Posted By: acornia
sims - 05/27/07 01:47 PM
So far tried out three sims, and am giving a short review of each. Sims last longer than most games and some neven end until you make that decision.
First one is Fairy Godmother. Easy to learn and master and game ends when accomplish that level goal. Also have option to continue playing in any town with the happy ever after option. Only needed one bail out from the loan shark. Could have used a few more curses that you have to research for a cure. To break things up there are visits from various fairy tale characters with problems, ie three little pigs and the turtle and the rabbit.
2nd one is Virtual Village. This one is never-ending. There are 16 milestones markers in the game which you have to figure out what they are (got 7 so far) and keeps stats on everything that you do. There are also research milestones that must be reached to do other things. While watching the village grow, you look for mushrooms and then place a kid on it for food, move adults around to various plants to learn healing, to a berry bush for foraging, to a research table, and to make buildings. Also on character profile, can decide if a villager should concentrate on research, bulding, healing, etc.
3rd one is Escape from Paradise. In this one, a local will give you tasks to do that will help you to get off the island and mini-games for experience. Each location when opens up, has its own game. The game building offers just one game and each has five levels (so far) with five variations on each level. Experience points are awarded with successful completion of the game. As leader you assign people to foraging, chopping wood, and building. Also sometimes to treasure digging though most of time get messages. Haven't finished yet but games include a dinner dash building, match 3 in a row/column, higher/lower card game for the buildings. Minis include peg game, shuffleboard, marble, etc. Also need to make sure that they remember to eat, drink, and sleep.
First one is Fairy Godmother. Easy to learn and master and game ends when accomplish that level goal. Also have option to continue playing in any town with the happy ever after option. Only needed one bail out from the loan shark. Could have used a few more curses that you have to research for a cure. To break things up there are visits from various fairy tale characters with problems, ie three little pigs and the turtle and the rabbit.
2nd one is Virtual Village. This one is never-ending. There are 16 milestones markers in the game which you have to figure out what they are (got 7 so far) and keeps stats on everything that you do. There are also research milestones that must be reached to do other things. While watching the village grow, you look for mushrooms and then place a kid on it for food, move adults around to various plants to learn healing, to a berry bush for foraging, to a research table, and to make buildings. Also on character profile, can decide if a villager should concentrate on research, bulding, healing, etc.
3rd one is Escape from Paradise. In this one, a local will give you tasks to do that will help you to get off the island and mini-games for experience. Each location when opens up, has its own game. The game building offers just one game and each has five levels (so far) with five variations on each level. Experience points are awarded with successful completion of the game. As leader you assign people to foraging, chopping wood, and building. Also sometimes to treasure digging though most of time get messages. Haven't finished yet but games include a dinner dash building, match 3 in a row/column, higher/lower card game for the buildings. Minis include peg game, shuffleboard, marble, etc. Also need to make sure that they remember to eat, drink, and sleep.