The innovative slant on Beasts and Bumpkins is that your population must grow by "natural" means - you don't build or buy new villagers, you need a frisky man and woman to nip off into a hut for a bit of nookie to get a baby, which then may grow into a boy or girl, assuming the wolves don't get it first. Putting aside the perils of the game world, your prime goal is to expand your population, providing food, water and anything else needed to keep your subjects happy. The game itself has the same village building nature as Settlers, but it's presented in something of a simpler way. The cuteness factor probably comes from the apparent European influence on the game, which is credited as "Demons et Manants" in the title screen, hinting at a French connection.
Or it is if the Settlers style of "cute" game is your thing. ".What I found was a game that indeed wasn't worthy of a full price sale, but one with a lot of new game ideas and reasonable value as a bargain bin buy. Tim Chown says it all in his review for Games Domain about what makes the game well worth a look, although by no means a classic: And that's a shame, because in contrast to many hyped-but-horrible games EA put out, BNB is entertaining and very charming.
Beasts and Bumpkins is a great Settlers-style gem that is one of the very few games from software giant Electronic Arts that were released very quietly without any marketing hype, and only in Europe.
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