Watching the peasants wander around suffering from giant heads and too much swearing is entertaining in itself! Not to mention the sheer hilarity of the curses themselves. Or how about the tortoise and hare, whose famous race ended unexpectedly not due to the hare's laziness, but greedy wolves with sleeping pills, out to win a bet. You'll meet Miss Muffet who's having problems with Spider, a leather-biker who's set up a bar next to her "Curds n' Whey" restaurant. The Fairy Godmother naturally has a reputation for being a do-gooder, and so various fairy-tale characters will drop by your store asking your assistance. The develops took a page from the type of humour we see in the world of "Shrek". These can include accumulating a certain net-worth, outdoing the competition, or increasing your overall cash wealth.īut what really shines in "Fairy Godmother Tycoon" is its tongue-in-cheek sense of fairy-tale humour. Improvements and upgrades such as faster potion makers, in-store entertainment, and even the storefront itself will affect peasants' opinions.Įach level has very tycoon-like requirements. Over time, if you provide a good experience for them, they will begin to like your store better. Peasants start off with a favourite store each level. You then purchase what you believe to be an appropriate amount of ingredients, set the prices according to the demand you expect, throw a little marketing into the mix, and away you go. These news chunks give you a heads up in regards to what the peasants will or will not be suffering from that day, as well as other expectations. Or perhaps it will read "Rainstorm washes out local waterspouts - Itsy Bitsy Spiders flood the market (literally)!", letting you know the potion ingredient "Itsy Bitsy Spiders" will be on sale. You may receive such headlines as "Peasants set selves on fire to protest overly dramatic forms of protesting." Which indicates a lot of peasants are going to be cursed to be on fire that day.
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The game runs in a series of days, and each day you receive a bulletin informing you of the "Curse Forecast" and other news. You can research new potions, and therefore gain an edge on your competition by having a greater variety to sell to peasants. Potions are built using various ingredients, but at the beginning of each level you will only be capable of creating one potion. Then, you meet The Fairy Godmother herself who professes she needs your help to build a potion empire that will rule all the land.Īs you begin the first level, aptly titled "Tutorialville", you are introduced to the ins and outs of being a potion creator and salesperson. When you start out in "Fairy Godmother Tycoon", you have the opportunity to select a fairy avatar that will represent you in Onceuponia. But there is a lot of depth to this game, which is carried out near seamlessly and without reserve. "Fairy Godmother Tycoon" could easily be misconstrued as "just another tycoon game" at first glance. You encounter more and more competition, increased complexity and expenses in the potions you create, and peasants who grow ever more skeptical of your capabilities. Providing you can prove to them your store is worth visiting and your potions worth buying, which starts off relatively easy but becomes increasingly difficult. The townsfolk in each level are only too happy to buy your goods.
You hop from locality to locality in the land of Onceuponia, hocking potions to cure such ills as excessive swearing and giant heads.
"Fairy Godmother Tycoon" puts you in charge of The Fairy Godmother's empire of potion supplying chain stores. And a lack of scruples is exactly what gives this game its flair and panache.
You see a demo link unscrupulously pop up on the main page here at GameSpot and think to yourself, "They can't be serious."īut they are. By CMJR | Review Date: "Fairy Godmother Tycoon" is one of those games that you scoff at.
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