If someone had said to me that I would enjoy playing an economical game of micromanagement prior to Game Dev Story I would have laughed. The mere notion of such a thing would be preposterous. Now about ten Kairosoft games later they have become an obsessions. Few companies have managed to make their games instabuys the day they are released.
There isn’t that much new to find in World Cruise Story ($5.99), as every new game is more of a tweak to the formula changing some aspects. You have to manage a cruise ship, as your company discover new destinations and improve on the size and facilities of the ship. Most of the time is spent waiting in the early hours of the game where you have to balance expanding with more cabins and items while also researching. Resources are limited, and you can paint yourself fully into the red within the first five minutes if you don’t slow down. There is no point building more facilities than you have occupants.
Beside micromanaging the layout of the ship you also make crucial decisions on the route of travel. Depending on how well tourism, and industry have been developed you can get a lot more travellers with more money to spend. There are quite a few decisions to make in this game, and at times it can become hard to know what to focus on. Does the ship need an expansion, or is it better to research a carpet that boosts the aura of passengers? As with all Kairosoft games there are a lot of tips and tricks to be found in different forums, but I prefer to build a realistic ship instead of something that maximizes the bonuses from facilities. That of course reflects on my mundane score in the end. And yes the game ends at year 16, and some bonuses are carried over to a new game if you want to improve your score.
Learning the combo system found in the game is always exciting in my opinion. A combo can boost the stats of nearby facilites, and most of these are quite easy to understand. Another important aspect to get lucrative business is where you place your facilites. Cabins placed with a view over the ocean are more popular than those placed in the middle of the ship. At times you just have to consider what you would prefer yourself on your holidays.
World Cruise Story might not be the best simulation game from Kairosoft, but it is highly enjoyable once it gets going. There is a lot of initial wait until the power of market economics kicks in and you start to earn some money. I would have liked to be able to use the faster speed option from the start, but as usual it unlocks once you completed the game. If you have been a fan of the other games definitely consider getting World Cruise Story. That is if you haven’t already since it has been out on Android for ages.
20 nuggz? ive never been so pissed off before this is a 18 NGZ game at best what the hell your shills I cant believe this crap nice one Eli thanks a lot Obama
Sheesh. I don't know how to respond. All the scattered insults and criticisms blend together so well that the end result is nigh-on incomprehensible. I can tell that this post was made in some kind of upset mindset, but I can't tell what exactly triggered the reaction from the content of the post itself.
Bravo good poster: you have found a way to troll such that the most likely response from unwary fools is "WTF?!?!?!" I am one such fool, and I golf-clap your verbal opacity.
psst it was sarcasm
As it turns out, this new era of iOS gaming is actually the nugget era.
I gave this game 6 stars on the App Store!
Mmmhh.. nuggets..
When this fad is over reviews like this will sound even stupider than they actually are.. It's not anything new.. And those historical epochs are ethnocentric at best. I give this review 1 star. Stop trying so hard. This is not a new genre ffs.
Thank &:);$(/! You were being sarcastic. Still pissed me off. Ty. Not funny. You guys are losing credibility.
You may have flapped, but have you Hodapped? Examine the title, it may brig confusion
Welcome to next-gen iOS gaming
It's fun knocking them specs off Eli's face. Not the real one, don't get mad.
I love that everybody stayed fully committed to the humble road with Hodappy Bird lol :D
29 for me on the iPad, way easier than on the iPhone, I even beat a podcast member for now ;)
20 nuggs? Twenty? K
Awesome game but I cannot figure out how to extract the bit coins. Your game completely changed my life! I just quit my job and now I will work at home playing Hodappy Bird because I have already mined enough bitcoins since the game was released to pay for 8 months rent. Thank you Hodappy Bird!!!
HAHAHAHAHA
Update...:(
Oh man... This is really bad... I didn't know that the bitcoins are not real. I took a poop on the bosses car right after I told him that I quit and told him to F off. I need suggestions ASAP on how to get my old job back. Soon I am going to lose my home. Thank you Hodappy Bird!!!
In order to extract the bit coins, you need to fly through 100 pipes in a single session. I know it may sound too difficult, and it will probably take you many hours to get there, but it's definitely worth it.
p.s: posting this from a boat I just purchased using bitcoins, thanks to Hodappy Bird
Pay attention to the disclaimers on the VERY FIRST SCREEN OF THE APP next time. It'll help you avoid situations like this.
psst that was also sarcasm
XD lmao, Album just can't win today!
Lol, could you imagine if that actually did happen!? :D
Only 20 nuggets? I'm not wasting my free money on a game that's only rated 20 nuggets. I work hard for my non-required money and will only not-spend it on games worth 25 nuggets or more.
Eli, do you find that you can relate to the main character?
You never reviewed Flappy bird but you do review Hodappy bird congrats !!!
Easy to learn, hard to master! Polished graphics!
Fantastic review. I agree with everything completely
Me too!!
Wait I'm confused there's multiple game modes??
I passed the 100th pipe, entered the secret level and redeemed all the bitcoins I earned in Hodappy Bird. Now I'm a millionaire! Thanks Hodappy Bird!
I will destine all the money to buy a Krispy Krunchy Chicken franchise, to get all the nuggest I want for life!
Yeah baby! :D
Arguably the best review TA has ever posted
Wow did he just new era in iOS gaming I think I just gagged 😖
THIS IS EVERYTHING I HAVE EVER WANTED. THANK YOU. MY LIFE IS COMPLETE. DELETING EVERYTHING ELSE OFF MY IPAD AS WE SPEAK.
No really though, love it.
Meh. Robocop is better
It's no Robocop!!!
I absolutely think it's great that Eli went ahead with Hodappy Bird, and I'm disgusted by the small-minded people here who have no sense of humor...
Good job and I think the game is hilarious.
This game has more dismembered heads than Robocop!
Even though the game was released WAY too late (shouldve been about 16 days ago) it looks like it was worth it. This must be superior to Oceanhorn in every way. And it's FREE.
The future is now!
20 nuggets, and no dipping sauce? Greedy devs.
Lame, and tht wasn't sarcasm. Sorry, but no.
Let me tell you a true story about Hodappy Bird. It involves a very special little boy named Evan.
Special like... you know... an angel... not shortbus special.
Anyway, Evan was born without the use of either legs due to an accident at the time of his birth. Evan was born during the huge Salt N' Peppa resurgence of 2007. Nobody really saw it coming, let alone Salt N' Peppa, but for a short period there, America was once again swept up in "Shooping" and Spinderella and, due to a mixture of stupidity and confusion, a number of En Vogue songs also became popular again.
What this all lead to.... When the nurse said "Push it!", the doctor started to excitedly pump his arms and thrust at the air, screaming "Push it REAL good!" around the same time Evan's mother gave her final push... and sadly, Evan fell on the ground and broke his coccyx. Forever.
Physical therapy was tough. The days spent in bed, staring out the window. Watching other kids laughing, playing, eating ice cream, running around with their perfectly functioning coccyxeseses bones. Evan didn't want to hate them, so instead he hated everything else. Nothing got through to him. Nothing seemed to make him happy.
Then one day, his Uncle Barnabas came to visit. He tried his best to spark up a conversation with Evan, but to no avail. Frustrated, he decided his time was better spent fiddling around with his electronic device. After a moment, curiosity (And annoyance at being ignored) got the best of Evan and he asked Barnabas what he was playing. Barnabas replied with nine words.
"Oh, just a little game called 'Hodappy Bird'". The ninth word was the n-word. Not because he was racist, but because he had Tourettes. Really racist Tourettes.
Evan began playing the game. Day and night. Night and day. Afternoon and whatever time it is that Taco Bell advertises that they are still available to provide you with all the diarrhea you need. And something began to change in Evan. At first it was almost imperceptible twitch of the toe. Then a whole foot rotated around the ankle. After a week, Evan was kicking his left leg against his night stand, muttering under his breath "Come onnnn, you motherfucker!" as he feverishly tried to unlock that green hat. You know.... The green one..... You know the one. Shh.
After two months, I'm proud to say Evan made a full recovery of both of his legs. Then went and kicked the asses of all the kids who were outside having fun and unknowingly mocking him. Even managed to cripple a couple. Ironic, huh?
I'm not saying Hodappy Bird will change your life. I'm not saying it will cure your diseased or crippled child. And I'm definitely not saying any of this in Norwegian because that language is IMPOSSIBLE to nail down. It's like the worst parts of German and Spanish had unprotected sex and made a hepatitis baby. Ugh.
What I am saying is... If you let Hodappy Bird into your heart, it might just change your life. Wait... I just said I wasn't saying that. Umm....
SAN DIMAS HIGHSCHOOL FOOTBALL RULES!
Post Note: Evan was hit by a bus three weeks later and killed instantly. Which is probably for the best. Any kid willing to cripple a few other kids... well... let's just say if Ted Bundy got hit by a bus, the world would have been a happier place. We just wouldn't have known it.
I was going to say that was the best post I have ever seen but then you had to put a bunch of really offensive things in your story. For one, swearing verbal Tourette's Syndrome called Coprolalia is a rare form of Tourette's that less than 10% of people diagnosed with this Syndrome have it. People with Tourette's mostly have physical tics and not what you see on tv or movies.
Sorry if I offended you, but you should know that I'm kinda laughing right now over you taking any part of what I just posted seriously. If it'll help, I'll have him say the n-word in sign language instead. That way it's more tic-y.
I know your not serious with your post. I am almost always sarcastic and almost never serious but I think you may have crossed a line.
Also for your character to use sign language who is not deaf doesn't even make sense. But that may be your point?
Sorry, but he gets a pass/full pardon just for including the Bill & Ted reference. And the Norwegian bit. Classic.
Great post! Had tears rolling I laughed so hard. Honestly if anyone took offense it's not your post, but most likely the sand stuck in their vaginas. Good times!
It's not really a vagina it's more like a frontside anus. Being born with two buttholes is a curse. Most of my income is spent on toilet paper and it's hard as hell to take a crap from both ends at once.
It's obvious the developer paid fake money for this review.
But seriuosly, it still saddens me that you had to add that footnote.
One would think the spirit of the review, as well as that of the game itself, should be rather obvious.
Internet these days.
See: All of Mr. albums replies. He's either the worlds most cunning troll, or the most bored, talentless, overly critical, fun hating individual ever to live. Or a ghost. I don't know.
The latter, he was Bruce Willis the entire time.
Directed by M. Night Shyamalan.
I was expecting the first ever 6/5 game review.
From the creators of FlapThulhu - the only flappy game I need!
It's a fun game but the real disappointment is the lack of soundtrack that I was expecting from Madgarden - seeing how good it was in FlapThulu. Maybe that could be added later?