iPhone Game Review: The Smurf’s Village

If you enjoyed Facebook’s Farmville  greatly, then here’s another game to give you some sleepless nights — The Smurfs Village.

This game is absolutely addictive. Reiterating the fact that during its release, it toppled down Angry Birds on the top free apps on the App Store. Aside from it being offered for free, it does not require Internet connection.  To know more about this mobile game, read on:

Gargamel, Papa Smurf, Smurfette — familiar?

The storyline of the game goes like this:

“Gargamel found the Smurfs’ village and scattered the Smurfs far and wide. With Papa Smurf’s guidance, it’s up to you to build a new village for the Smurfs to call home.”

The Smurfs game is based on the original cartoon and comic art. Players begin with a single mushroom house and a lone plowed land. Progress starts as you complete  the number of coins in each level. In order to earn more coins, you build more houses, plants crops and play mini games.

The free app is not absolutely “FREE”

To get added tools, houses or crops, you will need Smurfberries. This type of berry is sold in the App Store and this is where in-app purchase comes in.  The premium items can be obtained by the in-app purchase system.

Game Features

– Creativity is your only limit, build a complete Smurfs’ village from scratch
– Play with your favorite Smurfs including Papa Smurf, Smurfette, Lazy Smurf, Baby Smurf and Jokey Smurf
– Purchase Smurfberries via in-app purchase to speed up the growth of your crops and village!
– Play mini games like Greedy Smurf’s Baking Game, Papa Smurf’s Potion Mixing Game,Painter Smurf’s Painting Game and Lazy Smurf’s Fisnin’ Game and unlock additional bonuses
– Connect with friends through Facebook and Game Center and send gifts to your friends’ villages
– Play offline. Manage your village anytime without having to connect to the Internet.
– Retina display graphics

Game Graphics

You need not worry about looking over some ‘pixelated’ Smurfs. This game excels with flying colors in terms of graphics. The colorful environment adds more fun on the game. The Smurfs Village is awesome on its own. You’ll be appreciate the graphics because of its vivid and rich colors.

Verdict

The concept of the game is pretty good. It also offer unique features you cannot find on other farm or village-themed games online. However, there is more to improve and more features to add on this game. But don’t worry to much about that since updates come every now and then.