Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Card & Board, Mahjong, Match 3, Time Management
Fun Factor
5/ 5
Visual/Sound Quality
5/ 5
Level of Challenge
5/ 5
Storyline
5/ 5
I've never played anything like this before but it was great fun. I knew I was going to buy it 10 minutes into play. I've made several profiles and am discovering the cards you find are randomly (it seems to me) scattered - no 2 plays are the same so you can customize how you want to play it.
I love it! At first I was frustrated about the size of the people. Then I found out you can adjust that with the mouse wheel button (or the + sign) to where you like it. I spent the first day growing the population. Currently I have 15 people (most children) running around. The lavastones gave me a boost in the skills for everyone. Right now I've got 1 on farming and the rest (that aren't breeding/nursing) on Research. I'll get around to crafting once the population has grown up a bit. I started with 3 males and 2 females (grown up). I've changed their first names but mostly kept their last names. I see the children carry their father's name. This will help once they're old enough for their own children. I've used the internet for hints on how to do the puzzles - I've got the first 4 done. At some point I'll probably restart the game from scratch and see if I have 3 females and 2 males how it changes things. I would have liked a "double-time" feature at the start just to get things going faster but I just let it run over night - that helped.