SUBURBIA City Building Game

Name: SUBURBIA City Building Game
Rating: 3.41176 (17 reviews)

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SUBURBIA City Building Game

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User Reviews for SUBURBIA City Building Game

Confused and Needs Updates, But Nice Potential

Seems like this could be a great strategy game that is interactive, and I like all the multiplayer options. However, like the previous poster indicated, the rules/tutorial are lacking in explaining how the balance between the various items work and how they are calculated. For me, I'm mostly confused with how to increase "reputation." I looked everywhere in the game and can't find clarification. So, I'm currently playing blindly by dragging tiles to the board and simply choosing the one that appears to have the best affect. Speaking of affects, some points apparently occur AFTER placing a tile, and I'm lost as to how to calculate this.Finally, there is no way to view the rules once you're in the campaign, which makes the game a bit frustrating since you are told that you can't exit without losing all of your progress. Rules should be viewable in the game and there should be a save option for games so you can come back to a game later.These things being said, the game has great potential, which is why I kept the rating where it is.I haven't tried multiplayer yet, but if I did, and I experienced what people are saying, I'd rate only 1 star until fixed.

Gadsden1776, Feb 09, 2014

Bugs

Updated graphics are super cute but I just caught my newly purchased tiles not increasing my income (yellow warehouse +2 for every touching blue business & +5 for blue new car dealership + another +2 for touching yellow warehouse.🙁. If purchases don’t increase my scores, it’s not so fun.

Jane Doe in Pacific NW, Dec 10, 2019

Works Perfect

My app works perfectly! Maybe a recent update fixed the errors. But this game is fantastic, and the campaign mode really brings new challenges. Love it!

Jared Olinger, Apr 16, 2022

Enjoyable game

I originally gave it 3 stars because I found the new graphics hard to read, but I found the option to revert to old graphics and all is well.

Mark S.76, Nov 30, 2019

Bugs galore still

I waited for the first update to shell out the 4.99 for this game hoping all the issues I had read previously were resolved and I'm disappointed. While I'm sure local play (which still deceives because this implies being able to play others on the same local wifi or Bluetooth - which it doesn't and should be changed back to pass and play since that's really what it is) may be working better, online multiplayer is terrible. We got two rounds in (three iPads in same room on same wifi using online multi option) and one player's turn would never finalize so we could never get to the next player's turn. Whether it was a server issue or not, I do not know. The tile was placed, the check mark tapped and stats updated but then hung there indefinitely. Even after forcing the app quit and retrying - since no other option could be made. Local online via wifi or Bluetooth is a must. Shame it isn't an option since pretty much every other game of this caliber and prestige has the option. It seems the creators of this game haven't learned from the masters (Carcassone, Ascension, Lords of Warerdeep, etc.). And was it even playtested? Please please please make this game all it really can be - because right now, I'd rather play my physical copy than this sadly lacking and buggy app.

SalemBinx, Dec 23, 2013

No multiplayer

No multiplayer which is the whole reason the game is any good?

Smith2332, Mar 30, 2020

Interesting, different, challenging

It’s quite clean, graphically, though it seems to have a bit of trouble fitting onto an iPad screen - on some levels you end up scrolling quite a bit too much.It has some very poor instructions at various points - multiple times I’ve “lost” a level because the instructions were completely unclear, and I couldn’t tell until the first failure what they actually wanted. If you’re patient enough to ignore that, you do get past it eventually.The gameplay itself is very cerebral - you need to think pretty far ahead in order to stand a reasonable chance of success.The single-player levels offer an interesting variety of challenges, though the difficulty thereof varies randomly from trivial to completely unforgiving. It’d be nice if they’d balanced them a little better - it’s frustrating to not be able to actually pick an appropriate difficulty level. On a related note, it’d be better to begin with if it just awarded you up to three stars depending on your degree of success, rather than making you choose the target number of stars at the outset and then giving you a mere pass or fail against them. It’s needlessly frustrating to exceed the three-star requirements while playing on only one-star, and missing all credit for your achievement.

Wade Tregaskis, May 25, 2014

New writing on tiles is way, way to small

The new tiles are gorgeous, however, I own an iPad Pro and even on this large 10-inch screen I can’t read the incredibly small writing on the tiles. :/ I’m sure the printed tiles will be easier to read, but unfortunately, the online game is now dead to me. :(

White--Black, Oct 17, 2019

Bugs!

The preview showing how the tile will affect stats are incorrect. For example, the airport which should only show -1 rep if adjacent to a suburb is showing -1 in every possible spot, despite only one space being adjacent. So disappointing since I love this game.

Wicked Nin, Jan 17, 2022

Unsure about the app

I am a very long time fan of this game and no it well. I just got the app and I like the app as well. However, after playing two games and being confused about how the app was adding up my income, I decided to double check it. I am very confident that it is not adding up my income correctly. It is hard to tell because you can’t see how many deductions you have from the population board, but I am showing that I should have an income of 26 minus population deductions. My population is 28. The game is showing me with an income of 15. If it isn’t adding up the effects of the tiles correctly then the game is unplayable because you cannot strategically select tiles. I would really appreciate a response, refund, or help in understanding this. Maybe I am missing something, but like I said, I am a long time fan of the board game and know it well. I don’t think I am mistaken.

wonderjeep, Mar 04, 2018

Description

"All in all, the app is pretty fantastic ... a wonderful addition to anyone’s iPad." -Board Game Geek "An accessible and interesting game, and we recommend it for budding strategists and architects alike." -Pocket Gamer "Overall, Suburbia is pretty awesome. It plays well, looks good, has lasting replay value ...

There’s simply not much to complain about." -148Apps Ted Alspach's best selling city-building board game is now on iOS! The winner of the prestigious Mensa Select Mind Games award challenges you to manage a growing metropolis. Choose your strategy carefully as you compete against your friends or multiple computer personalities. Or take on the Campaign and travel to real-life cities, each with unique goals. Build residential, commercial, civic, and industrial areas like stores, museums, airports, and of course suburbs. The market is always changing, so spend your cash wisely. Be careful not to grow too quickly, or you'll lose both income and your reputation. Make the right moves to grow your population and you will emerge victorious! • Two to four player local pass-and-play games • Six unique AI (computer) personalities • Single Player Campaign • Interactive Tutorial • Rule Book, Strategy Tips, Tile Reference, and Goal Reference • Player Stats • Over 70 different buildings • Essen SPIEL Expansion, Game Con Bonus Tiles, and Nightlife Expansion