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| Airport City | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Game Insight |
| Publisher(s) | Game Insight |
| Engine | Unity |
| Platform(s) | |
| Release | Facebook: September 1, 2011 iOS: August 16, 2012 Android: February 11, 2012 Amazon: October 26, 2012 Windows: April 3, 2014 |
| Genre(s) | City-building game, construction, management simulation |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Airport City is a free-to-play city-building simulation simulation game developed and published by Game Insight. Airport City was first launched on the Facebook social media platform on September 1, 2011. [1] The game was released for Google Play on February 11, 2012[2], and for iOS on August 16, 2012[3], followed by Amazon Appstore on October 26, 2012[4], and Microsoft Windows on April 3, 2014Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).. The game features mobile cross-platform play, allowing players on any supported device to cooperate and compete with each other.
As of May 2017, Game Insight has reported over 60 million Airport City registered players worldwide across all platformsCite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page)..
Gameplay
[edit]Airport City tasks the player with expanding a small airport into a major one, while developing a nearby town to support the airport operations with passengers from residential buildings and taxes from commercial properties.
As both city and airport grow, the space program becomes available that challenges the player to launch space missions either solo or together with other players. Another group-based activity is airline alliances airline alliances that players can create to complete missions together with team members and to compete against other alliances. New content for the game involves the addition of new aircraft, buildings, destinations, and collectible items to bring back from those flights, taking the form of either expansion packs or limited time special events released roughly every month.
Seasonal events either reflect real world events, such as Halloween, Christmas, and Easter, or fictitious, such as a UFO crash landing near the cityCite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page). or loosely based on the events from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland novelCite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page)..
Reception
[edit]Critical response
[edit]Airport City received generally favorable reviews upon release. The game was praised for its simplicity, economy, and visuals along with being free-to-play, while slow progress without making in-app purchases was pointed out as the major shortcoming.
Pocket-lint’s Ian Morris called Airport City “the stupidest, most annoying game we’ve ever played on Android” that manages to be quite addictive with something to do all the time, and “perfecty possible, and enjoyable” to play for free despite its repetitive natureCite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).. Pete Davison writing for the AdWeek named Airport City a “solid game with a decent amount of depth”, although pointing out that the game has few flaws which mar the experience, such as no cross-platform play between Facebook and mobile versionsCite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).. Android Apps Review’s Valerie Lauer gave the game a score of 4/5, praising the graphics for a solid amount of detail and calling it “perfect for fans of the builder genre or airplane enthusiasts” with the “balanced gameplay and unique combination of ideas”Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page)..
Modojo rated Airport City 4/5, praising its economy, real world destinations, and “endless” supply of missions, while criticizing it for being “tough to advance without spending money”Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).. GameZebo’s Leif Johnson gave the Facebook version of the game a lower grade of 3/5 and seconded that opinion, stating that “Airport City isn’t a bad game at heart; it merely demands a little too much for what amounts to an overly familiar model with a niche gimmick”Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).. Jon Mundy from Pocket Gamer found the game is “all about logistics of putting a working airport together” with an endless treadmill of upgrades, while noting that expanding land is “rather expensive and will test your attachment to the game”Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).. CNET rated Airport City 4/5 in its review and remarked that it “borrows a lot of cues from The Sims series of games while still feeling different enough to keep you interested”Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page)..
Sales and playerbase
[edit]Airport City has reached 1.6 million active players on Facebook in October 2011Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).. As of November 2018, Facebook version has 800,000 active playersCite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).. After release on Android in February 2012, Airport City had 1 million installs following monthCite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page)., and was among Android’s top grossing apps for several months in a row after thatCite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).. The game topped weekly free iPad apps chart in the UK following its release on iOS in August 2012Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).. By March 2014, Game Insight has reported that Airport City has reached 37 million players overall and $33 million in gross revenueCite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).. The application has seen over 10 million downloads on the Google Play Store as of November 2018Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page)..
Gallery
[edit]Category:City-building games Category:Multiplayer online games Category:2011 video games Category:Facebook games Category:Video games containing loot boxes Category:Free-to-play video games Category:Android (operating system) games Category:IOS games Category:Unity (game engine) games Category:Video games developed in Russia Category:Video games with cross-platform play Category:Windows games
References
[edit]- ^ "Airport City From 6waves Lolapps Lands on Facebook". ADWEEK. Retrieved October 3, 2011.
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Airport City HD Review (iPad)". Business Insider. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Airport City on Amazon". Amazon. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
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