We first reviewed Godville (Free) not long after it was released in mid-2010 and it instantly clicked with me. People love making comparisons to free to play games like The Simpsons: Tapped Out (Free) to virtual ant farms, as they require very little interaction and basically just exist as a virtual world to amuse you for a few seconds at a time. Godville is the most virtual ant farm-y of all virtual ant farms in that instead of logging on to manage timers or interact with whatever characters there are in game, you literally do nothing. It’s a zero player game that you don’t interact with at all beyond either encouraging or punishing your hero- Two things which both do whatever the next microscopic increment above “nothing" would be to the game world.
Instead, as mentioned in the review, all you do is check up on your guy whenever you remember him to see what he’s up to. He’ll go adventuring, fight monsters, collect loot, tame pets, join guilds, and everything else without any need of your attention at all. In fact, you can literally not even touch the game for a year at a time and come back to find your guy happily adventuring away, not even caring in the slightest whether or not you exist. It’s incredibly clever, and while I sometimes forget about my guy for a few weeks at a time, it’s always fun to come back and catch up on what he’s been doing. I can say fairly definitively it’s the only iOS game I’ve consistently played for nearly four years straight, as my character is approaching the age of 46 months.
Godville recently saw a substantial iOS 7 makeover with its 5.0 update. In addition to looking all iOS 7-like, it has some new swipe gestures to make your play sessions even quicker, allowing you to spend even less time following what your hero is doing. Anyway, it’s hard to think of many iOS games that have been maintained this long, much less iOS games I still actually play that are this old. With the semi-recent 5.0 update, it seemed worthwhile to remind people that Godville exists.
Give Godville a try. It’s the best game you’ll never play.
ooooohhhhhhh mmmmm aaaaaaa, totally saw this one coming
Too bad the hoi polloi won't pass on this game. They gobble up everything "free, free, fweeeee"
When I saw the screenshots I thought this game was gonna be something like South Park's The Stick of Truth. Instead FOX just trolls all of us and makes a lame The Simpsons Tapped Out reskin.
Those damn right wingers. I should know, I have a keyboard and am really smrt
The game really does suck though. I was referring to the k street trolls who couldn't talk rationally about the prohibiting of the reviews before the launch. Regardless of whether you agreed if it was right or wrong, I HATE political speak everywhere I look. It's disgusting.
Fox as a whole is more complex than, and not as easily dismissible as "right wing" as FoxNews and 5hift was clearly venting at the entertainment branch of Fox. So, political speak was in the eye of the beholder on this one.
All yall folks that bitched and moaned cuz fox accidentally released it early then revoked it said yall wouldn't download it i bet yall had that shit on watch and downloaded it as soon as it hit the market itll probably be number one on the store
The users here represent a minuscule minority of all the people who actually download games off of the App Store. (Even more so for freemium games such as this.) Whether your premise is valid or not is inconsequential; your conclusion is patently false. If this game reaches #1, it will have very little to do with the users here at TouchArcade, whether they choose to download it or not.
Well said. Though I didn't download this game, it was hardly surprising to see it rise on the charts. Even if every member of TA boycotted every freemium game released, it wouldn't effect their popular appeal.
I dont doubt you are right for some, however didnt and will never download it, and I LOVE the show. (Debacle aside though, i also hate IAP)
Nope.
This isn't English.
The lack of punctuation is just amazing.
Instabuy......i mean instaPASS
The review is totally spot on. I would also like to add that it is slow in all senses of the word and the reward system is pitiful. One hour to earn 10 coins is very little payback. I like that you need two characters to work on some quests. I'm sticking with it though because I like the show and I enjoy this genre of games.
While the IAP is aggressive and a bit unfair, I don't think the game is boring as long as it's used the way it's intended to be used. Load it up every few hours for 10-20 minutes, collect your xp, money and clams and save up for the next purchase. I'm enjoying it personally but it all depends on the person, I suppose.
I think 2 stars is pretty harsh. 3 average is ok.
People need to atop complaining about paying cash for iap games. you dont have to buy anything if you don't want to.
Also saying the simpsons did it... Is true because almost every game in the app store is recycled game.
IAP is also usually for fluff stuff but this game makes quests out of premium characters. Plus, with The Simpsons you aren't restricted to building one building at a time due to a CoC worker system.
Its it presentation that people are complaining about not paying cash. Its like your Dad telling you your dead dog is at an upstate farm vs saying the Vet killed your dog.
The Simpsons has many bldg and characters for "donuts" and get those donuts very slowly.
About not able to build things fast or missions.... Why is everyone is such a hurry? People complain like this is the only game they play.
Also the biggest people that are commenting are ones that say "i dont like iap games", so they are already coming in with negative attitude.
Like it or not iap games are not going away.
No game should hang on the premise of not allowing you to play it. That's not game design, that's Vegas slot machine psychology at work. When you can barely touch on the "gameplay" (and I use that term loosely here, as these are not games despite their adamant advertising as such) in about 30 minutes and then are hit with a heavy timer pushing you away, it doesn't make for a game people are going to want to return to, period. Perhaps some are okay with playing a game for 5-10 minutes every few hours, but for the rest of us that's not playing anything, that's called checking in and becoming a chore.
No game should start to feel like a chore in order to play it... But that's exactly what happens when you put aggressive timers so early in in a game like this. The complaints on IAP currency are justified if they are used in such an aggressive way as to the games design and actually fun content being locked out from a player, especially at such early levels. When you encounter quests that demand you use premium currency so early in (like the first 15 minutes or so), I think people are justified to complain.
There is freemium done right and then there is freemium done like this. A line has to be drawn as to what is acceptable with developers. Nothing should get a blanket "oh, it's okay and if you don't like it just play a different game in the mean time" pass when games like these are do spectating the trends on the AppStore. After all, it's our money they want, we should still hold the right to dictate how they get it. If freemium truly is here to stay, then we as consumers reserve the right to complain and dictate at least how that freemium is implemented and how aggressive and intrusive we will tolerate it. It's not simple enough to just "not download it" when the general AppStore consumer consists of the uninformed with a Apple account can just download it off of brand recognition alone and 5star the game before even playing it, or worse to play it for 5 minutes and never again. That 5 star review stays no matter how much or little they play the game. The AppStore rating system can't be trusted to weed these things out especially when you have recognizable properties like this that will be blind downloaded and up reviewed on recognition alone.
Your point is valid but i do not agree with it.
This is a farming/city game. They have timers. Everyone i ever play has timers. Long ones too.
The money quest is just a quest you dont have to play. Every iap game has that right away wether its a quest or better armor/weapons.
I agree it shouldn't be 4 or 5 stars but it shouldn't be 2. Its an average game. Not below average.
"About not able to build things fast or missions.... Why is everyone is such a hurry? People complain like this is the only game they play."
Because unsurprisingly (yet surprising to the developers of these games), we actually want to PLAY a GAME. Timers are stupid, and apparently they're getting into some premium games too. We're doomed.
*looks up Family Guy lyrics*
"But where are those good old fashioned values
on which we used to rely?"
Ironic, huh? :p
I have no idea why my comment's line breaks aren't showing up when viewed from the TA app.
No surprise that 'Freemium Guy: The Quest for Currency' is a critical bomb. If only the App Store masses would stop supporting these cash grabs......
Al Harrington’s (apparently he’s no longer a Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man)"
He was the salesman of several different overstocked items... Not the tube man itself. Lolol!
That's Darth Harrington to you..
( T_T)＼(^-^ )
If you don't want to take the reviewers word for it, take mine. This games WAS fun for a little while, but now it sucks. The IAP's and timers really kills this game, and its absolutely NOT worth wasting your time!
I usually HATE these IAP's and timers, but my weakness for The Family Guy show made me want to try it. All this game did for me was to make me hate IAP's and timers even more than I did before...
Sad you just realise it now ?
They wanted it to be a secret for launch day because they wanted everyone to realize collectively, how much it blows.
This game was made for one reason. Fox knew how much cash "Tapped Out" was raking in and wanted another cow to milk.
Just remember that this wasn't the first Family Guy game on the App Store, "Time Warped" was actually a fun little (premium) platformer from a few years ago. Unfortunately it's not available anymore or I'd recommend fans of the series go buy that instead.
Just the name I know its sht game, I don't have have to ask. Its funny because people will still waste their times and money on this game congrats to you.
now its confirmed! toucharcade is the only mobile gaming website with legit reviews!
@jzracin I for one said I wouldn't download it solely for their response to the early release. And guess what I didn't do? I didn't download it. Never will.
I'm not too impressed with the game either. I like Family Guy, but I think the reason Tapped Out has been successful is that people have a lot of affection for the characters that have been around for 20+ years. Also, they don't pester you to make purchases all the time -- it's actually possible to play the game and enjoy it without ever making a purchase. I also see a huge amount of variation in people's town designs, and that's a big part of the draw for me. That doesn't seem to be possible with this game (but to be fair, it's just launched so maybe that will come in the future).
For the record, I have a lot of complaints about Tapped Out as well (ridiculously high prices for premium items being only one). But so far it definitely seems to be the better of the two.
And what did you ecpacted these days :/
One of the worst written reviews I have ever read; this game was made for this review.
Men, its kinda sad that it isn't a good, because I am a huge Family Guy fan
My biggest gripe is the sound problem I have where resuming it sometimes won't let sounds play. But beyond that I think it's a fun game, designed to be played in small bursts throughout the day.
I was on tapped out since release and I feel people aren't remembering the game right. It was just as slow with Bad bugs, and was actually pulled from the store to be fixed. I do like unlocking chars and costumes more than tapped out, and the char all have more visual variety in their jobs. I feel they do more around the town then the tapped out chars do. Since sto I feel keeps chars indoors for most. Let alone the fact that I've found family guy to be funny while I feel tapped out just isn't funny. It's interesting but rarely funny
I loved family guy. Then it kinda started feeling repetitive. I can't believe I'm saying it but it did. They killed off Brian for some stupid Bronx Wop dog for no apparent reason. Well maybe a liberal spouting tree hugger dog was hard to take but it was awesome when he tried to unf Lois. Hah! Again though, the humour started feeling repetitive and forced. Some episodes were plain bad and others simply preaching. I stopped watching it. Nothing at all has been able to do what the Simpsons has done. That's still not boring and old and it's been on FOReVER! What has that got to do a with the game? Nothing! I didn't even try it and won't hah
Even if this got 5 stars there's no way in hell I would've ever downloaded it.
I would pay a decent premium for a full featured game, without timers and iAp's, especially if it were a Family Guy themed Sim City style game. I have it and as much as I want to love the game because of my love for the show as this game is pretty, it is pretty much a waste of time, MONEY (I love the fact that when you spend $99 on an in game purchase that doesn't even give you unlimited coins, tokens, tickets, clams, bucks, or whatever they label their thief like ways), space, and bandwidth (why do I have to have an internet connection to play a game?). Unfortunately, this is where the Video Game Industry is headed as whole. I seriously miss NES/Sega days, where if you had a buddy over you didn't have to have a subscription to play 2 player co-op or have to pay $.99 to get Mario a mushroom or how the Dev's created masterpiece's and not trademark the word "candy"..
HEM IN ReVeRse
Accurate review. Sticking with game now as I'm a big FG fan but unless serious updates and improvements occur soon I dare say I will tire of this title and no clams will be purchased before that!
I use a hack for Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff which gave me unlimited coins, clams, double XP and more. Here it is: g4mehacks. com/family-guy-quest-for-stuff-hack/
Now I'm much further along in both 'quest for stuff' & 'tapped out' The roles are reversed in my opinion. I seem to be waiting an age for buildings to be built or money to increase on tapped out, plus there are minimal tasks so I find it so repetitive making the characters do the same thing over & over to accumulate the money I need for ONE building. Quest for stuff has lots more to do and the timers are varied for quests, buildings etc. To get farther along you do not need to buy clams. I haven't, I've used lots though as you are rewarded for things throughout the game (unlike tapped out) money is accumulated quickly for expansions, buildings, characters. Plus they shake the game up every so often by giving it a new theme, giving you a chance to win themed characters, buildings etc. Anyway just wanted to voice my opinion and ended up ranting, sorry about that lol
My game will not load any longer. Has any body had this problem or know how to fix it.
No support is the only thing what the game developers for this game has offer me. They have made some change to the game in april month 2018 and after the change I was no longer able to play the game.
I contacted them and kindly ask them to fix this problem but the only way they want to fix this, was to reset the game for me, so all the time and clams I have spend has been totaly wasted.
I have bought clams for about 1000 USD through all the years that I have played this game and the game developers doesn't care at all about that and they are not answer my mails any more.
They have full access to my save files and they can easily fix this issue and they have done it before, because I have experiencing this issue before and they manage to fix it back then but now, they are no longer taking any responsibility by cleaning up the mess they have caused me.
I'm done with TinyCo and I wished I just knew how they are before starting playing their game, because I then would never have spend a single penny on them.