Virtual Villagers - The Secret City

Glimpse of my childhood and way more simple, it may run on a toaster 10/10

It is an absolute slapper. High nostalgia factor. I've beaten the first two and am on 3 now. Fun indie games that are surprisingly addicting - especially if you like survival and sim games. While it's basic, it's still a great series. Easy to pick up and play - although you might find yourself struggling on some of the puzzles. Might have to look at a walkthrough or google those...

Creative and fun! Lighthearted and simple to learn. Completionists will have a lot to do. Make sure you keep track of the pausing.

Same cryptid puzzles, same lamebrained villager reasoning, and the same "gameplay" that should have been made for phones and iOS tablets rather than PC. In its essence, [i]Virtual Villagers - The Secret City[/i] is just another idle game where players have to wrestle with their villagers to complete simple tasks by dragging them towards an object or area repeatedly until success, which is insulting to the buyer's time and intelligence. Puzzles border on being accidentally completed or unnecessarily specific, such as requiring multiple builders/farmers/scientists of a certain skill level in a village with a level 2 to level 3 progression. With how slow and tedious the game feels, irrespective of having the option of the game running slowly or quickly in real-time, or paused, the payoff is too small to justify the effort put into having to micromanage, close the game to allow progression, and check in multiple times a day to see real progress. Additionally, display color corruption occurs in the game's window whenever it is minimized, further reinforcing that decade-old products are truly relics of their time, belonging in a museum with a "do not touch" warning on their display.

童年回忆，像素画面却有满满细节，小人的设定也挺萌的，挂机休闲好伴侣，挂着看书都看得下去了（指偶尔看一眼小人干活都不会玩手机了hh），就是长大成为社畜以后，感慨人真的要一直做牛马到死啊………………

just like how I remeber it from my childhood! So happy to find it again, its a real time based game and is rather slow, i recommend playing it in the background and glancing at it every now and again to correct villagers and pick up colectibles etc.