Developers: Electronic Arts
Category: Freemium, Games
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 4.3 or later. This app is optimized for iPhone 5.
Rating: Rated 12+ for the following: Infrequent/Mild Horror/Fear
Themes, Infrequent/Mild Simulated Gambling, Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy
Violence, Infrequent/Mild Profanity or Crude Humor, Infrequent/Mild Alcohol,
Tobacco, or Drug Use or References
For more information and to download the app go to its iTunes Preview Page.
STEPH SAID
Rating: 
Review:
This has become my favorite game app. If you like The
Simpsons, you will this app too. The game starts with Homer playing with his MyPad
at work. He was so focused on the game that he didn’t notice a red alert and,
consequently, did nothing about it. There was a nuclear explosion and
everything was wiped out Springfield: every house, every shop, every tree. Your
task is to rebuild Springfield.
What is great about this game is that it looks like the
series. Every house and store looks exactly as it does in the cartoon. Also, as
you keep leveling up and adding houses and stores, more characters arrive at
your Springfield. You can hear the characters talk and you can give them
specific tasks that go in hand with their personalities and hobbies. For
example, you can make Lisa study, babysit Flander’s kids or play the Sax; while
Apu can either work endless shifts in the Kwik-E-Mart, feed the octuplets or
pray to Ganesh.
Something that I love about the characters is their constant
breaking of the fourth wall. They talk about the game they’re in and about the
player. I find it hilarious.
Even though the app is free, you can pay real money to buy
in-game currency: Donuts. The Donuts are used to buy special things or places
or to speed up a process. They are useful but expensive. The good news is you
don’t need Donuts to play the game. You will earn some donuts when you level up
or when or complete certain tasks, but I don’t think there will be a lot of
Donuts to earn.
The game gives you the option of signing into Origin. I
strongly recommend this for many reasons. First, your progress will be saved
online and can be accesses through any iOS device. If your iPod dies (like it
happened to mine), you can rest assured that you game is safe and you’ll be
able to play it again from where you left of. Also, when you sign up for Origin
you receive two donuts, and you’ll receive five donuts when you first invite a
friend. Which leads me to the third reason, you can add “friends” and visit
their Springfields and earn money and experience while you’re at it. I wrote
“friends” because sometimes you don’t even have to know the person. If you read
the app’s reviews on iTunes you’ll see many players giving their username and
asking to add them. And you can, and may, add them. That way you both will have
another friend to visit. So, if you don’t know anyone that plays this game, or
even if you do, you can these people.
You can also add me if you wish: smpm22.
