Imagining receiving a large plot of land on a tropical island, and your mission is to construct all kinds of buildings to attract people over to your island. This is exactly what you need to do in City Island 3 – Building Sim. Construct houses, attract people, construct businesses, make a profit and expand your tropical island to be the best destination for everyone!
City Island 3 – Building Sim has been developed and successfully released by game developer Sparkling Society, and is quite popular among simulation game enthusiasts. Game developer Sparkling Society is already known for its city-builder/simulation games, which is why it is not surprising that they continue to release games of this genre. City Island 3 – Building Sim has been downloaded over five million times in 2016 with a rating of 4.2 out of 5 on Google Play Store and a 4 out of 5 star rating on iOS App Store. City Island 3 – Building Sim is free to download and play on both Android and iOS devices, and does not require you to have an internet connection.
The gameplay in City Island 3 – Building Sim begins with a tutorial, in which you learn that your goal is to build a prosperous city on a tropical island. The first thing that you learn is that you need to construct houses, in order to be able to provide homes for your citizen. There are multiple different houses available, the higher the price, the more people the house can hold.
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Once you have selected the house that you want to construct, you can drag it around and find a suitable empty spot of land to construct it on. In order to finish the construction of buildings in City Island 3 – Building Sim, you will have to wait a certain amount of time, which can range from a few seconds to multiple hours. All of your buildings need to be connected to a road, in order to allow the people to travel between them. Constructing roads is as simple as tapping on the road button, tapping on empty spots of land, and connecting your buildings with said roads.
After you have constructed several houses and connected them with roads, you need to start construction commercial buildings, in order to create jobs and earn money. Just like houses, there are also a ton of different commercial buildings available for construction. All of the commercial buildings have different stats, such as the amount of profit you will make from said building, the amount of employees that can work there, how long it takes for you to be able to collect your profit and how many experience points you will earn by constructing said building.
If you want to find out what your city needs next, you can tap on the advisor button, who will then tell you what kind of buildings you should construct next. The advisor might also tell you that it is time to expand your city, which you can do by purchasing empty plots of land neighboring your city’s land. By doing so, you will be able to construct more houses, commercial buildings and roads, allowing you to attract more people and make more profit.
Eventually, you will level up because of all the experience points that you collected after constructing buildings. Leveling up will unlock more and better buildings, which of course are more expensive to construct and take more time to finish constructing. It is very important that you pay attention to the happiness of your citizen. The happier they are, the more profit you will make, due to the fact that they will work harder for you.
City Island 3 – Building Sim In-game store
There are two kinds of currencies in City Island 3 – Building Sim. The first currency is in the form of in-game cash, and is considered to be the basic currency of the game. You can easily earn in-game cash by constructing commercial buildings and collecting profits. The second currency is in the form of gold bars, and is considered to be the premium currency of the game. Obtaining gold bars by playing the game is far more difficult compared to obtaining in-game cash.
You can use both in-game cash and gold bars to purchase and construct different kinds of buildings in your city. You can also use both currencies to speed up constructing times and instantly finish whatever you were constructing. The reason why gold bars are considered premium is because you can use them to purchase several rare and premium items, such as an extra crane that allows you to construct more buildings at the same time.
There are a total of six categories in the in-game store. The first category is called House, in which you can purchase different kinds of houses and construct them in your city. The more houses you have, the more people will start moving into your city. The second category is called Commercial, in which you can purchase and construct different kinds of business in your city. Every commercial building allows you to collect a profit after a certain period of time.
The third category is called Community, in which you can purchase and construct buildings such as Schools and Police Stations. These buildings will increase the happiness of the people that live in your city, which means that they will work harder. The forth category is called Decorations, and in this category, you can purchase items such as Trees, Parks and Pools. Decorative items will also increase the happiness of the people that live in your city.
The fifty category is called Build, in which you can purchase additional cranes. At the beginning of your gameplay, you only possess five cranes, which means that you can construct five buildings at the same time. By purchasing additional cranes, you will be able to construct more buildings at the same time. You can only purchase extra cranes with gold bars or real money.
The sixth and last category is called Currencies, and in this category, you can purchase in-game currencies with real money. The price for in-game cash starts at $2,99 for the smallest amount of 1.250.000 in-game cash and goes up till $99,99 for the largest amount of 45.000.000 in-game cash. The price for gold bars starts at $2,99 for the smallest amount of 25 gold bars and goes up till $99,99 for the largest amount of 1000 gold bars. Spending real money in City Island 3 – Building Sim will also make the game completely ad-free.
The developers of City Island 3 – Building Sim have also implemented the Tapjoy offer reward system, which allows you to complete offers in order to earn free gold bars. Usually, you have to download and test out other applications and games, in order to be able to complete the offer. After completing the offer, your account will be credited with a certain amount of gold bars.
There are dozens and dozens of websites that claim to be offering different kinds of tools, which you can allegedly use to give yourself an unlimited amount of in-game cash and gold bars. The problem with these claims is that they definitely do not hold any water, because there is simply no way that they could ever work. The reason why so many websites are offering so called cheat tools is because they know people will fall for their tricks, which is how they make money.
Nowadays, mobile gaming has become very mainstream, which means that a lot of children play those games as well. A lot of those children are still very gullible, and because they would like to get their hands on some working cheats, they will almost do anything for it. The owners of those fake cheat tool websites know this, which is why they especially target gullible and unknowing people. They make promises about how you will be able to cheat in your favorite mobile games, and all you need to do is fill in a survey, after which you can download the so called cheat tool.
After you have filled in a survey and downloaded the so called cheat tool, you will quickly find out that you have been scammed, and that the files you have just downloaded are empty shells, potentially containing nasty viruses and keyloggers. Instead of wasting your time, and potentially risking your computer with a nasty virus infection, I will give you some tips and tricks that will definitely help you during your gameplay in City Island 3 – Building Sim.
City Island 3 – Building Sim Gameplay Tips and Tricks
As soon as you start playing City Island 3 – Building Sim, you will immediately be confronted with annoying pop-up advertisements. Even though the developers give you the option to remove said advertisements, you still need to spend real money on the game to do that. Luckily, I know a little cheat that will allow you to remove all advertisements from City Island 3 – Building Sim, without you having to spend a single dime.
Before you start playing City Island 3 – Building Sim, you should turn on Airplane Mode on your mobile device, which disconnects you from any incoming internet connection such as Wi-Fi and 3G/4G. Because of this, City Island 3 – Building Sim is not able to push advertisements onto your mobile device, meaning that you will not be annoyed or bothered by advertisements during your gameplay anymore. After you are finished playing City Island 3 – Building Sim, you can turn off Airplane Mode and use your mobile device as you have been before.
Before I started playing City Island 3 – Building Sim, I already know about the other City Island games by the same developer. In fact, I reviewed several of those games already, which means that I knew what I was getting myself into with City Island 3 – Building Sim.
Not much has changed in City Island 3 – Building Sim, compared to the other City Island games; however, this doesn’t necessarily mean that the game is bad. I really like the fact that the developers managed to add all kinds of different buildings and islands to the game, giving the game fresh and entertaining feeling. If you enjoy playing city builder/simulation games, then City Island 3 – Building Sim might just be what you are looking for.
Unfortunately, City Island 3 – Building Sim also has several negative aspects. First of all, I really dislike the fact that the developers have implemented a playtime limitation system, which is in the form of construction timers. Every time you start constructing a building, you will have to wait till the timer runs out, before the building construction is actually finished. At the beginning of the gameplay, the timers will only last for a couple of minutes, which isn’t that bad; however, once you start progressing through the game, you will have to wait longer and longer.
At some point, you will even have to wait whole days for your buildings to be finished constructing. Of course, you can speed things along by spending either in-game cash or gold bars; however, you will run out of them fairly quickly, which means that the developers are trying to push people to purchase in-game currencies with real money. This simply makes City Island 3 – Building Sim feel like a cheap cash grab, which is very unfortunate.
Coming to the point where City Island 3 – Building Sim feels like a cheap cash grab. The fact that the developers also implemented a lot of pop-up advertisements into the game, simply makes things worse. The pop-ups are in the form of short videos, which you can close after a few seconds; however, no one is waiting to get annoyed or bothered in such a way.
The developers do give you an option to remove the advertisements by spending real money in the game, but this doesn’t take away the fact that it feels like the developers want people to accidentally tap on the advertisements, just so that they can earn some ad-revenue.
As I have mentioned many times before, reward systems like Tapjoy do not always work flawlessly, which is why I feel like they shouldn’t be implemented in games like City Island 3 – Building Sim. You can allegedly earn free gold coins by downloading and testing out other games and applications in 2016; however, there are many complaints that reward systems like Tapjoy do not actually pay you out. I believe that the developers of City Island 3 – Building Sim should look into implementing build-in reward systems, instead of using third-party reward systems.
City Island 3 – Building Sim Ratings
Artwork: I give City Island 3 – Building Sim an 8/10 for its artwork. The graphics and animations in City Island 3 – Building Sim are pretty decent, especially considering that it is a free-to-play mobile game. The graphics are pretty similar to the graphics in the previous City Island games; however, there are definitely new buildings and objects included. I really like the fact that there are multiple different island available, which you can unlock by playing the game.
Music & SFX: I give City Island 3 – Building Sim a 7/10 for its music and SFX. There is only one soundtrack and several sound effects in City Island 3 – Building Sim, which are also of decent quality. The soundtrack plays in a constant loop, and fits the overall theme of the game. The sound effects range from main menu button SFX to construction SFX.
Story & Originality: I give City Island 3 – Building Sim a 7/10 for its story and originality. Game developer Sparkling Society is already widely known for city builder/simulation games, with City Island 3 – Building Sim being the third instalment of the City Island series. Since I already played the previous games, I can’t really say that City Island 3 – Building Sim is very original. There is no story behind the game, but the tutorial does give insight on what you are supposed to do.
General Gameplay: I give City Island 3 – Building Sim an 8/10 for general gameplay. The gameplay in City Island 3 – Building Sim starts with a very nice tutorial, in which you learn how to properly play the game. After a while, the gameplay does become pretty straightforward, but still entertaining to play due to all the different buildings that you can construct. The controls are pretty smooth and responsive, allowing you to easily construct buildings and roads.
Addictiveness: I give City Island 3 – Building Sim a 7/10 for addictiveness. The addictiveness of City Island 3 – Building Sim really depends on the fact if you enjoy playing city builder/simulation games. I do enjoy playing games in this genre, but not for several hours a day. Because of the fact that the game has advertisements and a playtime limitation in the form of construction timers, the addictiveness significantly drops for me as well.
All things considered, I give City Island 3 – Building Sim a 7/10.