the net raiders

There was an article I wrote a while ago about “click” games and their obnoxious rule over Facebook a few months ago. Since I wrote that I’ve stopped playing Hero World, Pet Society, Cafe World and all that other nonsense (except Mafia Wars unfortunately). Against my better judgement I decided to try a similar game to these called Roller Coaster Kingdom. It’s the same exact thing as Pet Society or Cafe World (and I’m guessing Farm Ville but I wouldn’t know from experience), only with Roller Coasters.

While I was playing this I couldn’t help but think back to games like Roller Coaster Tycoon. While I never played that one I did play Zoo Tycoon, which kept me occupied for hours on end. I think what I liked most about it was it was something that was appealing to both me and my Mom (yeah, I like playing video games with my Mom). Unfortunately it was a little too frustrating for her, although not nearly as frustrating as the Facebook Application versions.

Zoo Tycoon had similar problems to the first Sims game. The animals got sick and whined way more than they should have, and it was almost impossible to make them happy once they got depressed. If you tried to decorate the front of the animals cages by planting decorative flower patches the zoo keepers had a hard time getting to the animals, unless you gave them a clear path to walk on. But then the people would complain they couldn’t see the animals. That wasn’t the only thing they complained about. Too much garbage, bathrooms or not enough trash cans/ bathrooms, being hungry, being thirsty, being tired… These people never stop complaining. Eventually after looking up hints and cheats I got so good at the game that I had over a million dollars at one point (which was pretty amazing for me).

The Tycoon games are really good for kids because their clean, not impossible to understand, and they’re actually fun. If you really like “sim” games but don’t want to invest money in a game you haven’t heard about (like the Tycoon Series) then here you go. I would suggest any of the “Tycoon” games for sim lovers for the reasons stated above. While the originals have their flaws, one can assume that like the Sims 2 and 3 the developers managed to get out the kinks and annoying whining (at least a little) that make the original games a pain. It will be worth your money to avoid the annoying “click” games.