Goole Play Reco's: Oregon Trail: Settler

I have been hooked on farming and building games for the past couple of weeks and one of my favorites thus far is the Oregan Trail: Settler by Gameloft. It basically is a game that brings you back to the gold rush era of the wild west. Initially you'll start out as a miner and his family hopeful of getting that big gold mining break. With missions to guide you through your search for gold, you start to grow from your nuclear family into a bustling western town full of people, industry, and heck even a bandit every now and then.

What I really love about the game is the ease of play, without the stress of having to grind too much to get to a certain task or level. Each challenge though isn't to be taken lightly and one has to manage resources well as not everything is unlimited, a good example of this would be the wood from trees and food. I have found myself building storehouses just to make sure that every tree chopped down doesn't go to waste for future building purposes otherwise I'd find myself purchasing saplings to help regrow the forrest. Food can also be easily depleted due to the number of industries you would be putting up so finding a balance between food production and industry requirement is a must. There are also occasional town tasks that require your judgement and the result could affect your town's overall morale. Then there are your occasional weather disturbances, from floods to typhoons, and tornadoes. You'd have to decide on whether to spend hard earned cash to prevent any damages or simply spend in game coins to minimize casualties in your town. All that has to be put into consideration of course along with management of your own energy to do the tasks required. It is because of how all of these were integrated in the game that makes it quite addicting and fun to play.

Aside from the in game challenges you can also call on your friends to help or if you prefer to be the helper and be linked together via social networks. If you feel proud enough with what you have achieved thus far you are even given the option to share everything that you have built to the world via share to facebook option.

As of to date, only 124 thousand people have downloaded the application and is continually being improved but, even with such a small number of people playing the user experience of all is rounded up to 4.6/5 which is pretty high for a new application.

So if you are the type who likes to build stuff from ground up, or simply wants to practice building his/her own mini empire in the wild west, or the type to likes to practice the balance of economics then this is definitely a game for you to try out.

Here is the link in Google's Play store for to download Oregon Trail: Settler. This android game application is free. it is also available for IOS units such as IPads and IPhones free of charge as well.

Have fun trying it out.

Till Next Time

-Metz-