Build in Time - PC Game - Reflexive Arcade

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• Travel through 6 decades of American history!

• Buy observatories, pirate ships and more!

• Strategize home placement for maximum bonuses!

• Earn stars and awesome Life Rewards!

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KikiMinx's Review - June 16, 2008 - View all my reviews (24)

Full Version (PC)

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What a SUCCESS!

I was dubious about the instant appearance of thievery of the Build-a-lot premise as i'm a big supporter of that fantastic game, BUT there's been enough adaptation here to make it successfully stand on it's own, hurrah!

Good Bits: A good timeline, great and plentiful upgrades, fast gameplay, a lot of logic and tactics, value for money, brain boggling, and more importantly... interest!
This is a very good all round game, and pretty novel. You'll be hooked in minutes and still playing days later. It's not too easy or hard and very very playable and addictive.
You here have, building, matching, timers, upgrades (that you can sell), lots of levels, workforce, and rewards. Fabulous!

Bad Bits: Surprisingly few. It's a mind overload you'll either love or hate. The storyline's a bit predictable, a few lots are hard to see, but to be honest i'm just scraping to find faults here.

An important thing, I feel, to review is whether a game is good value for money. Whether you'll get a good amount of play time from it because there's an awful lot of games on here that can almost be completed in a couple of hours and are therefore shameful in their price. This however IS good value and I bought it after the demo expired because I could clearly see there was a long way to go and I was hooked enough to give in! So yes, worth it.

The gameplay gets fast quickly and in conclusion I would say that this is a fantastic update on relatively few of these games. If you liked build-a-lot or even diner dash, this is a superior mix of the two types :-) I couldn't recommend it more so demo and try and you'll probably end up buying like me!

This review has an average score of 4.3 - Based on 36 ratings
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bkalesti's Review - June 17, 2008 - View all my reviews (5)

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Build In Time comes just in time to blow Build-a-lot out of the water!

I heard about Build-a-lot a few months ago, I decided I could hardly stand it. But here comes Reflexive to the rescue once again, with their latest and greatest hot title....Build In Time!! Boy after playing hour after hour of this charming game, I came to fully realize the genius behind it. It is funny that nearly all of the reviewers compare it to Build-a-lot, but Build In Time is far, far superior to that strange game.

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Building houses for customers, and then move them in quickly...boring right? Wrong! The timing and rhythm of the game quickly enters your system, and the ability to help build and paint buildings by clicking, keeps YOU active throughout the entire game! It is fun trying to match houses in three-in-a-row patterns for bonuses and super powered building capabilities. And the customers that come in have varying degrees of patience, and if they get mad look out! I won't give too much away, but the game play is five stars, and it boy oh boy does it rise to the top of the genre! If all of this wasn't enough, the game progresses through 6 decades of American history, unlocking new houses and seeing new customers along the way that fit the era! And wow! I had forgotten about the headlines of each decade that appear in the newspaper, The Decade Times, an awesome feature that tunes you in to the times. Such fun!

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The animations and characters are very charming. I also love seeing new background environments and of course the homes you get to buy and upgrade. The game is very friendly looking, unlike so many click management games, that seem to have quasi-realistic images mixed in with out of place cartoons.

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Great tunes. Reflexive once again breaks all records for musicality in their games. I love the music in Music Catch, and Build In Time's decade music is no exception!

Overall, this is a great game. I had no let downs when I got the full version. So c'mon, what are you waiting for?

This review has an average score of 3.9 - Based on 27 ratings
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crystalrayn's Review - June 16, 2008

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Build in time is awesome

This game is like buildalot 1&2 and cakemania 1&2 there's fun and exitement on every level and you get to help the builders build and the painters paint I garentee if you liked buildalot and cake mania you'll love this fast paced building game I know I loved it and I hope you do to enjoy :)

This review has an average score of 3.8 - Based on 6 ratings
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