Smurf’s Village for iPhone. Relive the memories, freemium style.

Posted Nov 18, 2010 at 2:32AM EST by QJ Staff

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The retro charm is amazing, and where nostalgia is concerned, Smurf's Village couldn't be more spot-on. If you watched Smurfs as a kid, you're going to be blown away by just how good everything looks, especially on the Retina Display. The increased pixel density makes all the sprites and animations that make up the game look incredible, and almost make you forget that you're playing a typical freemium farming game. At least for a while. While a lot of the game is made up of the trappings of social games (timed events, harvesting and collecting, purchasing items to speed things up, etc.), what sets Smurfs’ Village apart is how well it uses the Smurf license to its advantage. For example, Jokey Smurf – master of mischief, carrying exploding presents for all – will give you one item per day. It might be useful, or it might be just a gag; Timber Smurf can chop wood to be converted to gold in order to build more houses for more Smurfs to live in.

Smurfs’ Village also has a good amount of depth to it. There are a lot of crops to grow, missions to complete and things to build and upgrade. These missions, too, never feel contrived or forced. For instance, you can opt to send a Smurf out to keep watch for Gargamel. The plus side is, after a time, you’ll have more XP and gold. The downside is you’ll have one less Smurf to tend gardens or build structures. It’s a fun trade off. Basically, it comes down to this: If you grew up on the Smurfs, you need to download Smurf's Village just to check out how well Capcom nailed the look and feel of the game. Playing through the tutorial introduces some other smurfs, shows you the mini-games, and really just makes you wish they used that talent to build anything that wasn't a cookie cutter freemium farming game with withering. Otherwise, steer clear of this game.

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