Pocket City Free

A Google user

7 years ago

This game has great animations and runs fairly smooth on mid range phones. The ads are nearly non-existent and it is almost worth the $4.99 for the paid version, BUT the Guy you buy your land from has an extremely abrasive sound file list and when there is fire there is no positive feedback from the app like there is from crime when "activating" either icons. Neither of which seem to do anything other than zoom. So basically when I see fire I am like, "oh great, another armageddon. Now I get to start from scratch again. This game hits a lot of sweet spots in terms of playability and graphics, it's mainly the weak looking fire department and grating sounds from the land owner that are killing it for me. Very true to the source though from what I've experienced so far.

HM Cuber

4 years ago

AMAZING, but... this game is great. It has the best mechanics to build a city. I love how there's 3 zones, and buildings are upgradable. It's very satisfying to build the entire city and see it come to life. This is the BEST city building game. There's just one problem. They really want you to spend money to buy the full game, and once your done building your first city, you can restart, but you cant change the difficulty and you can't do different regions, you have to pay for it, In the end.

A Google user

7 years ago

I love this game, it's so addictive and fun! One complaint though, once i was bored and had progressed very far, so i activated all three disasters at once. After they were done, and i tried to use the "rebuild all" button, the game crashed. After i reloaded, everything was still destroyed with no rebuild all button. I had to re build almost a quarter of my entire city. It's all good now, I've mostly rebuilt, i still love this game, but there are notable problems

A Google user

6 years ago

It's a fun game and I was going to buy the full version, but it refuses to stay in landscape mode on my Chromebook (I like portrait on my phone though), it snaps right back into portrait/windowed mode every time. I may buy the full version if that bug is fixed, until then I'll just play with the free version.

A Google user

6 years ago

Excellent concept and execution. There are some freezing bugs (purchasing items while game is saving). The game is fun, but there's little to do after everything is maxed out and completed. To make the game last a little longer, you could add more elements such as military installations, political institutions, etc. Overall, the game has tremendous potential.

A Google user

6 years ago

Fun game, but with a couple issues. First: the game needs a pause function, and maybe a slow speed function as well; I was making more money than I could spend because too much time was passing while I was building stuff. Second: I'd built ip about half the map, and the game started crashing and became unplayable on my phone. Starting a new city fixed the issue, until I'd built about half the map, again. This was on the lowest graphics settings available. Other than that, fun while playable.

A Google user

7 years ago

I loved it. In a week or so, my whole map was fully expanded, complete with a train system around the perimeter and a bus stop at every possible intersection. But... I can just turn on airplane mode, click the ad a few times until the offer is super high, and get an automatic injection of cash. Now that I'm so upgraded, I spent a good twenty minutes, gaining a level fairly often. There's not much to do, and disaster money tends to overcompensate to the point where I can get more money for a tornado plowing through my town 😩 Overall, it's great for something cute and low-key, but little more than that. Perfect for the casual gamer or just anyone with a little extra time.

A Google user

7 years ago

Tried, didn't like it. I got to level 12. Likes: portrait view availability, quests to keeps you busy, ok graphics and items to build. Dislikes: most of the dialogue boxes cut off the words and you can't scroll down to read more, it just skips to the next dialogue box. Some of the windows, words, and graphics do not fit within the game display. Fire and police should have an option to speed up the rescue process because even in SimCity I never lost that much progress from a fire. 10 blocks? A bit much. Especially considering "help is on the way". I also don't like the level requirements for building certain items. Sorry guys, I'm going to try out another SimCity wannabe. Game is ok, not great.

A Google user

7 years ago

I like the game. I really do. It's one of my favorites city building games which I played. But about half of its content is blocked because I need to subscribe to weight with real money. Also I'm also a lot of progress because there is a glitch in the game to wear for some random reason I lost about half of my citizens. Final issue is there's not much stuff to do in the game. Unless this actually gets looked into I'm going to have to delete it.

Sophie Larsen

5 years ago

This game is amazing!!! I played it for hours when I first downloaded it. There are a few things that could be improved upon, however. It would be nice if the maps were larger, around level 60 I bought all the plots and ran out of things to do. More upgrades for zones and other buildings would be nice too, to add more variety. Overall, excellent game! I really appreciate the fact that there isn't any crazy wait times or in-app purchases that make similar games a drag and expensive to progress through. Would definitely recommend! I'll definitely consider purchasing the full version!

A Google user

7 years ago

Seriously, just wow. This is one of the best simulation games I've ever found available completely for free, aside from legitimately OPTIONAL ads. - - - - - My only complaint is that it is EXTREMELY graphically intense. I'm playing on a new Galaxy Note 9 which has never had any issues otherwise, and as soon as I had built a few rows of buildings or so, it started lagging and freezing up like crazy! After continuing on like this for a little longer, it had become virtually unplayable, and this was when I had just started playing! I managed to completely resolve this issue by going into the settings menu and enabling the options for '30 fps limit' and 'reduced effects' and visually found it to be no less satisfying graphically... I don't know why that was a problem to begin with though, this seems to be something that was somehow overlooked.

A Google user

7 years ago

Pros: lots of fun, more deep than it looks. Great for short or long play. Reminds me of simcity 1. With 3D graphics. Big or medium maps. More features coming. Cons: Takes to long to unlock some features. Example the fire department I got a few fires before I could build a fire house. some unrealistic mechanics such as no garage pick up and can't conect to other cities.

A Google user

5 years ago

Wow... A game that you can play truly for free and doesn't constantly have ads! Only problem is I liked it so much...I now plan to pay. Lol Ads are so far and few between, they can scare the heck out of you. Only downside are a few minor vectoring issues and no way to keep all my boats from crashing. As crashed boats don't affect anything, besides making a scary noise if the sound is on... I can live with it.

A Google user

6 years ago

Enjoyable. Superior to Sim City in every way. I suggest a tool to move multiple structures at the same time. Randomly lost my save to a bug once. Overall very fun. Edit: 9/30/19 save lost again. Is there a bug tracker for this? 10/20/19 Please add a convert to 2x2 building option. 2x2 commercial buildings create more jobs than four 1x1's or two 2x2's. Also building costs should scale per how many buildings are on the map not what level you are. Playing while at level 300+ is flawed.

A Google user

7 years ago

Really fun! But no real replayability really which is sad because once you have enough money you just delete your entire city and start over with all the stuff unlocked, no sandbox required. The road and highway mechanic is annoying in that there qas no, undo or if you placed something that was it, it was placed and the only wsy to change the start location was to go back two deep into a menu which was SUPER annoying. Overall though, fun game, i played it to getting the space program and now i uninstalled it causeeeee, i beat it.

A Google user

7 years ago

Good game and love that there are no in-app purchases, but however, I would love to see a responsive "auto-rebuild" feature that will rebuild any buildings destroyed after natural disasters. Also the ability to have larger, more city-like buildings or skyscrapers. Like upgrading buildings to become skyscrapers or have a way to buy it separately to replace the small buildings. They make it look more low end or like a small town, not a "metropolis".

A Google user

7 years ago

Great city building game! Probably the best free one I've come across. There's a premium version you can buy that gives you some extra features, game modes and options, but the free version actually feels like a whole game and not watered down with hardly any of the features in it that make it fun, unless you pay. I'm really happy to see the devs giving players the core of the game, with the extra goodies a paid option. Other games that have both a free and paid version hardly give you anything, unless you fork over cash. You don't really feel like you have a choice between the free and paid version, but rather, you feel forced if you want to have any real fun with the thing. Just that, in addition to it being a really fun and great game, make me want to upgrade to the premium version, which I will probably be doing shortly. -Amazing city builder and great game altogether! 10/10