Create A Mall

Publisher: Merscom / Lifetime

Developer: TechFront

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Four Stars Review This Game!

  • Posted on Jul 30, 2009, 9:06pm

    4 Stars

    User Review by shanora

    this game is cool Give this Review a Kudos Report as Inappropriate

  • Posted on Jul 4, 2009, 7:51am

    5 Stars

    User Review by BTGameFan

    All the fun of Build-a-Lot without the stigma of being a real estate flipper. I'd much rather be designing malls. Give this Review a Kudos Report as Inappropriate

  • Posted on Jul 4, 2009, 3:59am

    4 Stars

    User Review by pinkischarmed

    create a mall is a fab game and so is the others Give this Review a Kudos Report as Inappropriate

  • Posted on Jul 2, 2009, 2:11pm

    5 Stars

    User Review by gamezchick

    I really loved the premise of this game. For me it was a huge hit and a refreshing twist on the “Build-a-lot” genre. But it probably reminded me more of “Be Rich” in that it was much more vibrant and colorful. It has similar game mechanics to “Build-a-Lot” in that you have to manage resources and workers. One thing I liked was that it allowed you to build the store on more than one level. Usually, with the “Build-a-Lot” type of games it’s all very planar. With “Create a Mall,” you start with one level, then 2, and then 3. I’d love to see a sequel where you’d get a maximum of 5 levels, and 2 malls side-by-side, and more stores. So I think there’s potential to build on this concept. There are only 30 levels and the game isn’t that long, but it’s a good start. I thought they did well with the store variety: clothing, shoes, jewelry, perfume, book store, toy store, music, computer, department store, restaurant, movie theater, arcade, and bowling alley. But there were some obvious ones that were left out like electronics, home furnishings, sporting goods, and cosmetics. Some stores also had more than one design. But with a few it wasn’t as obvious. It would have been nice had you been able to pick which version you wanted. One item that was a nice touch was that ability to upgrade to an elevator. That was a good detail. I thought the unique challenge in this game was that some stores took up more than one bay, up to a maximum of 3. So depending upon the goal, that made it a little more challenging. Something I would have liked would have been a move-store option. Like if a store in a mall moved to a larger space within the mall, they don’t have to demolish the other location. There’s also no free-play option which could have made this game even more appealing. It was slow at times because there was no speed upgrade for the workers. But overall, I really thought this was a cool game. Give this Review a Kudos Report as Inappropriate

  • Posted on Jun 26, 2009, 10:56am

    3 Stars

    User Review by M2Cute4Jerks

    Like Build-A-Lot but with mall theme. I passed three of the six levels so far. Easy, nice concept of being able to buy things from the store(s) for Kelly's desk. Game gets tedious after awhile. Give this Review a Kudos Report as Inappropriate

  • Posted on Jun 24, 2009, 8:35am

    2 Stars

    User Review by OrangeKnickers

    Create A Mall is in the tradition of Build-A-Lot, Romopolis or Wonderburg. Instead of building and selling houses you build different department stores in a mall, such as jewelries, shoe stores and restaurants. The concept is well-known: For each store you get a daily income, which you can invest in more workers, materials to build additional enhancements or upgrading already existing structures. On a regular basis you have to purchase new building plans, to offer the customers more variety and to earn more money. So far, so good. Unfortunately, the gaming experience is rather stale, because the game does not improve the genre at all. Every feature in the game has already been seen, the pace is comparatively slow, and the graphics and animations are purely average. With the recent flood of resource management titles, the same applies to this genre as to HOs and TMGs: the title has to somehow stand out of the crowd, has to be at least slightly innovative - a new setting is not enough at all if the game mechanics are more than well-known and not even addictive because of poor implemention. Give this Review a Kudos Report as Inappropriate

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