Scummy Cash grab and spammed with ads
The original Virtual villager games was my absolute favorite mobile games so my pants shot off when I seen there was a new one! After playing it for 3 days I am so extremely disappointed. It’s nothing but a scummy cash grab game. Oh want more tech points wellllll spend $10 bucks and you got it! Oh want this cool animal to help collect?! $10 bucks and it’s all yours! Oh congratulations you upgraded your farm level here’s 2 mins of game ads to watch before you can do anything. Oh good job you crafted rope that took 30 mins to collect and craft here is a 3 minute ad video you have to watch before you continue with the game. You get a ad, you get a ad, everyone gets a ad!!
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Response from developer
Hi there, thank you for your feedback on the ads. We try and ensure that the presence of ads is minimal, non-invasive and relevant to our players. We're always reviewing how we manage them within the game, and I've sent your feedback to our team. That said, making any in-app purchase removes these ads completely!
Got boring fast
Was entertaining while there were puzzles to figure out. Quickly got to point where I have to wait days with no game play to level up and get new puzzle. The only way to speed it up is to buy lava stone, would cost $25 to get enough lava stone to get to next puzzle, and that’s just on the low levels. Price and time will go up from there.
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Response from developer
Thank you very much for your review concerning our game. We are always collecting user feedback and emails that we can apply with updates.
It has pros and cons like any game
Pros:
1. So far there are fewer ads than Origins 2. I really hope they keep it that way.
2. Much shorter crafting time for most things!
3. For some reason I feel like the visuals remind me more of the older VV games which is kinda nice. Except the villagers, they are very different looking. They have spindly legs.
4. It brings me joy to play, more so than Origins 2 because I hate the long crafting times and the tons of ads.
5. The godly powers thing is interesting.
Cons:
1. Villagers’ legs weird me out for some reason. I’m not used to them having articulating knee-joints.
2. Lava stones have had their worth diluted so it takes almost 300 to speed up a 4 hour craft time. On the other hand, only takes 3 to get a personalized stone for the villager.
3. There are still some ads that interrupt your gameplay after crafting and stuff, but apparently you can pay to have those removed at some point?
4. For some reason it feels like it’s more difficult to breed villagers? They’re less interested in love shack activities. Unless they added an interest system based on similar age grouping and the ladies don’t all want to have a child with the 100-year old best scientist in the village (I dunno, he still has great hair at that age).
I do not know how to make a clay brick or a clothing spindle and I wish to know because I am wasting resources with my experimenting… (please tell me)
Overall, the game is still in early access so I expect they’ll make changes based on feedback and bugs and such.
Also there might be a bug with your pop up prompting you to pay for lavastones in exchange for no ads except optional because I clicked on it and basically got free lavastones, still ads, and it never charged me??
1. So far there are fewer ads than Origins 2. I really hope they keep it that way.
2. Much shorter crafting time for most things!
3. For some reason I feel like the visuals remind me more of the older VV games which is kinda nice. Except the villagers, they are very different looking. They have spindly legs.
4. It brings me joy to play, more so than Origins 2 because I hate the long crafting times and the tons of ads.
5. The godly powers thing is interesting.
Cons:
1. Villagers’ legs weird me out for some reason. I’m not used to them having articulating knee-joints.
2. Lava stones have had their worth diluted so it takes almost 300 to speed up a 4 hour craft time. On the other hand, only takes 3 to get a personalized stone for the villager.
3. There are still some ads that interrupt your gameplay after crafting and stuff, but apparently you can pay to have those removed at some point?
4. For some reason it feels like it’s more difficult to breed villagers? They’re less interested in love shack activities. Unless they added an interest system based on similar age grouping and the ladies don’t all want to have a child with the 100-year old best scientist in the village (I dunno, he still has great hair at that age).
I do not know how to make a clay brick or a clothing spindle and I wish to know because I am wasting resources with my experimenting… (please tell me)
Overall, the game is still in early access so I expect they’ll make changes based on feedback and bugs and such.
Also there might be a bug with your pop up prompting you to pay for lavastones in exchange for no ads except optional because I clicked on it and basically got free lavastones, still ads, and it never charged me??
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Response from developer
Hi, please contact us by tapping the 'gear' icon, then 'Help' and providing details of your issue in the message - the Customer Support Team will be happy to review this for you!
Still seems like it’s in beta
Welcome back to another island. while this game is fun, it seems like it’s still in an alpha build phase with a few bugs to work out & unbalanced gameplay that needs adjusting.
Response from developer
Thank you for your review! If you have any suggestions on how we could improve and enhance your user experience, please don't hesitate to share them with us.
Disappointing, worse than expected
Kept my expectations low, seeing as how this game looked like another Origins 2 but with god powers returning. As much as i hated that game for numerous reasons (arbitrarily long crafting times that try to get you to spend on lavastones and/or watch a bunch of crappy mobile game ads, villagers new design looks worse than the originals, always needing an internet connection, never optimized for newer iphones, etc etc), this new entry makes Origins 2 look like a decent virtual villagers game in comparison. And i HATED that game. I didn’t think they’d manage to make the villagers look worse than the Origins 2 new designs, but they somehow did. My God they look awful. It got to the point that i started pushing myself to continue playing despite how awful it was. I did the same when i played Origins 2, and i ended up completing the game all the way through (which i really regret doing). This time, i really couldn’t do it. I deleted the app and just came to terms with fact that VV is now just a shell of its former glory. The very things that was wrong with Origins 2 are present in this “sequel” as well. Quite a shame that we’ll never get a true successor that resembles the first 5 games, thanks to greed and microtransactions. RIP VV, i had a great time playing 1-5. This game doesn’t really deserve to be called the 6th entry. It’s pretty much just Origins 2.0, but much much worse. If you don’t like the new direction and look the series took with Origins 2, then stay clear of this game.
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Response from developer
We're very sorry to hear about the experience with the early access version of the game! Please contact us by tapping the 'gear' icon, then 'Help' with your details. We'll do our best to resolve it. Thank you!
Not impressed
I have loved vv and vf since it first came out. This game tho has no quest or tips on how to play. I've reached a point where idk what to do next. I'm stuck and getting bored quickly.
Response from developer
Thank you for your review! If you have any suggestions on how we could improve and enhance your user experience, please don't hesitate to share them with us.
Takes a while to get used to….
Takes a while to get into this one, but now I am getting used to the differences, I am enjoying it more, there’s a few glitches and bugs, but I can’t complain anymore….
Response from developer
Thanks so much for the awesome review. Please tell your friends about the game and what they are missing out on :)
Too expensive to upgrade
Ok now that I’ve played the game for 24hrs I can leave my review. It’s absolutely ridiculous how expensive it is to upgrade the stations. Are you kidding me with the ridiculous amount of tech points/ lava stones required to upgrade? It feels like this a ploy to get players to spend real $. Remember players don’t mind spending $ on games as long as it’s worth it. I’m not spending my hard earned $ because you guys want to be unreasonable. Hopefully you guys revise that because it takes away from the fun. Also, if you’ve never played any of the virtual families/ villagers games it’ll be confusing since it’s no tutorial as to what to do you, just have to figure it out. Maybe a “helpful tips” tab would resolve this?
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Response from developer
Thank you for your review! If you have any suggestions on how we could improve and enhance your user experience, please don't hesitate to share them with us.
I’m so excited to continue this game
I’ve only recently started the game, it’s very fun. The only annoying thing is the curses on the building but I think it adds a great suspense to the game and more challenge. These are my favorite game creators. I’ve been playing since virtual families lite and love everything so much. There are no other virtual games like this so I think they’re very unique and I never can keep interest in any mobile game other than these! I’m so excited to learn more about the game and complete it!!!!!
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Response from developer
Thanks so much for the awesome review. Please tell your friends about the game and what they are missing out on :)
Excellent
Really enjoying playing. Excellent game as always
Response from developer
Thanks so much for the awesome review. Please tell your friends about the game and what they are missing out on :)
