Love it but there are a few things I’d like changed
Tue Jun 11 2024 IronSpectre1138I bought this game quite a while ago. I took a break but have jumped back in with a vengeance. One of the best things is that it’s not pay to win. You pay your few bucks without any worry of micro transactions. That’s such a huge plus and the game is so worth the small investment.
There are a few bugs- mainly graphical from what I can tell- but the main thing that irritates me gameplay wise is traffic. I can understand the need for multi lane asphalt roads in urban areas, but I’d like to be able to use dirt roads in farm country and back in the woods around campsites, etc. I’d like to use an asphalt road as a main artery into farmland, for example, while employing dirt roads to access the farms themselves. The same should apply to camp areas. It would add to the illusion of getting away from the big city.
All in all, it’s one of my favorite games on my phone. I can get lost in it for hours on end.
An improvement in almost every way
Sun Mar 17 2024 chrisbaue238I love the original Pocket City and have sunk an embarrassing amount of hours into it. This is a great follow up – it expands on a lot of the stuff I wanted to see from a sequel. more kinds of buildings, more dynamic cities, and I especially love the huge projects you can do every 20 levels or so. I love the waste management aspect and how you can more specifically control shipping. The reason I'm not giving it five stars is because of all the minigames and quests. The quests that have to do with building stuff are fine but the quests that make you play minigames are unbearable and there are way too many of them. they dilute the city building experience which is what I'm here for, and it's hard to ignore them because the little scrolls get in the way of your finger while you're trying to build stuff. The mini games just aren't good. They're frustrating, tedious, and the controls don't work particularly well. The demolition one is particularly bad because you can't actually see where you're supposed to be going and end up destroying half of your city by accident. If a Pocket City three happens, I would love to just have the fantastic city building and building variety that this series does so well without all the extraneous mini games and chests and collecting clothing stuff that feels like it was dropped in because other games are doing it rather than because it fits this game.
Incredible but needs some fixes
Sun Apr 09 2023 jsicudhebrnkgkfFirst of all, I’m impressed with the amount of content. The first game was super fun, but got a little repetitive after awhile. This sequel is GREAT and definitely worth the five dollars. However, since the game is extremely new, it has some fixes that needs to be addressed. The helicopter at the fire station has a bug where it’ll continually put out a fire that doesn’t exist on the original building to set fire. When the original building breaks, the helicopter will try to put out a nonexistent fire. Another bug I experienced is whenever time is sped up, helicopters fly extra slow. Not sure if any of this is accidental or intentional (my guess is accidental) but it makes putting out fires a hassle. One last comment is when purchasing more land, it’s pretty expensive and increases in increments of $10,000 I believe? In the first pocket city it went up by $5,000. Now that’s all based off of memory, so I apologize if I’m incorrect. Otherwise, this game is very solid and I highly recommend it. Love to see it!
One of the best sequels to an already fantastic game
Fri Apr 14 2023 Konstantin vSSequels so often fail to impress or improve upon their original versions. Either they overcomplicate previously enjoyable gameplay, or they don’t manage to actually deliver on any meaningful improvements. Pocket City 2 couldn’t have stuck a better balance between these two Thanos himself. While there are many great things to comment on, I won’t. I hope anyone who sees this game gives it a try and finds it as enjoying as I do. Despite my five star rating, I do have a few notes to the developer - Bobby - expert mode is no where near hard enough. After a few bank loans and about 1 week later of setting up the city ( game time ) I’m already in the multi millions. Rail stations need max limits, and free roam can be tedious. Also - how do I get my small business relation to 50? That seems to be by far the hardest thing in this game. Anyways; fantastic sequel and will continue to play for a while! 👋
A must-have city builder
Thu Aug 24 2023 Bob DewalrusIf you like city builders, getting this game is a no brainer. The original Pocket City was really good, but definitely felt built for mobile. Instead of messing it up like most followups do, Pocket City 2 keeps everything that made the original fun, and makes it better. Better graphics, better buildings, better balance, quality of life improvements, and even more nuance and depth. It adds the super cool feature that you can get down into your city and walk, drive, or fly around it like a citizen! They even added a day and night cycle and seasons. It all looks beautiful and works like a dream. This game would pull its weight on any platform, and having it on mobile, with no ads, micro transactions, or pay to win, is a treat. Don’t hesitate if the concept looks fun. Pocket city 2 delivers.
Great city builder but has room for improvement
Tue Jun 06 2023 MoshgraI'm enjoying this game a lot, my wife who doesn't game much hasnt been able to put it down. I've really like the ability to co-op build a city.
1)However, we've noticed that trying to do this on any other regional city (that isn't the main center one) causes the joiner to be stuck in a blue screen.
2) The person who joins in the co-op is unable to participate in events, sell using the dock(or train station), can't join free-roam, and worst off, can't participate in mini games. Being able to do minigames competitive or cooperatively would really benefit the co-op mode.
3) placing roads is really finicky. Occasionally when drawing a line, a loop is accidentally made and frequently it gets so chaotic by trying to undo that I have to just cancel and go through the menus to try again. You also can't change where the first placed road tile is, this means that if you misclick the initial placement you have to cancel and go through the menus again. Menu navigation itself is easy enough, however, it is tedious and cumbersome to have to repeat the same action multiple times to get a desired result.
I don't want to only complain about the game, it's genuinely fun and I love that it's a stepping stone for non-gamers into this genre. The free roam also helps with that.
Great sequel, amazing city builder.
Wed May 31 2023 KevtransdThis is the best mobile city builder game I’ve ever played. A great game to just chill for a little bit, and relax, and I don’t have to watch a single ad to unlock anything, or speed things up. I love that I have quests, so many different buildings and categories, the events and mini game. Most of all, I love how I can free roam the city. That feature is so different from all the other city builders I’ve played. This is a game made for people who just want to play a game.
My only criticism is when building little things like traffic lights, bus stops, rail stations or even specific buildings like banks, hotels, and police/fire stations, I could see where all the other ones like it that I have already built so I can better plan my city.
Great game, great developer, well worth the price.
Just amazing!!
Tue Apr 11 2023 JadenfireWorks offline, City building, Leveling, Quests, go into your city as Mayor, free roam your city! mini games, have a house, pet, decorate your house, get resources by mining, wood chopping, fishing, smashing boxes with hammer, snag I mean borrow a car, vehicles have radio stations. Do mini side stuff like shooing away raccoons, finding criminals, building relation ships to get gifts. Watch disasters from a new point of view it's epic! Minor sadness, can't ride any of the rides or rides in the amusement park dude that was pricy & I can't interact at all there .. The house is one room no matter which size house u buy.. Houses don't look very different no matter where u stick em. Do wish for more variety of building stuffs but otherwise this is a 5$ 5 star game & hope to see new content maybe in the future.
So much better than Pocket City but one thing
Mon Apr 10 2023 Peacekashfirst I have to say I loved pocket city the first one it was great I thought it was worth the money and this is just an elevated version of that one of the best city builder games in the App Store. I only have a few issues with it and I say this with Grace just because I understand loading all of this might take a lot and after a few bug fixes it’ll be up and running in a few months. But in the last game when you interacted with the citizens or interrupted a crime you could clearly see where the crime is but it is difficult to find it in this version if that makes sense. Also after playing this game for about 45 minutes I’ve had to restart it at least a few times so I do think it’s worth the money if it gets updated a few more times overall great job.
Best city builder on iOS ever
Sat Apr 08 2023 Flightsimdude111I was a huge fan of the first Pocket City and when I saw Pocket City 2 came out, it was an immediate no-hesitation purchase for me.
If you’ve played the first, it’s the same core gameplay but expanded upon, big time. It’s 3D, the city can be directly interacted with by your player character, the research tree is shockingly complex but cohesive, there’s lots of events, minigames and whatnot, there’s even some “life sim” sprinkled in with the ability to buy and furnish a house, build relationships with characters in exchange for unlockables, etc. You can explore the entire city personally, engage in random encounters, enter any building, you can buy from a kid’s lemonade stand to gain temporary perks. Overall the game just feels very well put together and thought-out.
