2023 Author: Gordon Kinson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-05-24 11:09
The genre of economic strategies, despite its rather trivial name, gained wide popularity more than ten years ago and to this day attracts the attention of a wide gaming audience. At the same time, more and more such projects are being adapted for mobile devices, which allows you to continue the game anywhere and at any time.
Developer / Publisher: Realore
Download Divine Academy for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch (App Store).
In our today's roundup, Divine Academy by Realore Games is a mixture of farming and city-building simulator in an antique setting. According to the plot, Zeus and company opened a special academy on Olympus, whose students are preparing to become great gods.
The teachers here are Aphrodite, Hermes, Athena, Artemis, Ares and other well-known characters who constantly puzzle the player with new tasks. As befits the eminent gods, each of them tries to impose their own philosophy on the student - Hermes teaches how to make money, Artemis - to preserve nature, Ares - to fight enemies, while they regularly argue about the advantage of one direction or another.
Initially, the player is allocated a small piece of land, completely overgrown with grass and trees, which must be turned into a prosperous settlement. For this it is necessary to build houses, plant vegetable gardens, extract timber, develop science, raise the cultural level, etc. At the same time, it is necessary to maintain a balance - each building, update or process in one way or another affects the infrastructure of the entire city and the pace of its development. If we compare Divine Academy with the desktop hits of the last decade, then most of all the game resembles the legendary Zeus: Master of Olympus.
Naturally, the gameplay is not limited to the construction of buildings and the performance of various tasks, the antique setting assumes the presence of mythical creatures, magic, artifacts, etc. The player will have to explore the ruins in search of various relics, restore sacred obelisks, fight against dark forces and much more. For this there is a whole book of spells, as the study of which expands the capabilities of the newly-made god - Zeus's lightning, destroying unexpected guests, acceleration for quick construction and improvement of buildings, instant collection of resources, etc. To use magic, you need to repeat the given figure with your finger, and also have a sufficient amount of mana falling out to the location in the form of drops. Raising the level, the player increases the supply of magical power, and as tasks are completed, he learns new, more effective spells.
As with many other similar strategies, the most scarce resource at Divine Academy is time - construction and farming processes can take from a few minutes to several hours. They can be accelerated with the help of magic or special crystals, obtained either for completing tasks, or for donating real money into the game. You can get the rest of the resources - gold, wood and food - at the expense of buildings and workers. It will also not be superfluous to connect your Facebook account in order to regularly extract additional resources in the cities of friends. In addition, many useful little things can be found on the map, for example, a gold-bearing sheep, from which coins, chests, rubble, etc. fall out.
Overall, Divine Academyis an example of a successful adaptation of an economic strategy to mobile devices - it is comfortable to play it even on a small iPhone screen. The gameplay is quite exciting - as new lands are discovered, the possessions are expanded, more and more complex tasks are completed, and a small settlement develops to the size of a full-fledged policy, game sessions can take several hours.
The graphic and sound design of the game raises no objections. The city is not static, its inhabitants constantly perform some actions, all processes are beautifully animated and voiced, while the game is completely translated into Russian. As a plus, one can also note the loyal monetization system, which allows you to download and play comfortably in Divine Academy for free without pouring real money.
Download Divine Academy for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch (App Store).
See also:
- Lara Croft Go is a turn-based strategy game for iPhone and iPad.
- Calvino Noir is an atmospheric stealth game for iPhone and iPad.
- The legendary Final Fantasy VII is out for iPhone and iPad.
- Worms 4 for iPhone and iPad is available for download from the App Store.
