a labourer. No need to keep turning them on and off again.

[@ikorbln]

It is still one of the best games in his class, love it.

[@briankale5977]

Banished, and by extension, Furthest Frontier, are the two best civilization building games. They deserve way more play than CS2

[@ravvito473]

Ow my... this game still holds strong. And that background music, real good memories.

[@webbymom529]

I've loved this game for eons, and I do go back to it quite regularly and get obsessed all over again. This game, even without mods, is THE penultimate city builder, IMHO. And look at those graphics 10 years later! They ain't horrid, for sure! Believe it or not, I have NEVER played with the Colonial Charter mod! (I know, I know, I heard the collective gasp out there...) My next step today is to install this mod and play around with it. I've not played Banished since last fall... I do believe I'm about to fall into the Banished rabbit hole again, thanks to this video. LOL ;) I really enjoyed this look at the game with this mod, thanks for doing this - I'd most certainly watch more!

[@Ziplinz]

Banished is still one of my favorites. I come back to it from time to time.

[@Matt9Xx]

It really annoys me how they abandoned this game, it could have become like manor lords or something better, but the game still holds up, especially with the glorious modding community

[@Jay-Dee]

I realy loved that game. I Wished there was dlc or Banished II

[@fritziisback8496]

Love this game! Manor Loards is still my favorite, but I love to see different things, differnent games, but same "style" of games 🥰

[@AJK156]

So much nostalgia with this game, so cozy too

[@inzaghigames]

Not only is Banished still one of my favorite games, it's also, how I found you...win win 👍

[@circeteklavaslansing407]

I also still play this game. It is neat seeing different starting strategies. I tend to go all out on fishing at first because it is a quick burst of food when the docks are fully staffed. But yeah I'd love to see more videos of this game ^_^

[@jimmytwoguys]

Banished is great. Biffa turned me on to it so many years ago and I still play. More Vids!

[@SvarrOS]

I have to admit I never heard of this game... It seems to be a decent city builder, though. Can't wait to see what this little village develops into!

[@messiermitchell4901]

Let's all welcome the Norris family into the game 😊

[@DC-jw4ic]

Ive personally never unistallied banished (except for a new PC if that counts) since i got it around when it released. Especially with mods , the game is still remarkably good and holds up well. I play it on occasion and when i do its usually for an obscene amount of time by accident lol.

[@TwentyItaliansLS]

That soundtrack! That's the nostalgia feels right in my brain.

[@sssdddkkksss]

Yes - I want to watch episode 2 already!

[@Herachi_Sakura]

Great...now I gotta install it as well. such nostalgia at this point for it. one of my first experiences in a more difficult city builder/town manager

[@KarlKapo]

I WANNA LIVE IN THIS TOWN WITH BIFFA AS MAYOR

[@Gandorhar]

Man I completly forgot about this gem, I loved it back in the day but damn, cant believe its been 10 years since it came out...

[@robertsavello4120]

I remember that game. It was a good bridge between the dumpster fire that simcity 2013 was and cities skylines.

[@atillathekitteh3957]

10 years and I'm still slowly chipping away at the achievements, unmodded. So far I've managed 1 achievement a year since it's release!

[@TheGadget14]

I still play this game. It is one of my favorites

[@eboss8715]

Yooo this game is incredible I need more Biffa videos of this

[@vfxsoup]

Never heard of this game but really enjoyed watching you build it. I assume I will get my traffic fix when the donkeys jam up on the gravel highway?

[@MrMpa31]

It sucks that a decade later and the genre has taken zero steps forward and many steps backwards.

[@paige9869]

Biffa if you hold shift when you are placing a road it will make it a diagonal path from the starting point to your cursor!! Very handy and makes roads the pawns will actually follow c:

[@SilkeJuppenlatz]

I got disillusioned with Manor Lords (not enough info views) and loaded Banished... and I still love it.

[@kineuhansen8629]

does look like a fun game would not mind to see more

[@TaliyahMC]

Love this game...would love a series on it!

[@elderdragon5745]

Man, I remember this game! Has it been 10 years? What the...

[@S4B3R117]

Always loved this game, something so comfy about it

[@Iceblog]

I didn't know the game and I loved it! Please continue with it!!

[@RpGamer_98]

I would love to see more. Such a nostalgic trip 😊

[@maidenminnesota1]

Aw man, I love this game, although I preferred "Life is Feudal: Forest Village" even more, but that ended up kind of abandoned. I had the Colonial Charter in there, but I think it got kind of buggy, and kept crashing my game. Could have been interfering with other mods. I should go back to it and resub to the CC mod and try it out again.

[@wteff8586]

10 years?! I feel old now (well, relatively, I was sixteen then...) Anyway, I'd love a series on this, it feels very homey

[@CaironTrast]

I love city builders so definitely hoping we get to see more of this one, Biffa!! 🎉

[@riledogg4558]

im gonna need some more of this

[@enforcer_3574]

Never seen this game before looks interesting and would like to see more of it.

[@Lexrhl]

Please continue the series ❤