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Enchanted Realm – become Lord of the village tasked to Build a Massive Kingdom

<img alt="Enchanted Realm – become Lord of the village tasked to Build a Massive Kingdom" class="aligncenter" src="http://palmdesertlife.com/Enchanted-Realm-In-game-view-550x330.png"> Enchanted Realm is a cheerful and highly polished tycoon game with a medieval twist. The game has been developed by Game Insight, the company behind the hugely popular titles My Country, Rock the Vegas, Crime Story and Paradise Island. This newer game places you as the Lord of a quaint medieval community and your job is to grow your town into a prosperous and content kingdom. It’s another take on an already popular genre which is very well developed and full of immersive casual gameplay and tasks. Price: Free Tested on: HTC Desire HD Content Rating: Everyone ProsPlush graphics!Levels to achieve and items to unlock!Share things with friends!Collections! ConsHaving the music on all the time becomes a test of strength.Very casual, not much continuous gameplay. Enchanted Realm is a slick tycoon game with a medieval/castle/kingdom/fantasy theme. You are escorted and advised along your journey by a voluptuous and doe-eyed princess who pops up and tells you how you are progressing from time to time. You begin with very little and the aim is to get your township up and running. To have a working kingdom you need crops to grow in order to make goods and places to then turn those goods into money. So, you start with crops such as carrots and wheat, and places like a market and a bakery and, as you increase levels (points provided based on activity), you also gain more prosperous means to make money, such as a tavern or a weapon shop. You also need to house your peasants and there are of course a number of housing options available. You can make your budding kingdom pretty with an arrangement of ornaments. You can improve your castle, use magic to solve problems, expand your kingdom outwards and acquire various collections. The more I have played this game, the more it reminds me of Cityville, albeit with a magical twist. I’ve spoken before about ‘thresholds’ in tycoon games. It kind of represents how long you can play the game before you run out of energy/money and need to either go away and wait for these to replenish, or invest real money into the games virtual currency. I think with Enchanted Kingdom this is unfortunately quite low. I found gameplay became very sporadic when you enter the game, harvest crops, replant more and restock shops, etc. You can do all these things in less than a few minutes. Then you run out of energy and have to leave the game, or get your wallet out. The game does however have all kinds of treats in store for the patient (or wealthy). There’s a fun plot line involving magic and witches – good and bad, in addition to a diverse range of missions and tasks to fulfil. There’s a lot of potential there if you are not put off by the low threshold. I think once you get into the game, that is the ebb and flow and schedule of checking in on your crops, businesses, castle and mission objectives, the game has huge potential to be lots of fun and something you got back for time and time again. I think if you’re a fan of the tycoon genre gaming, this is a neat and polished addition and certainly something a fan could really get into. However, I think as the game seems to have a relatively low threshold of gameplay (that is, the amount of time you can play the game at any one time without needing to buy in-game currency in order to replenish energy, etc.), I am unsure whether it will attract new gamers to the tycoon genre. The graphics are beautiful and drip in color and vibrancy. The animations are all nicely detailed and the whole appearance of the game looks well, quite enchanting! The sound effects for the various tasks you perform; replenishing stocks, harvesting crops, etc. is pretty typical of similar games. The music, however, is an electronic dubbing of a traditionally medieval ditty which grates severely after a short time. Less appealing than Nyan Cat!<img alt="Loading" id="fancy_notificationimage" src="http://palmdesertlife.com/indicator.gif" title="Loading">Updating...Tags: 3D, 3D Games, Android App, Android Apps, Android Game, AndroidTapp.com App Review, Crime Story, Enchanted Kingdom, Game Insight, My Country, Paradise Island, Rock the Vegas, Tycoon

Enchanted Realm – become Lord of the village tasked to Build a Massive Kingdom

Enchanted Realm is a cheerful and highly polished tycoon game with a medieval twist. The game has been developed by Game Insight, the co...

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Fancy – A Social Networking App For The Things You Like

Fancy is an engaging and cool social networking app. The app is a portal to the main site but it gives you the ability to post, share, view, comment and ‘Fancy’ as much as you like. Described as ‘part blog, part magazine and part bookmarking tool’, Fancy is all about style and cool stuff. If you’re a fan of fashion, gadgets, style and shopping… this might well be you’re next big thing. 
Price: Free 
Tested on: HTC Desire HD 
Content Rating: Everyone 
Pros 
Easy to view, share, comment, Fancy and exploreNicely designGrowing communityEasy navigationSimple to add items of interest 
Cons 
If I see one more wooden iPad case… 
A friend recommended this app/site to me and since then I’ve been pretty addicted to it. Think of it like window-shopping on your mobile device. Fancy is all to do with style and cool. The app features user-submitted content of various gadgets, clothing, housewares, stationary, photographs and so much more. Just very cool things, all in one place. The idea is you can browse though these ‘Fancy’ the things you like (similar to liking or +1 on other social networks), comment or share. Most items are linked to where you can buy them (or at least see how much they cost!). 
The UI permits you to view newly submitted content, browse categories: Men’s, Women’s, Kids, Pets, Home, Gadgets, Art, Food, Media and Other. Then you can view whatever areas that interest you the most (for me it was gadgets!). There is also the ability to shuffle through items, this is random and not just the chronologically submitted stuff. 
All-in-all it’s pretty neat. The only downside, if you want to call it that, is that the network is swarming, veritably teeming, with Apple fans. For every incredibly cool see-through music speaker system or gorgeous watch there’s several iPhone/iPad related products. Seriously, there are so many wooden iPad cases here it’s a little ridiculous. This aside, it’s a fun app, easy to use and chock full of delicious items. 
Fancy is a useful app to use to access the full website, and it gives you a variety of integrated options. How ‘useful’ you consider window shopping in this way is down to you, but if you have a massive budget, this is great for finding cool gifts! 
Without a doubt, fancy is incredibly easy to use. It’s very intuitive and straightforward to Fancy, comment, view, explore and share. 
I personally tend to check out the new posts every couple of days. There’s always a slew of new content and it’s a fun way to wind down. 
The interface is incredibly simple. Well designed (naturally for the type of app it is!) and easy to navigate it’s also responsive and fast. Perfect for browsing.

Fancy – A Social Networking App For The Things You Like

Fancy is an engaging and cool social networking app. The app is a portal to the main site but it gives you the ability to post, share, view...

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