Airport City
- August 9, 2012
- Game Insight
"Airport City is a city-building simulation game where you create and manage your own airport, assemble a fleet of planes, and complete collections by bringing back rare artifacts from flights. You can also team up with friends, send missions to space, and turn a small town into a bustling megalopolis with the world's best airport. Upgrade unique buildings, attract passengers, and connect to distant locations while expanding and managing your airport."
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Reviews
- The game is fun and addictive, providing a charming distraction with beautiful graphics and animations.
- Players enjoy the ability to build and expand their airport and city, making it engaging for those who like management games.
- The game allows for short play sessions, making it suitable for casual gamers who can play in spurts.
- Progression in the game is very slow, often requiring real money to advance at a reasonable pace, which frustrates many players.
- Customer support is reportedly poor, with long response times and inadequate solutions to issues, leading to player dissatisfaction.
- The game has numerous bugs and glitches, particularly on certain platforms, which can result in lost progress and items.
- story19 mentions
- 11 % positive mentions
- 74 % neutral mentions
- 16 % negative mentions
The game's story revolves around completing missions to progress, but players express frustration with mission glitches, slow coin accumulation, and the necessity of spending real money to advance. While the storylines and graphics are appreciated, the overwhelming number of missions and the inability to visit friends' airports detract from the overall experience, leading to a sense of stagnation and annoyance. Many users feel that the game misrepresents itself as free, as significant real-money investment is often required to enjoy its full potential.
“The storylines are fun and the graphics are good; however, to advance, you must have the patience of Job.”
“The coins trickle in sooooo slow it's pathetic, and you get slammed with a dozen missions you can't complete.”
“Every time you do anything, a window pops up with a new mission related to whatever you were doing (collecting coins, upgrading, collecting passengers, etc).”
“It's impossible to win both guild quests and special events at the same time without having a bunch of planes and/or using airport cash.”
- monetization8 mentions
- 25 % positive mentions
- 38 % neutral mentions
- 38 % negative mentions
The monetization model of the game relies heavily on in-app purchases, which some players find reasonable for the entertainment value, while others criticize the misleading advertising and lack of effective customer support. Players report that in-game purchases can be at risk of being reset, leading to frustration and calls for refunds. Overall, while the game offers potential enjoyment, the aggressive monetization strategy and poor support detract from the experience.
“As many of these games, you can make some in-app purchases to speed the game and I don't mind spending the cost of a couple of Starbucks coffees for the amount of entertainment.”
“If you avoid in-app purchases, or realize and accept that they may be wiped out in the future, you can get hours of entertainment.”
“Highly addictive, great potential, but the main issue for me (aside from nonexistent customer support) is that the ads for the game are complete lies.”
“If you are foolhardy enough to contact the vendor's customer support, they are very likely to do one of the following two things: tell you to wait for an update to come out (that are very few and far between for the Kindle platform) or, much worse, remotely reset your game to the beginning; completely removing all the progress you have made to that point and throwing away your in-app purchase credits.”
“I'd spend $30 for a similar game, but I could easily spend hundreds of dollars on so-called in-game purchases.”
- graphics3 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The graphics are generally praised for their beauty and quality, with appealing animations and enjoyable visual elements in the game. However, some players feel that the slow progression can detract from the experience, particularly when it comes to building aspects, which may encourage microtransactions.
“On the plus side: beautiful graphics and animations.”
“The storylines are fun and the graphics are good.”
“Graphics were good, and I liked the building aspect of the game.”
- stability3 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game suffers from significant stability issues, with frequent glitches and freezing, particularly when navigating back to the home screen after visiting other players' airports. Overall, players find the stability to be a major drawback, detracting from the overall experience.
“The game is at its best mediocre. I know the makers are out to get their money, which is all good, but from the beginning, I noticed that the game had one too many glitches.”
“I have run into an issue where the game freezes when returning to the home screen after visiting a neighbor's airport.”
“Buggy and boring in a way.”
- gameplay1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 300 % negative mentions
The gameplay is criticized for being excessively slow, which detracts from the overall experience.
“However, the gameplay is just too slow.”
“The controls feel unresponsive and clunky, making it frustrating to play.”
“There are too many bugs that disrupt the gameplay experience.”
