Just thought I'd link to a kickstarter game which looks brilliant and only has a few days left. It brings a twist to the classic city management game and is smashing through stretch goals, defiantly deserves a minute to look at http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/159 ... ref=banner
I'm probably going to pitch a little towards Stonehearth. Also TUG, but I'm a bit skeptical about that one. Hopefully my low expectations will leave me with a mild surprise when I play it. Godus looks interesting, but I'd rather control the people than play god.
It looks fun enough, I just think it'll get beaten out by all the competition. Dwarf Fortress/fortlikes for simulationy town management junk, and Minecraft/craftlikes for creative junk. Since it looks half and half, it might have a niche. Designing armor and junk in Stonehearth looks legitimately fun though.
That's why I like Godus. It's not really an RTS/controlling the individual people. not that i don't like RTSs, I just like variety, and I enjoyed Black & White as a kid.