The Fifth Gate
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Tycoon meets Farming game
This game is neither Tycoon nor Farming, but a fun combination of the two. You start a day, then water plants and harvest flowers when they pop up. At the end of the day, you create potions to sell (or sell individual blossoms, which gets you less money but more room in your basket). You manage your water supply and complete quests throughout the levels. The storyline is plausible but a bit lacking, but the graphics are absolutely gorgeous.
If you like this game, you'll also like Magic Farm, which has very similar elements, but slightly different gameplay for managing your garden. The Fifth Gate gives you the chance to complete quests in "Expert" time, which can be quite challenging. It also gives you additional, interesting flower types to help manage the frenzied clicking that happens at higher levels - flowers that harvest everything around you and flowers that freeze all the bugs attacking your plants. The only draw-back was that it seemed a bit short and light on plot compared to Magic Farm.
November 29, 2011
A Game I Keep Replaying
I do not really enjoy the rush around, serving others drinks and whatnot type games.
This game starts out nice and easy so you can learn how best to grow your plants.
Making potions was a nice break from the rushing to water, harvest, and save plants from evil bugs.
There is strategy involved such as how many of which plants and which upgrades are more helpful/important.
I absolutely love this game as it is different from most time management or strategy games I have played.
November 21, 2011
Nice game
I love Magic Farm, its pretty much my favorite game of all time and this is a tarted up not so quirky version of that. The graphics are nice, but its not terribly long. Worth the credit though. I've played it many times.
February 2, 2012