Tag: Hot Springs Story 2

Burger Bistro Story

Rating: 2 out of 5

Comments: You own a Burger Chain and must compete with 3 other Burger Chains. by creating any combination of burgers with ingredients researched, as well as decorating and managing each individual store, complete with staff and suppliers, and unlocking new customers. I found it to be a bit too loose in burger creation and rather difficult to enjoy for long. Outcompeting competitors is satisfying.

Dream House Days DX

Rating: 3 out of 5

Comments: You manage a housing complex through 3 types of expansion, tailoring each individual room with specific furnishings to certain groups or tenants. They will grow up, get jobs, get married, have kids, retire, and die from old age right inside your rooms. Kind of Sims-like. I personally was shocked when my favorite tenants got old. I helped them get jobs! Counseled them through dates! That put a damper on the game…a little too much reality, a little too much God-playing.

Dream Park Story

Rating: 5 out of 5

Comments: LOVE THIS GAME. Then again, I’m partial because one of my favorite video games of all-time is Sim Theme Park and I’ve yet to find a suitable replacement for it. This game is the closest so far on the simplicity and fun side. It’s exactly that: a simulation theme park. Small rides, big rides, sideshows, shops, eateries, bathrooms, trashcans… Expansion, research, hiring, seasons, contests. Love it.

Dungeon Village

Rating: 4 out of 5

Comments: Neato mechanic where you build a village that attracts adventurers itching for battle. Inns, eateries, weapons shops, leisure, and if/when the adventurers like it enough, they will stay, giving you a nice amount of cash! During the day, they fight monsters and venture through dungeons, gaining levels and stats, and at night, they either sleep in their houses or go back to whence they came. Eventually there are boss fights! Great idea. Good game.

Dungeon Village 2

Rating: 3 out of 5

Comments: Just like Dungeon Village 1 except with some steps forward…and some steps back. I was really hoping for a blow-away-better game. It does have expansions which is cool and allow you to carry over some of your favorite adventurers to new towns in new lands right away. I just wish it was a bit…better. I played it less than the original version.

Epic Astro Story

Rating: 2.5 out of 5

Comments: You build a settlement that gets visits from aliens for space tourism. You grow things, expand, get supplies and resources. All for economy! You can even send your settlers on voyages! Unfortunately, while it sounds good, I found it to be a tad frustrating. Alien tourists only had a set area they would go outside of a space station which places constraints and makes buildings repetitive. All in all, I found it rather tedious and disappointing.

Game Dev Story

Rating: 5 out of 5

Comments: One of Kairosoft’s original games! What makes this game extra special is that a video game software company released a game about making video games! You have creative license to combine different elements together to try and make a stellar game with your team, while undertaking small side gigs all in the name of prestige and fame! Expand, research, and create to either explosive success, or dismal failure. Extremely fun.

Hot Springs Story

Rating: 4 out of 5

Comments: My very first Kairosoft game. Played as a demo and was hooked. One of the earlier entries, it has some frustrating elements like being unable to move things around easily as you expand. Otherwise, you are managing a hot spring! Contests with magazines for popularity, make combos, and give clients what they want!

Hot Springs Story 2

Rating: 4.25 out of 5

Comments: Definite improvement on the original! Added outside elements for the inside of the hot spring, different hot springs, lots of combos, many more stores and decorations. I found it to be great except some small details like for some reason very few of my clients ever wanted to go enjoy the outdoor attractions, and even when I placed stairs to access them, no one ever used the steps, rather walking through walls. I also found the game to be too confining for all of the new elements added. I found I wanted it to be double the size after fully expanding the facility.

Mega Mall Story

Rating: 4.75 out of 5

Comments: Fantastic game! You’re managing a multi-level mall. Utilizing combos, escalators, elevators, place shops eateries, and attractions while working with transportation and communities to outperform competing malls! My only gripe is that there’s not enough space!

Mega Mall Story 2

Rating: 3 out of 5

Comments: Radically different flow and graphics style, I was disappointed in this game. The core is the same, but things are so different that I quit playing after about 3 total levels attained.

Oh! Edo Town

Rating: 3.75 out of 5

Comments: As a later installment, this has features that make moving things around easy. You’re creating a town in the Edo period of Japan’s history. Roads, store, houses, attractions, castles, turrets, hot springs…there’s a lot to design with! Somehow, I found I wasn’t terribly fond of the game. Perhaps the historical setting was too constricting? It was fine, just I prefer Venture Town despite having better game elements.

Pool Slide Story

Rating: 5 out of 5

Comments: Fantastically enjoyable! I honestly didn’t think I’d enjoy it as much as the others because it’s constrained to just pools, but WOW! You get to design both indoors and outdoors elements. Food, shops, tables alongside, well, pool features! Slides, currents, streams, plants, water colors and fragrances??? It’s just awesome! I only wish I had more space to make even bigger and better pools!

The Manga Works

Rating: 3.5 out of 5

Comments: This is just like Game Dev Story but for Manga. Instead of working in an office with team members, though, you are the mangaka, her(him)self. You work at home and suffer through creative blocks, barely making deadlines, entering contests, trying to fulfill special requests for publishers… all the while trying to pay rent with other odd jobs. It’s a good game for its realism, but I didn’t last because the reality was so depressing that it became dull.

Tropical Resort Story

Rating: 4 out of 5

Comments: You are the manager for a set of islands where you are trying to create the ultimate getaway complete with accommodations, shops, sightseeing, and FISH. Lots of fish and ocean flora! There are SO many elements to place and research! You go fishing for more fish! Progression on this game is amazing, but I found the terraforming to be constricting. It’s hard to create the combos given the limitations of space. Do you focus on underwater life? Or the shore? Why is there no path? Why can’t people walk around trees?

Venture Towns

Rating: 5 out of 5

*NOTE: This is the 2nd game I played of Kairosoft and is the reason I’m hooked to the games. However, it is old now (unless they updated, and I don’t know). The 5 out of 5 is based on when I originally played it*

Comments: Great city builder! A little dated now as it lacks the “rearrange” option, and is a tad difficult, but lots of fun and progresses well. Use combos to boost sales and attract residents to your town! Five different locations to attempt!

World Cruise Story

Rating: 3 out of 5

Comments: Design an irresistible cruise ship and become a famous cruise line! Control rooms, games, amenities, decorations, gyms, outside and inside elements! Expand the number of decks! Appeal to richer and richer passengers! The beginning was fun, but then it started getting stagnant after more ship levels are added. Being confined to a cruise ship is tough on the design-side! And VIPs are too critical!