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Review: Virtual Villagers “The Secret City”


h1 Monday, June 2nd, 2008

download Virtual Villagers - The Secret City!The last chapter in Virtual Villager trilogy, called “The Secret City” will see our proud villagers starting in the ruins of a once-great city, exploring, rebuilding and repopulating while unraveling its numerous mysteries.

The game mechanics, for those familiar with the previous titles, remains unchanged: it is a sort of persistent world, so when you turn off the computer and log back in, you’ll have the feeling that time has really passed. Villagers reproduce, eat, and die :)

Talking about differences instead: the weather effects are really nice now, with clouds, rain, sunbeam, fog, and such. There are also two new Factions, Nature and Magic : the former restores food more quickly and raises longevity, while the latter greatly improves scientific productivity and population cap.

Overall, a very good game, and probably the best one of the whole serie. A must have for all Virtual Villagers fan!

Download the demo now (50mb)

Rating: ★★★★½

Review: Kudos


h1 Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

download Kudos!If you ever thought about the fact that The Sims is good, but is a bit slow, that would benefit greatly by some sort of game speedup and easier interface control, think no more.

Just download Kudos and play! Yes because in Kudos you control a digital alter-ego, that can earn Kudos by accomplishing special goals. Your alter ego has a own private life, he/she works, studies, go out with friends, gets ill, and so on.

Everything is managed through a simple and clean interface, and the game is turnbased so you have time to ponderate your actions.

Overall is an excellent game that I recommend to anybody who loved The Sims but think is too slow, or in general to anyone looking for a game with more deep than the usual time-management games that the casual games portals offer nowadays.

Demo download

Rating: ★★★★½