Fairy Godmother Tycoon - PC Game

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TonyMontana's Review - May 13, 2007 - View all my reviews (19)

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Fairy Godmother Tycoon: Warning: Addiction Curse!

I almost didn't give this brilliant game a chance - past experiences with tycoon games have left me a little cold towards them, but I'm glad I relented, and gave this one a shot.

This is one of the best games I've played - period!
Usually, tycoon games bore me comatose, but this one is a whole new ball game.

You master several fairy-tale style villages, until you've sent each of the competitor potion stores out of buisness, by checking the weather, to see what the likelihood of certain curses [swollen heads, broken hearts, irritable vowel syndrome, being set on fire, swearing, nudity, to name a few] will be, then buy the ingredients for the potions needed to cure these curses.
You can hire goons to help with marketing, or just an old fashioned strong-arming tactic, you can purchase upgrades for your stores, spells to help you sway customer loyalty, as well as help several fairy-tale characters in distress along the way.
If you should happen to go broke, the Fairy Godmother will pay off the loan-shark for you - just once, per village.

This differs greatly, from ANY tycoon game I have ever played, and I've played a LOT!
You won't be bored, it's just that much fun. :)

The animated villagers and goons are incredible, with the little animated curses each person may be suffering from, above their heads.
The soundtracks are perfect for this game, they are relaxing, and set the mood for the whole fairy-tale theme.
I can't fault it in any way.

Once you've completed the game, you can play it in happily ever after mode, just relaxing, and seeing how much cash you can make in each village.

You'd be missing out on something really good, if you didn't at least, download the demo.
You have nothing to lose, except hours - and hours - and hours -
Hours spent playing this fanciful enjoyable game :)

Huge thumbs up!

This review has an average score of 4.8 - Based on 124 ratings
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Alyxianna's Review - August 20, 2008 - View all my reviews (13)

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Totally bewitching

This has to be one of my favourite games of all time.

Before FGT, I've never played any tycoon games, but even then it wasn't too hard to pick up the strategies. It really does train your business savvy, albeit in a cute fairytale setting, with a wonderfully sarcastic twist. Think the Fairy Godmother in Shrek 2, yep, that kind of humour.

In this game, you play an apprentice to the Fairy Godmother, who makes people's wishes come true "for the PR, darling" using all sorts of wacky potions! Check the daily "weather reports", but instead of rainshowers and sunshine, you're looking to see whether there will be outbreaks of hilarious curses on the villagers. If the curse forecast is high, stock up on the ingredients, you'll run out quickly.

Also, allocate money to publicity, especially when starting out, using goons who range from cute (singing elves and such) to grotesque (trolls who'd intimidate shoppers to come your way instead of into the competitors' shops). Most importantly, put as much money into developing new potions as possible, that'll put you way ahead of your competitiors.

Along the way, you'll encounter all sorts of interesting characters straight from storybooks, and choosing the right things to say (they aren't instantly clear, mind you) may just give you some power boosts.

Even the graphics are awesome, and so's the sound; after playing I kept driving my sister insane by humming the cutesy, cheerful theme music.

I really can't find any fault with this game :)

This review has an average score of 3.6 - Based on 12 ratings
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LilyC's Review - October 29, 2007 - View all my reviews (18)

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Reformed Tycooner

I play tycoon games like they were going out of style. Ever play mall tycoon? I have. I thought I preferred live action tycoon games to 'buy your ingredients and hope for the best' tycoon games. This totally changed my mind.
The first time I played it I liked it, as the game became harder I found myself making bad choices and ending up worse off. Then my friend forced me to try it again as she explained what I was doing wrong. Turns out after years of mediocre tycoon games I was completely out of practice. Instead of stocking supplies and hitting start day you actually spend time before the day start. By the end of the game I was replacing goons, checking prices against the competitor thanks to my mole, checking the news, forecast, graphs and competitors information all before I would get around to buying supplies. The more customers you get the more likely you are to run out of supplies so even that was an actual aspect of the game. I can`t remember the last game where I used every tab in every section.
All that before the day started. Unlike other tycoon games you don`t just sit by passively during the day either. Or hit triple fast forward or go and make yourself a sandwich. Instead after the first few rounds when you get an idea about the flow of the crowds for when you put out your goons you get to upgrade spells. From stopping conversation to hooking groups of people more interested in your competitors or topping off your supplies mid day, or just seeing what people really think about your store I found myself actually playing through the day.
All around this is what tycoon games should be, all of them. Great backgrounds for screens you see all the time, mini quests, competitors who`s progress and eventual defeat you can watch, and who`s stores you can sabotage given the right goon, great game play. All that and the option to continue playing just for the spite of it. Love that and seriously what tycoon gamer wouldn`t?

This review has an average score of 3.5 - Based on 16 ratings
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