Virtual Villagers Coming to iPhone Soon
posted October 20th, 2008 3:44 PM CDT by arn in Simulation, Upcoming GamesVivendi Games Mobile has submitted a port of their mobile game Virtual Villagers to the app store, which should be available shortly.
The teaser video intermixes gameplay video and rendered cut scenes but gives you the basic idea for the gameplay, which involves you exerting god-like influence on your villagers:
Pocketgamer.co.uk previously reviewed the mobile Java version of the game. The game starts with a bunch of castaways finding themselves on a desert island. You interact with villages through a disembodied hand:
At first your main goal is to simply set up shop and make sure everyone is fed and watered. You can pick up any villager you like, and by setting them down near an interactive object, such as a berry bush or water source, you can encourage them to try and use it. Cleverly if it's a resource, such as food, they'll continue to keep harvesting it - bring it back to the village - until you tell them to stop.
Apple has been quick with their App Store turnarounds, so we expect this one to show up quickly.
October 20th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
i wonder if it has elements like black and white, where you ultimately affect whether they are good villagers or bad ones….
or is it like sims
October 20th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
Awesome. I never got into The Sims much, even though I tried, but this looks great. Instead of a game where it seems like you play God, you actually play God.
I'm really starting to love continual play games on the iPhone. Loot Wars has had me hooked for that reason. It's not that exciting when you play it, but you have to keep checking on it. Im glad to see more iPhone games doing that.
October 20th, 2008 at 5:59 pm
ragazzi questo gioco è favoloso…intanto complimenti per il forum davvero bello e sempre aggiornato…..per quanto riguarda questo gioco chiedevo se avete info in piu su quello che si deve fare nel isola…grazie mille
October 20th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
Nessuno sta andando a capire che.
October 20th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
Virtual Villagers is fun stuff, but with all three computer versions I've found that once you beat it there's not much incentive to play it again; if there were unlockables or enough variety in the gameplay, I would be willing to pay as much as $8 for it.
I'm going to withhold judgment until I see it, but if it's basically a bare-bones port gussied up for iPlay, it's probably not going to be worth more than $5.
October 20th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
I agree with NotYou - we need more games of this genre.
October 21st, 2008 at 1:50 am
@Marcel
La ringrazio signore.
October 21st, 2008 at 3:41 am
Looking forward to this.
October 21st, 2008 at 5:21 pm
raga ma quando esce sto gioco? avete news? grazie
October 21st, 2008 at 6:06 pm
hopefully it comes out tonite, with a fair price
October 22nd, 2008 at 12:18 am
It's up now. Pretty steep at $7.99, though.
January 16th, 2009 at 5:14 pm
um yah there does need to be more in that genra, but i have a qushton. do you know the big rock how do you move it i have the lever thing but how do you use it?????