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- Rating:8
You must sit back and wait for anything to happen...
Virtual Villagers is a game that takes time, and loads of patience. You train little people how to fend for themselves. Teach them to have children and take care of the needs of the village. There are various tasks th... Read Full Review
3 of 3 users found the following review helpful
What Gamespot Users have to say about Virtual Villagers: A New Home
- Rating:5
the problem is that the virtual villagers series is meant to be played while you're on the pc doing something else.
i'm a big fan of the virtual villagers series. when i was working at a listening therapy center, i barely had time to play games during the week. to relax after work (and before turning in at night) i'd play casual games... Read Full Review
1 of 2 users found the following review helpful - Rating:8
A nice addition to the Virtual Villagers series, but could use work.
I may have been hasty in my original opinion of this game. VV for DS is a nice little distraction. The graphics are 3D, and not the same as the Virtual Villagers games I'm used to, which was my original gripe, but I thin... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful - Rating:9.5
Excellent time-killer, even when you shut the program down!
The worst thing about this game is the "grab and move" interface (cf. Black & White). Otherwise, the most challenging thing about this game is that you wonder if they will survive ok while your computer is ... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpful - Rating:7.2
a really simple basic game, but obsessively very satisfying
really the above sums it up, not sure why I would need 100 characters in here, there really isn't that much to this game twenty five twenty six twenty seven twenty eight twenty nine thirty six seven eight nine fou... Read Full Review
1 of 2 users found the following review helpful - Rating:3.7
It takes an hour real time to clear a beach of 10 pieces on this game...... Don't waste your money!
I played this game for 2 hours and I couldn't play any longer because when I came back to play they had all died.....It takes an hour to do somthing in the game, so you sit there waiting for somthing to happen when all t... Read Full Review
1 of 4 users found the following review helpful - Rating:9.2
Who knew being virtual village chief was so hard?
A tribe of villagers who had there previous island home destroyed set sail for a new place to live. They come across a seemingly deserted island and intend on making a new settlement. Can a handful of villagers start a n... Read Full Review
2 of 3 users found the following review helpful - Rating:6.9
Manage and educate your villagers in this casual game that keeps running even while you're not playing.
Life simulation games are as popular as ever, but they all have one thing in common: the commodities of our present time. Virtual Villagers sets itself apart from other life sims because of its premise: a group of sev... Read Full Review
13 of 13 users found the following review helpful - Rating:8.3
Controlable Life, Controlable
Virtual Villagers is a game that requires both skill and strategy. The plot of the story is that, one day, on your little home island, the volcano that is in your town, suddenly explodes. Only a few people that were livi... Read Full Review
2 of 2 users found the following review helpful
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