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Gardens Inc. 2: The Road to Fame

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70%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding
85% User Score Based on 33 reviews

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About Gardens Inc. 2: The Road to Fame

Gardens Inc. 2: The Road to Fame is a single player casual management game. It was developed by Nitreal and was released on May 22, 2014. It received positive reviews from players.

Jill & Mike have established their gardening company in Sunnyvale and now they are ready for the next step. Unfortunately, the dastardly Cliff Gold escaped prison and it seems that he is out for revenge on those who brought him to prison. Help Jill & Mike to win a contest that will be followed by contracts all over the world and uncover, what the villain is really up to.

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85%Audience ScoreBased on 33 reviews
gameplay4 positive mentions
grinding2 negative mentions
  • Engaging and well-executed time management gameplay with various tasks and increasing challenge.
  • Colorful, solid graphics and sound with charming characters and humorous dialogue.
  • Good amount of levels offering many hours of gameplay and some replayability with bonus goals and achievements.
  • Storyline is weak, cheesy, or not compelling, often described as skippable or mindless.
  • Some gameplay elements can become repetitive or boring over time, with occasional frustrating obstacles.
  • Technical issues include limited resolution, occasional bugs, and a fixed aspect ratio which detract from overall experience.

  • gameplay

    18 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    22% positive mentions, 61% neutral mentions, 17% negative mentions

    The gameplay builds on its predecessor with familiar time management mechanics, offering a variety of tasks and improved challenge through rebalanced features and new elements like demolition. It is engaging and easy to pick up, providing satisfying short levels with a fair challenge, though some technical issues and limited platform features may detract for certain players. Overall, it delivers enjoyable and tight casual gameplay with depth and variety.

    • “With its numerous gameplay features, fair challenge rating, rebalanced mechanics, and fun storyline, it towers above its predecessor and several of its peers.”
    • “Casual time management game with top-notch visual production values, tight gameplay that has some fun concepts and twists on the usual formula and perfectly calculated gold medal times.”
    • “Fixed resolution, 4:3 aspect ratio, terribly limited Facebook style gameplay and some very nasty bugs with the desktop interaction (I had to restart a whole bunch of things after a few crashes from the game) render this impossible to recommend.”
    • “Game was difficult for partly the right and partly the wrong reasons; it was a good enough lesson for its sequel, The Road to Fame, to rethink its mechanics to give a better challenge this time around.”
    • “Thanks to the large number of possible tasks, levels now have plenty of variety to require skill and speed from the players, instead of trial and error or relying on such weird mechanics as a slow wage income or using level time as a resource.”

  • story

    15 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    53% positive mentions, 27% neutral mentions, 20% negative mentions

    The story in the game is generally described as charming, fun, and featuring a colorful, engaging storyline with likable characters, often enhancing the casual time management gameplay. While some find it cheesy or skippable, many appreciate its depth, fair challenge, and well-structured plot that adds to the overall experience.

    • “The structure of the game layout is well thought out, and the story is charming, my favourite casual time management game series.”
    • “With its numerous gameplay features, fair challenge rating, rebalanced mechanics, and fun storyline, it towers above its predecessor and several of its peers.”
    • “In a game where occasionally you sneak into peoples' offices when they are away, and where there exists a numbers station and a surprisingly good 'who can you trust?' plot involving the badguy from the previous game ('Clint Gold' is an amazing name), his daughter, someone called 'the Rose Thief', and another competition.”
    • “The story remains equally worth skipping.”
    • “Story is skippable if you don't care about it.”
    • “It's packaged in a story about building up a gardening business and winning a contest, and it's a little cheesy and less than compelling to me, but I don't feel like it's the main point of the game.”

  • graphics

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    75% positive mentions, 25% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    Users praise the graphics as colorful, solid, and visually appealing, complementing the game's storyline and overall sound quality.

    • “Fun, great storyline, colorful graphics.”
    • “+ solid graphics and sound.”
    • “It has nice graphics, okay music and it functions well.”

  • grinding

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game features straightforward grinding mechanics centered around collecting resources on moving platforms, with additional arcade-style levels designed for coin farming. This offers a simple but engaging resource-gathering experience for players who enjoy grinding.

  • music

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    Users find the music to be adequate but not exceptional, complementing the game without standing out.

  • humor

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The humor in the game is highlighted by its interesting characters and funny dialogues, which enhance the overall experience despite the mismatch between the investigation and gardening themes.

    • “The investigation and lightweight action barely fit the gardening theme itself, but the interesting characters and the funny dialogues make the road to fame all the more recommendable.”

  • replayability

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game offers moderate replayability, primarily driven by collecting coins, opening chests, and aiming for faster completion times.

    • “Has some replayability with coins, chests, and gold times.”
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Gardens Inc. 2: The Road to Fame is a casual management game. Common tags for Gardens Inc. 2: The Road to Fame include time management.

Gardens Inc. 2: The Road to Fame is available on PC and Windows.

Gardens Inc. 2: The Road to Fame was released on May 22, 2014.

Gardens Inc. 2: The Road to Fame was developed by Nitreal.

Gardens Inc. 2: The Road to Fame has received positive reviews from players. Most players liked Gardens Inc. 2: The Road to Fame for its gameplay but disliked it for its grinding.

Gardens Inc. 2: The Road to Fame is a single player game.

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