The Oregon Trail: American Settler

The Oregon Trail: American Settler is a freemium game developed by Gameloft and released on November 17, 2011. It is a spin-off of the 1982 video game The Oregon Trail.

The Oregon Trail: American Settler
Cover art
Developer(s)Gameloft
Publisher(s)Gameloft
SeriesThe Oregon Trail
Platform(s)iOS
ReleaseNovember 17, 2011
Genre(s)Freemium city builder
Mode(s)Single-player

Gameplay

Taking place narratively after a player completes a standard game of The Oregon Trail, players of American Settler have to build a new town in the frontier. Like many other freemium titles, players have to acquire money and use it to purchase buildings and other goods to keep production flourishing.[1] The game play is similar to other games from the same genres of farming simulator, such as FarmVille, and FrontierVille sharing the same top down perspective of the landscape.[2]

Release

American Settler was released November 17, 2011.[3]

Reception
Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic66[4]
Review scores
PublicationScore
GameZebo[3]
Multiplayer.it65/100

The game has a Metacritic rating of 66% based on 4 critic reviews.[4] Multiplayer claimed the game was fun at first, but soon went downhill. They gave the game a 65/100.[5]

gollark: Do you really think we don't have conscious fundamental particle technology?
gollark: Prove it.
gollark: You'll still exist. You'll just be 235 or more muon neutrinos.
gollark: I reserve the right to convert you into 235 or more muon neutrinos, <@738361430763372703>.
gollark: It works, but poorly.

References
  1. Erin, Bell. "The Oregon Trail: American Settler - App Review". Retrieved 2018-05-10.
  2. "The Oregon Trail: American Settler Review". TouchArcade. December 2011. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
  3. Jim, Squires (November 17, 2011). "The Oregon Trail: American Settler Review". Gamezebo. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
  4. "The Oregon Trail: American Settler (iOS) reviews at Metacritic.com". Metacritic. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
  5. Pugliese, Tommaso (December 15, 2011). "The Oregon Trail: Pionieri d'America". Multiplayer.it (in Italian). Retrieved October 27, 2014.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.