
Most businesses and community buildings you create in the game must be staffed by these characters that have moved into your small town. Hometown's primary focus right now is on cultivating your town where everybody knows your name.Įach house you create in this miniature CityVille will be home to someone with a name, and someone with a purpose. That's also thanks to the game's slick interface that makes use of every last pixel on your 4 or 10-inch screen. The game lends itself to those 15-minute play sessions that have become the norm in mobile gaming. Strawberries ripen in 30 seconds, buildings only take two to three whacks and there are little to no pop-ups. It may sound silly, but you'll notice that everything in Hometown takes less time to do than it does on the web. Since the lot of you are already familiar with the CityVille web game, let's not bore you with the details of exactly how CityVille Hometown is played, but rather focus on what's changed. While the game has some issues connecting to alternate Facebook accounts and some crashes to take care of, CityVille Hometown will wow you. It's faster, looks far better through an iPhone 4's Retina Display graphics, has essentially all of the features its web counterpart and it's with you at all times. Why, you ask? CityVille Hometown is, simply put, a better game. As it turns out, I can do without a mobile extension of my CityVille web game. When we first heard word of CityVille Hometown for iOS devices, we were skeptic due to its lack of true Facebook Connect. Beautify your town with decorations to earn bonus payouts on businesses.I think we just found our CityVille killer-and it's not Empires & Allies.Help your residents – People will have special goals that you can help them achieve.Grow your economy – Build businesses to earn coins.Plant and harvest crops to sell in your businesses.Find your Facebook friends, tour their towns, and get their help in building your town.Make it your own – Choose who moves in and name the residents and buildings.Attract new residents – Build a variety of homes to attract new people to your town.(Note to CityVille web players: this game does not connect to your web city, but it’s a new and uniquely mobile game.) You can create the town of your dreams, meet and help lots of delightful characters, follow their stories, and unlock special items for your town.ĭesign your town with houses, businesses and parks, and watch it come to life! Choose from a wide assortment of buildings and decorations to make your town as unique as can be.



CityVille Hometown is a city building iOS game, for iPhone and iPad from Zynga.
