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Send the housing market through the roof as you build, buy, and sell houses in the new strategy game, Build-a-lot! You can flip houses for quick cash or sit back and watch the rental income pile up. Become a real estate mogul as you visit scenic towns, earn huge profits and perform special favors for the colorful local mayors. Can you build a new cinema for the local movie star? Install a bowling alley in the Mayor’s Mansion? No problem! There’s plenty to do and lots of fun ahead in Build-a-lot! more info
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Reallly addicting!!!
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
It was so hard for me to find a game I like. I love Sims but got a bit bored so needed something new. After a trial I decided to buy it, it is so much fun to build your “own” business in real estate. In this game you just make you dreams come true LOL. The graphics are not good but what would you expect from a game for 10 bucks, and really you don’t need graphics in this game that much. Very simple, not much learning. Tutorial included.
Gets old fast
Rating:2 out of 5 stars
This game just wasn’t for me. You basically have a goal to make so much money by buying, developing, renting, and selling properties. In the career mode, you have a time limit to make a certain amount of money; in the casual mode, you finish the neighborhood when you meet your goal. I much prefer the casual mode.
Still, it became monotonous. Buy, build, upgrade, sell. Buy, build, upgrade, sell. Buy, build, upgrade, sell. Buy, build, upgrade, sell. Every now and then, a house needs fixing. Every now and then, I demolish and put in a park or business. Got my money, now on to the next neighborhood. It gets old fast.
WOW not what i expected
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
There are very few games that i would write about but this game got me hooked after the first level. My first reaction when i started the tutorial was here comes another dumb game but i was wrong. Great game and the mac user that gave it a 1 star needs to get a life.
Fun but broken
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I tried to enjoy this game. There I was, flipping houses, building banks, commanding a workforce of millions and then it happened.
Recession. Not even a securitized portfolio of AAA slices of subprime mortgages could save me. It was fun while it lasted but now I’m living on government handouts.
Awesome Game!!!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This is one of my all time favorites. The graphics are incredible and it is very easy to learn. Most of all I really like the depth of the strategy. To get through the later levels you really have to think.
The sequels are even better.
Build-a-lot 2: Town of the Year [Game Download]
Build-a-lot 3: Passport to Europe [Game Download]
I also have it on the DS.
Build a Lot
It is also available for the Mac, although I guess Amazon doesn’t sell that version yet.
Repetitive, short, but fun while it lasts
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
Overall the game is very straightforward. For anyone who has played simulation games before, this game really doesn’t pose a challenge until the last couple levels. It is still fun though and I pleasantly passed a few hours playing it. There really isn’t enough variety in this game to make it interesting for too long. I can see the casual play being fun for a while; however, don’t expect $50 worth of entertainment with this game. It is a $10 game and provides $10 worth of entertainment.
Good but not great
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
like a very simplified sim city, this game lets you build houses and other buildings for a town. It’s a fun little game that keeps you interested.
The Sims, it is not
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
Ever dreamed of building your own real estate empire with no money down? If yes, then this is your opportunity because the game is free and all you do in it is build houses and make lots of money. Once you make your money you can spend it to buy more houses, upgrade existing ones or build something new or tear down a small house and build a bigger one in its place – very exciting.
You play to make as much money as possible by playing in the real estate market as a developer, a speculator or a house flipper. You start with a certain amount of money and some properties and then, on each level you attempt to accomplish some specific goal: own this many houses, earn this much rental income, have this much money in the bank. You make money by selling the properties you developed and by charging rent. The value of your property increases if you pay for upgrades. To make it short, you buy low and sell high and you flip your houses. Oh, I forgot, you must meet your objectives within some set time unless you select the ‘relaxed’ mode.
Overall it’s not a bad game but there’s not much to it beyond what I just described above. The resolution seems to be 1024×768 and you can play it in a window or as ‘full screen’. The graphics are okay in the sense that the houses, the roads and the landscape features are recognizable but, for some reason, the construction guy is an animated yellow hard hat – funny. The game runs on Windows XP or Vista.
I am not sure what a fair rating would be for a game that’s free. It’ okay, I guess, but I doubt that most of us are going to spend more than 30 minutes on it.
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Notes:
I had to install Amazon’s ‘downloader’ software before downloading the game itself. It was pretty quick and it appears to be harmless.
When installed, if you keep the defaults, all games go as subfolders inside a folder named Amazon Games.
It is an alright game
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
Given the price there is little to complain about. It is fun, but it is definitely a casual game and not one you will play a whole lot. It would be a much better game if there were more details to manipulate but that might close off the real target of this game.
The downloader and installer runs perfectly in Linux using Wine, despite Amazon’s claims to the contrary. This game runs perfectly in Linux, but Jewelquest 2 does not, so be careful if you only run Linux.
This game can cause serious addiction!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I downloaded this game yesterday afternoon, just to see what this Amazon game thing was about. I didn’t really intend to play much but ended up playing it for 5 more minutes-5 more minutes-10 more minutes…. So 5 hours later after missing dinner and being up long past my bedtime, I finally quit the game. (This could be a good weight loss tool!)
This game is easy to play, keeps your interest (at least it kept mine) and it’s fun. You move from town to town, building homes and estates to each mayor’s ideas and you have a certain amount of time to accomplish your goal. It’s not anywhere near as involved as a Sim game, but maybe that’s nice since you don’t have to concentrate as hard. Two thumbs up!
Another one NOT FOR MACS
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
What a shame Mac users have to sit and watch others play because a better computer with a better OS cant be included for these games.
Lots of fun, for a run or two
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
You’ll get plenty of hours of fun out of this game. However, once you know what you’re doing, you won’t be playing this game after you finish it once or twice.
Not fantastic but Fun
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
For those who have played casual games, we know how flooded these game stores are with Match3, Hidden Object, and Dash type games. So it’s a relief when something different comes along.
For what it is, this is a thinkers game and i actually had fun with it. It isn’t overly difficult but can get challenging as you move along.
As far as gameplay it’s pretty much buy, demolish, construct in order to meet level goals as outlined by the Mayors of the towns you will be visiting. However there is a unique strategy per level which keeps the game from being too repetitive even though it does repeat at certain areas. You must earn cash, build certain structures, or make a certain amount of rent income to mostly meet the goals of each level.
The graphics are not great but they don’t need to be to enjoy this type of game. The sound, well nothing great either but again, it doesn’t matter.
So if you want something different and challenging, this is for you. It’s great for a relaxing weekend afternoon.
Great game!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This game was easy to play and a ton of fun…I really got hooked! It starts out simple but they keep adding new things that you can do and it becomes very challenging. This is a keeper.
Top of the Line Game!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I just LOVE these Build A Lot games! They’re straight forward, not complicated at all. Build A Lot 3 is the best so far! I finished all 3, including the Super Efficiency levels and had a blast doing it! When playing for Super Efficiency, some levels you really have to move to get them done in time. Some levels take many restarts and you do need a lot of paitence, but I had a blast trying to figure out which method to use to beat the levels. Hope they come out with Build A Lot 4 soon, I’m jonesing! lol I’d recommend these games to anyone, they’re simple and fun. Not really complicated like Sim City can be.
I’m Hooked
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I am hooked on this game. I have been playing for a day or two now. In the challenge mode you have some challenges and then a limited amount of time to reach the goal. This game will not appeal to everyone because it is not true to life and it is fairly simple. For someone like me who has little spurts of time to play easy games that don’t require a lot of learning time; this is a fun game.
Enjoy.
Repetitive
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
I played the 1 hour demo and had fun so I bought it. but it really doesn’t change much from that point on, and stopped playing it after a few more levels. They introduce more and bigger building (some of which have special powers you can exploit) but it never really changed the basic game play. It got old after a while, but I had 6-7 hours a fun out of it. probably won’t play it again.
Awesome
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I figured the free game they would offer would not be very fun. I was surprised. This is a challenging great sim game and would recomend if you like sim games.
Build A Lot
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Great Game. Allow a few minutes for the tutorial and about 5 hours once you start playing.
I would like to see the Collecting Meter visable discreetly all of the time. I’ve mistakeningly clicked on the Demolish button, better placement or a check would be good.
Quite a bit of Fun!
Friggin’ Addictive
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
While I’d like to say that when the amazon game download store opened with three or four free games I thought they’d be junk. I was wrong. I’ve only played this one so far and it probably sucked me in for a good 6 to 8 hours of total game play. The levels get progressively more difficult to the point that the last one is just a little absurd.
Overall it’s definitely fun but maddening.