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  • Treetopia Review
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    Treetopia Review

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    Social games are maturing rapidly, now at the point where game designers are starting to play around with game designs that blend elements from different genres. Treetopia seems to be about fusing the sense of progression text RPGs can offer with the creativity of a city-builder. The gameplay doesn't completely work, but it's an interesting idea that could develop into something extraordinary given enough time. There's a sense in Treetopia that you're interacting with a more substantial world than you usually see in Facebook games.
  • FrontierVille Review
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    FrontierVille Review

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    FrontierVille appears to be Zynga's best and most original game to date. Oh, that's not to say every single thing in the game is completely original. That is rarely the case with any game. FrontierVille instead combines a lot of the best gameplay mechanics from a lot of the best Zynga games into something that does not feel particularly like any single Facebook title this author has ever played before.
  • Enchanted Island Review
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    Enchanted Island Review

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    One problem that frequently faces the Facebook gamer is deciding which entry in a given genre to start playing. If virtual pets sound fun, should you pick up Pet Society or PetVille? Treasure Madness or Treasure Isle? FarmVille or Country Story? Frequently the decision will come down to what your friends are already playing or which graphics you like better. In the case of Enchanted Island, though, there doesn't appear to be any other obvious Facebook game that plays largely the same way. It's not a clone of anything and it doesn't (yet) have any clones. This is so unusual on Facebook that it's honestly a bit arresting.
  • Millionaire City Review
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    Millionaire City Review

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    City-builders sometimes feel like an odd fit for Facebook, but a bit of strategy is a welcome change from all the virtual pet games and clickfest sims. Millionaire City is most like Playfish's My Empire out of anything released lately. Where My Empire feels like a Facebook homage to Civilization, though, Millionaire City feels like a direct homage to Sim City.
  • My Casino Review
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    My Casino Review

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    There's no massive surplus of casino-themed sims on Facebook yet, though there's certainly plenty of Texas Hold 'Em games. This helps My Casino feel fresh even though, under the charming graphics and casino games, it's pretty typical of Facebook business-buidling sims. In My Casino you can run your own casino, investing your funds earned into more elaborate decorations that let you customize your business.
  • Scene It? Review
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    Scene It? Review

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    There's a school of thought which speculates that the next generation of Facebook games will be dominated not by quick-growing publishers like Zynga who push original IP like FarmVille, but long-established developers that can use popular brands to drive traffic to their games quickly and cheaply. If games like Scene It? for Facebook are all big brands have to offer, though, this probably isn't going to happen.
  • MonstrosCity Review
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    MonstrosCity Review

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    On the face of it, MonstrosCity is yet another Facebook virtual pet game built around the idea of adopting, raising, and then selling some species of delightful creature. Once you've spent some time with the game, though, it becomes clear that there's a sort of weird madness at work with it.
  • Wild Paradise Review
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    Wild Paradise Review

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    Wild Paradise is another "safari"-themed take on the virtual pet genre, letting you raise exotic animals, breed them, then sell them. This time the game casts you as a sort of park ranger, with your animals split up into various habitat areas. While the basic jungle habitat offers a fairly typical animal selection, you can start breeding weird stuff like jellyfish and manatees when you get the aquatic habitat.