Paragon Pioneers 2 is a city building idle game from indie developer Tobias Arlt. It sees you building up your empire over time as you discover more islands to conquer. The aim – as is often the case in the genre – is to keep your citizens happy. So, we handed PP2 over to our readers to see how they got on.
Here’s what they said:
Jojó Reis
Very good game to relax. Paragon Pioneers 2! It’s the kind of game you’ll want to play when you’re stressed. Here you will build, and when I say building is creating huge cities and the more you play the more addictive the game becomes, you will just want to evolve your city and this is a lot of fun. The game works super well on touch and has very animated graphics. If you are the type who likes to own your own game, this one gives a super cool taste and in a super relaxing way, undoubtedly another great game that came PC for cell phones
Brian Wigington
I was excited to try this game as it looked like it would have a 16-bit charm to it and a leisurely pace. I do think it checks those boxes but I did become a little frustrated at some of the placement mechanics for the units/buildings early on. Paragon Pioneers 2 is a settlement growing or colony building sim with a nicely done simple graphical style and enjoyable music with a slightly medieval sound (flutes and lutes).
I do enjoy the overall setting and attention to detail that the game offers and the way that as you grow your population you also gain new types of buildings and settlers. Essentially, lumberjacks to get more wood, foresters to plant trees, homes to grow population, and so on. The animations look great and the sound effects are good from chopping wood sounds to notifications that tasks are complete. The only gripe and this may just be me after a long weekend, is the sometimes not crystal-clear directions in the tutorial.
This is a colourful and appealing idle city builder game like many others in many respects but I like the simple and intuitive gradual build-up of facilities and eventually utilities and luxuries for your growing community. The small map you started with seemed initially to be kind of cramped to me but worked just fine. And of course, as it started to get crowded, the territory to the north opened up for conquest and colonization.
The controls were simple and worked fine. The music is pleasant enough and suits the game, though I generally play with the sound off, so I didn’t listen to it for long. I enjoy being able to start on the easy difficulty- as a rule, I enjoy these games more for the discovery and levelling than the challenge.
I’m not normally a fan of idle games but I’m fine with this. It makes sense that the workers will keep on working while I’m away. And I liked the real-time waiting for results from the battle. Really this is a quality experience and simply a fun game for the genre. One in which I’m hard to please, but I like this one. Happily recommended.
Pierpaolo Morgante
PP2 is a wonderfully crafted idle game where you build your civilization from the ground up to become a powerful and thriving empire. You start out developing a settlement, and as you add buildings, you unlock more and more items and more and more areas of the game.
PP2 combines elements of idle games with city builders, fighting, and exploration, and it does so in a gradual way. You definitely need to follow the tutorial, as well as every in-game info card, to understand and take advantage of every complex dynamics that the game is built upon, but what results is a gem of a game. This is even more remarkable if you consider that it comes from a solo developer.
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