First, I just wanna give a thanks to the people who made this and have been for years. The whole point of this game is a couple Of people sometimes kids are found on an island and they do not have any basic resources they all have to learn overtime and do research and practice and practice they make an actual flowing village as it advances over time just like in real life. Y’all all saying oh my gosh, it takes forever to progress. You have to buy stuff if you want to progress faster. No the whole point is to take your time and complete puzzles just like it would be in real life when caveman or whatever you believe started. I absolutely love this game and see the whole point of it. I know I’m wording this terribly, but I just hopped on over here to see everyone else’s opinion and I was disappointed. I think this game is awesome. And the graphics are way better. I appreciate the graphics before tho very nostalgic I’ve been playing these since they first came out. Can’t wait for the next one.

Look I don’t mind taking a little extra time to get things done but I’ve just started the game what yesterday? And already I’m at a block because 1.) they don’t explain how you get things like tech points or rope or the basics & 2.) to level up your technology you have to spend more time watching adds and babysitting your village to ensure EVERYONE is on research duty to earn tech you can’t open the farm which you end to lvl up your village because they won’t breed without a second foodsorce and the farm requirement is whirlwind and apparently you have to invest in spiritual tech training to unlock so I can finsh building homing huts because they require a golden child I can’t get vines for rope to finish the earth quake quest or puzzle because that requires a high tech skill that costs 800,000 tech like I just started man I can’t harvest anything new because “I don’t have anywhere to put that it’s only day two and I’m thinking of quitting I shouldn’t have to use the internet to go through every little step right at the beginning of the game and it shouldn’t be so complicated to unlock the beginning basics, I’ll give this game one more day before I delete it but yeah not worth it they just want money

I think a lot of things are done right and the new mechanics are great, but as someone who has played the fuzzy Windows demo as a kid, I am in it for the village life simulation and wish it was expanded a bit more by now. While I’m glad not all the islanders are super pale anymore (which didn’t make sense for a tropical island) there still doesn’t seem to be a lot of gene variation. I’ve always liked keeping track of my villagers’ lineage so having an in-game way of doing so would also be appreciated. The UI could be scaled down and the buttons are more colorful and not so island themed which looks less interesting. My biggest small gripe is I don’t like that the villagers vocalize just when you select them (previously it was when you picked them up) as I find it grating when checking in on all of them, especially the now higher-pitched “hey!” when tapping a male villager. VV6 leans into the god sim aspect of the series and I don’t want to feel like I’m interfering with the little tribe so much. Mobile gaming is not the same as it was and I hope they’ll continue to make improvements or go bigger on a new installment while sticking to its nostalgic life sim roots.

Despite other reviews you really don’t have to spend money to get ahead to start with. Like other villagers games you have to come back often to make sure things are progressing. At first I had no problems and was able to complete the first five puzzles with help from online Reddit forum guides because the tutorial stops after just a few basic instructions so you’re left with really no clue what to do. Recently the problem I keep running into is my crafting items will not save. I have made multiple bronze bricks but when I go to use them they’re not in the crafting hut storage. This has happened four times now. I really like that we can get tech points from watching ads because they are SO HARD to accumulate after you spend the first few thousand on the first upgrades for spirituality and farming. Going from needing 4,000 to 14,000 is crazy and is going to take a lot of game play. Which, in hindsight I guess is the point. Other than those few glitches I really like this version. The colors and graphics are brighter and fun and VV6 brings the nostalgia from the previous versions. 6/10 recommend.