Apocalypse Inc‪.‬ 12+

I was skeptical on getting this game since i saw an advertisement on facebook on it but i am surprised. The game is good! The pro’s of the game is that the game is fast paced, the scenarios are great, achievements are fun. The cons is the tiny flaws, 9 billion people in the future scenario, expectation should be more which should give more of a challenge. Same with certain events, if a gamma burst smacks into earth, every thing on earth would instantly die, it would not take years. These need to be expanded into levels of difficulty on being more realistic ( i enjoyed the game as is but always laugh that a super volcano does more deaths than a gamma burst or asteroid ).

This is where i leave 4 stars. The game is fun and a great new concept that goes with the mentality of the crazy year 2020. But the extra star can be added if the stories and disasters are more realistic or there is more graphics or dynamics to the game.

At face value; the game gives you extreme plague inc vibes. You collect bubbles on the planet and then invest them in different categories just like plague inc and try to destroy the world before humanity saves itself.
The similarities completely end here.

Don’t get me wrong, this game is a good game to just turn your brain off to and play around with various scenarios of how an apocalypse would impact the world… except you could hardly call it a game. The core mechanic of the game is *selecting* what you want to happen for the apocalypse, which has pre-determined effects. What I mean by this is if you go down one path, it is literally exactly the same every time you go down it… 5 million people die for example, but people do not continue to suffer from the effects of the disaster. Furthermore, this means you can spend 10-15 minutes in a game and find out the path you went down doesn’t kill 100% of the people needed to win, meaning you *have* to restart and do something else, because once you reach the end of the path, there is no way to go back and there is nothing to do but wait for humanity to save itself.

However I must admit I have played this more than I thought I would, which still isn’t a lot mind you but I have. Don’t look at this as a game, look at it as just looking at interesting and creative scenarios someone made for an apocalypse that *may* or may not kill everyone. There is realistically zero gameplay.

At first I disliked the game, it seemed that the effects from what I did were random and may not lead to a win for the level. Then even if I did win, it didn’t feel like I have very many options to choose from. After continuing for a bit I began to appreciate the game for what it is. A $2.99 phone game that is more of a story about possible futures and humanities attempts to survive them. After that realization I knew I was being to harsh on it and comparing it to AAA games on the market. It has a considerable amount of levels for its price, 14, and each level has different branching stories that you could try. TLDR the game is really good for its price and is more of a story then a game. Didn’t reach my expectations, but I set them too high in this instance.