Clever and fun, but has a lot of bugs
Wed Aug 23 2023 NanashinoseitoThis is quite possibly the most innovative game I have played. I absolutely loved the gameplay and the increasing levels of difficulty with each biome as the game progressed. That being said, flaws in the game coding made gameplay quite frustrating at times. In the final level, when I was collecting seeds, the satellite interface would randomly exit, dumping me back into the main screen and exiting the biome I was collecting from. The location of the interface buttons also have entirely too much overlap, meaning that sometimes I was unable to scroll because the directional arrows were directly underneath the main game menu. The in-game help was also less than useful at times, requiring me to exit the game and do an internet search to solve my problems. Honestly, if they took the time to fix the GUI, in-game guide, and coding issues, this game would deserve 5 stars.
Pros:
— innovative
— engaging
— challenging
— extremely fun
Cons:
— badly designed GUI with too much overlap of clipping paths
— poorly coded interface
— errors made gameplay extremely frustrating at times
— needs an update to address coding errors
Looses functionality after 1st level
Sun Jul 02 2023 MaidofPixelsI really enjoyed the first restoration level, very relaxing and satisfying. However, on the second level (tropical biome) one of the habitat restoration features simply doesn’t work at all, so I can restore 3 of the 4 habitats, max. Coral reef restoration requires you build a monorail, with a feature that is supposed to unlock after you deploy the monorail feature once. Unfortunately, no matter how many times I added a monorail, the locked feature still always said I had to deploy the monorail feature (1) more time before I could continue. Even after I erased my progress and started over. Stopped my gameplay in its tracks and I can’t advance. I’m playing on my iPhone, perhaps this isn’t an issue on a PC.
Well, I tried
Wed Sep 13 2023 Wetrooster18I suppose it’s an okay game. Got to the point where you start finding animals, but something buggy happened. And since it told me it would save my game automatically, I was like cool, I can just exit to the main screen and reload. Tell me why when I reloaded, I can’t even see my next task of 0/3 animals, not can I even see past “level 1” buildings? I already found the frog, now I have to go search for it again?! I thought it automatically saved? If it saved, it would put me back where I was, not at the beginning with only 1/3 of my buildings available. 😒
Innovative and Lovely, but One Level Glitches
Wed Oct 11 2023 NiennatheWiseI really love the game! I’ve played a lot of cv builders, and the concept of a “devolver” where you’re reclaiming land and ecosystems is truly unique. Love the animations and the various play styles. The one drawback is that one of the levels (Flooded City) often glitches when you load. Depending on the location of one of the randomly generated map features (radioactive waste depot), you might not be able to complete the level at all. I’m still seeing if I can find a workaround, but it’s highly frustrating to try a level multiple times in a row and not be able to complete it. Otherwise, a great game!
*UPDATE* Monorail Bug
Sat Jul 08 2023 MsTaylorMarie*UPDATE* - After searching online, the monorail bug isn’t actually a bug but instead misleading instructions. You have to place a monorail node next to a building, then tap the node and select a building near it. Then you can relocate the building anywhere along the monorail line you’ve built.
Having finally figured this out, I’m updating my rating to 4 stars instead of 5, only because the unclear wording of the instructions almost had me give up on the game completely.
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I love this game so much! It’s great to play a world building game where you build up the world, rather than deplete it of resources . My issue, though, is that I cannot get past the second ecosystem as it will not allow me to place cars on the monorail. I have tried starting over, changing the difficulty, and even uninstalling then reinstalling, and it still won’t work. I hope they’re able to fix this bug quickly, as I really want to continue playing.
Good premise and fun - but only skin deep
Wed Oct 11 2023 KiverooThis relaxing and fun sim game appears to be the opposite of Simcity. It makes you think without being too challenging, and not a huge time commitment - I finished the initial world in a day.
My main complaint is that the game’s structure is simplistic. With a few exceptions, buildings have an effect only when placed and are basically monuments until they are recycled as you leave.
Second complaint is bizarre technology choices. You don’t get power transmission lines & poles until area 3 I think. You get a waterborne recycling drone, why not one that travels on land? Why not drone bulldozers (realistic tech) instead of weird futuristic “excavators” that basically are huge guns firing giant bullets to dig trenches for water, lava, etc. (nonsense). Why no solar power generators?
I enjoyed it for a day, and now I’m done with it.
Loved it, till it bugged out
Thu Oct 26 2023 saqredtI started really enjoying this game. It actually surprised me with how enjoyable yet challenging it was to play. Couldn’t even get past the first phase and it began crashing on me whenever I tried to move a new building around. 6 times that happened, until it just started crashing before I could even get to the game itself. Netflix support is SUPER UNHELPFUL even if you try to report something wrong with the game.I doubt the developers even check these reviews. If they did, this app wouldn’t be this buggy for this long.
If they do, then please fix. I really want to enjoy this beautiful game you’ve created!
Solarpunk Sim City
Thu Sep 07 2023 Laurence OliverWas obsessed with playing sim city 2000 as a kid and never found anything reminiscent of that childhood experience until playing Terra Nil.
Beyond it just being enjoyable from a pure gameplay perspective, I love that this takes the opposite approach from the doom and gloom messaging of most climate change activism by showing what the future could look like through innovation and human resourcefulness—with the end goal of restoring earth and building for nature first, not humans.
Can be as challenging as you want with many options to change the difficulty of the game. I found the “ecologist” mode enjoyable with increasingly appropriate difficulty as you get into later stages.
Will be recommending to friends and family for sure!
Great game too many bugs
Sun Jul 02 2023 somthin somthingI am a complete beginner and can’t get any progress because the game keeps crashing. Also you can’t delete buildings that were built more than a turn ago. They say you can move already made building but you can’t. If all of these problems were nonexistent, I would rate this a solid 4. Netflix, please make test phones to test all of these issues. I have an I phone 6 though so I guess I’m doomed.
Very fun pleasing game, but short with bugs
Tue Jun 20 2023 Robirotten99I really loved playing this game, but it crashed a lot. Some days I would have to stop playing altogether because it was so bad. Also, there are only 4 different maps to play on so far. I would love more content with different themed/styled worlds with different animals and plants. It is a very relaxing puzzle to work on with pleasant graphics.
