That I really, really love Restaurant City, probably my most often played FB Social Game - certainly the one that gives me the highest satisfaction levels.
Imagine my delight to discover they've tweaked some of the annoying parts of the game, are now giving away more free 'money,' and are polling players for input - hence more upgrades.
Is WOW like this? What about other online games? Or is this unique to social games, the constant feedback and changing of gameplay per consumer opinion?
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/7DKN2GL
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Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Monday, February 22, 2010
The State of My Social Games
Played Bioshock 2 and Resident Evil 5 DLC this weekend, but we'll be talking about that in a sweet upcoming podcast here on this site.
Instead I will tell you what's captivated me the most in the Great Social Games Frenzy of '10 (as it shall be known in the history books)
Farmville is hanging in there with the awesome graphics and innovative things to collect. But it doesn't excite me the way...
RESTAURANT CITY does! Oh, Restaurant City. They have a new magic theme so now my restaurant looks like a gypsy castle.
Whee! Is that awesome or what? I tell you, life is grand here in the future. It would be sooo much more awesome if I had more cafe-money, stay tuned as I invest in more floating animated delites!
Garden World is pretty fun, I am inventing tons of new flowers every day. Like many games, this now has me thinking about cross-pollinatng IN REAL LIFE. Do gardens work that way?
Country Story WAS a huge drag and at the bottom of my list, but they revamped it! Yay for the dynamicism of social games. Now that I don't run out of energy every 5 minutes, it's worth playing.
Enchanted Island continues to tickle my fancy even though its the silliest gave evar and you can only play for a minute at a time. It's the addictive everlasting levelling up to make more and more awesome plants with magic, dragon scales and phoenix feathers. FUN!
I check on Fairyland every day now, a very slow game of growing flowers and attracting wildlife.
Zoo World is really fun, another 5 minutes a day of effort puts you in a steady stream of levelling up 100 different elements. Breeding, training, buying gear/employees, and visiting other friends for tons o' money!
The Summoning continues to reign supreme. Check out my badass character! Srsly she'll kick your ass with those items she's got on.
Instead I will tell you what's captivated me the most in the Great Social Games Frenzy of '10 (as it shall be known in the history books)
Farmville is hanging in there with the awesome graphics and innovative things to collect. But it doesn't excite me the way...
RESTAURANT CITY does! Oh, Restaurant City. They have a new magic theme so now my restaurant looks like a gypsy castle.
Whee! Is that awesome or what? I tell you, life is grand here in the future. It would be sooo much more awesome if I had more cafe-money, stay tuned as I invest in more floating animated delites!
Garden World is pretty fun, I am inventing tons of new flowers every day. Like many games, this now has me thinking about cross-pollinatng IN REAL LIFE. Do gardens work that way?
Country Story WAS a huge drag and at the bottom of my list, but they revamped it! Yay for the dynamicism of social games. Now that I don't run out of energy every 5 minutes, it's worth playing.
Enchanted Island continues to tickle my fancy even though its the silliest gave evar and you can only play for a minute at a time. It's the addictive everlasting levelling up to make more and more awesome plants with magic, dragon scales and phoenix feathers. FUN!
I check on Fairyland every day now, a very slow game of growing flowers and attracting wildlife.
Zoo World is really fun, another 5 minutes a day of effort puts you in a steady stream of levelling up 100 different elements. Breeding, training, buying gear/employees, and visiting other friends for tons o' money!
The Summoning continues to reign supreme. Check out my badass character! Srsly she'll kick your ass with those items she's got on.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Working for the Weekend
My obsessive Facebook gaming is forced into a more relaxed pace during the workweek. How IS a girl to prioritize when every game fills your Notificications with promises of gifts and threats of expiration, petulant for your imminent return?
Well I'll tell you what I do:
#1 Restaurant City. This game is of serious importance to me, I can't quite say why, a combo of cooking and tracking down the ever missing ingredient I suppose. Every evening it's on my list of things to do - MORE money for MORE ingredients for MORE money!
#2 Farmville gifts. This is just so fun. I'm sad to say it makes me feel so loved and popular to have 15 gifts in my inbox, even if it's from someone I haven't seen since college, and it's an e-heart. I assure you I've never gotten more valentines wishes collectively in my life than I have this year, still a week before v-day, thanks to Farmville. Maybe its wrong but it feels so right.
#3 Ponzi - its just so easy and fun. I admit i have a little crush on the Ponzi girl.
That's all I'm dedicated to when I have pressing life stuff. Last weekend however, I was slacking hard and played the heck out of Happy Habitat, The Summoning, and Zoo World. The Summoning, BTW, is a html-based RPG that is sooo fun! I'm in my first dungeon (after a month of playing), kicking giant spider ass and taking names! None of the other RPG's have appealed to me yet, mostly because you have to fuss with armies and I'm interested in rogue adventuring.
In other gamer news, Clay is playing Mass Effect 2 right now and his dude has on armor with a Dragon Age logo on it, that he got as part of an Xbox download. It is so funny! Like when Mac was on on Lost.
Well I'll tell you what I do:
#1 Restaurant City. This game is of serious importance to me, I can't quite say why, a combo of cooking and tracking down the ever missing ingredient I suppose. Every evening it's on my list of things to do - MORE money for MORE ingredients for MORE money!
#2 Farmville gifts. This is just so fun. I'm sad to say it makes me feel so loved and popular to have 15 gifts in my inbox, even if it's from someone I haven't seen since college, and it's an e-heart. I assure you I've never gotten more valentines wishes collectively in my life than I have this year, still a week before v-day, thanks to Farmville. Maybe its wrong but it feels so right.
#3 Ponzi - its just so easy and fun. I admit i have a little crush on the Ponzi girl.
That's all I'm dedicated to when I have pressing life stuff. Last weekend however, I was slacking hard and played the heck out of Happy Habitat, The Summoning, and Zoo World. The Summoning, BTW, is a html-based RPG that is sooo fun! I'm in my first dungeon (after a month of playing), kicking giant spider ass and taking names! None of the other RPG's have appealed to me yet, mostly because you have to fuss with armies and I'm interested in rogue adventuring.
In other gamer news, Clay is playing Mass Effect 2 right now and his dude has on armor with a Dragon Age logo on it, that he got as part of an Xbox download. It is so funny! Like when Mac was on on Lost.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
EEE Baby Tigers!
In their mad dash for more players, Facebook social games are giving away all kinds of things you usually have to use your credit card to get (something I will not do!)
Today Restaurant City, one of Facebooks most addictive games, is giving away a SECOND baby tiger for the second day in a row. My life is complete.
We gave away a cute tiger cub yesterday, everyone loved it but these little cubs like company, so we're giving away another one to our fans today! Take care of this tiger and share the news with your friends! Click here to get your new tiger cub: http://playfi.sh/bomrXC
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
What I'm Playing - Social Games pt.2
Facebook has a lot of copy cat games. It's pretty entertaining to watch. I don't know which came first but clearly as soon as one game is successful there are 1,000 copycat versions. Like 20 different aquariums! But like I said, I played THEM ALL so you don't have to.
In most cases the 'bigger' and more popular a game is, the more fun of a social game it's going to be. Nothing is more depressing than a farm with no neighbors. Then again, we can't cow tow to sub-par games purely because our friends are. I try to have a healthy mix of both, I'll try to get my friends to join games I like that no one has heard of (THE SUMMONING AHEM), but I'll play some games that aren't so great just because I have 40 neighbors and 10 pending gifts.
PETVILLE vs. PET SOCIETY
PETVILLE IS THE WINNAH! Oh the graphics, game play, server speed and shopping experience are sooo far superior! Pet Society has the additional thrill of a garden, fishing pond, aquariums, food stores, more neighbors, and pretty much everything that should make this game great. But for some reason I don't find the rewards of Pet Society (slowed animations, plain low-tech graphics, poor treasure/coins/shopping rate) nearly as exciting as watching my Petville Pet eat one Ninja Cookie.
CAFE WORLD vs. RESTAURANT CITY
RESTAURANT CITY IS THE WINNAH! I will keep playing BOTH for some time, they are both addictive games in different ways. Cafe World has better graphics and a more satisfying cooking process. Restaurant City makes you scrabble and hunt for each ingredient unless you're willing to pay IRL money (or wait each day to win a free ingredient via the food quiz). The process of combing my friends restaurants hoping they'll trade me a bay leaf for some flour is really fun to me. You can also grow a tree by your Restaurant and go visit random restaurants around the 'city,' as you wonder what on earth gets you good enough ratings to one day make it to "Gourmet Street" - there are a number of articles online with things like Game Play instructions, as it's actually pretty complicated to get ahead in Restaurant City. But I'm happy with my humble, slowly expanding restaurant... I've noticed when it comes to FB games, if I can't figure it out by clicking around, I just won't play.
In most cases the 'bigger' and more popular a game is, the more fun of a social game it's going to be. Nothing is more depressing than a farm with no neighbors. Then again, we can't cow tow to sub-par games purely because our friends are. I try to have a healthy mix of both, I'll try to get my friends to join games I like that no one has heard of (THE SUMMONING AHEM), but I'll play some games that aren't so great just because I have 40 neighbors and 10 pending gifts.
PETVILLE vs. PET SOCIETY
PETVILLE IS THE WINNAH! Oh the graphics, game play, server speed and shopping experience are sooo far superior! Pet Society has the additional thrill of a garden, fishing pond, aquariums, food stores, more neighbors, and pretty much everything that should make this game great. But for some reason I don't find the rewards of Pet Society (slowed animations, plain low-tech graphics, poor treasure/coins/shopping rate) nearly as exciting as watching my Petville Pet eat one Ninja Cookie.
CAFE WORLD vs. RESTAURANT CITY
RESTAURANT CITY IS THE WINNAH! I will keep playing BOTH for some time, they are both addictive games in different ways. Cafe World has better graphics and a more satisfying cooking process. Restaurant City makes you scrabble and hunt for each ingredient unless you're willing to pay IRL money (or wait each day to win a free ingredient via the food quiz). The process of combing my friends restaurants hoping they'll trade me a bay leaf for some flour is really fun to me. You can also grow a tree by your Restaurant and go visit random restaurants around the 'city,' as you wonder what on earth gets you good enough ratings to one day make it to "Gourmet Street" - there are a number of articles online with things like Game Play instructions, as it's actually pretty complicated to get ahead in Restaurant City. But I'm happy with my humble, slowly expanding restaurant... I've noticed when it comes to FB games, if I can't figure it out by clicking around, I just won't play.
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