7.6 /10 1 Votes
7/10 Pocket Gamer Series Nights Platforms Java, iOS | 8.2/10 GameSpot Initial release date 2005 Developer Gameloft | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Designer(s) Barbara Laurent, Stainlas Dewarvin Programmer(s) Dominique Canzeri, Stefan Podea, Simon Boucher, Mathieu Latremouille Writer(s) Jess Kimball, Alexis Green-Painchaud Genre(s) Dating simulator, Virtual Life, Strategy and simulation Sound Romain Gauthier, Nicola Archambault, Mathieu Vachon Similar Nights games, Gameloft games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New york nights success in the city gameplay review
New York Nights: Success in the City (or just "New York Nights") is a game developed and released by Gameloft for the Mobile Phone (which was released in 2005). Due to its success, it was later released for the iPhone (which was released in 2009). It has very cartoonish 2D graphics and is very much like The Sims video games. A sequel, New York Nights 2: Friends For Life was later released (for the Mobile phone). A spin-off entitled Miami Nights: Singles in the City was also released and was intended for the Nintendo DS. This game is part of the Night series by Gameloft.
Contents
- New york nights success in the city gameplay review
- New york nights success in the city gameloft
- Publishers Summary
- Plot
- Gameplay
- Version Differences
- Reception
- Reviews
- Official Websites
- References
The cover art often shows 4 people (2 males and 2 females) seen standing right next to each other as they see tons of cash floating in the air in the middle of Times Square. However, a different cover art is shown on the Japanese version of the game.
New york nights success in the city gameloft
Publisher's Summary
iPhone Version
Your arrive in Manhattan fresh off the plane with a little more than the shirt in your back. Find friends, find profitable employment and hopefully true love.
'"Dream big in the city that never sleeps!"
Mobile Version
For as long as you can remember, you have had only one desire: to leave the small town in Alabama where you grew up and take on one of the most glamorous and exciting places in the world: New York City! Guess what? Your dream has finally come true! You have enough cash to see you through forty days, so establish yourself in the Big Apple: make friends, find a job, and start yourself on the path to becoming rich and famous. Who knows, you might even find true love! Remember, time is always ticking away, so if you haven’t made a name for yourself in forty days, it’s right back to square one!
'"Work, live, date and make it big in the city!"
Plot
The plot centers around a playable character (male or female) that has left his parents from Alabama and tries his/her luck in the city that never sleeps. The character only has 40 days and during this period he/she has to make new friends, find a job and find true love or else he will lose the game.
Gameplay
iPhone Version
Mobile Version
Version Differences
The games differs from the iPhone to the mobile version in many ways:
Reception
Owing to its remarkable achievement of garnering 4 million downloads, "New York Nights" garnered broadly favorable critiques from gaming entities like IGN and Pocketgamer, which rated the game 8.8/10 and 8/10 respectively. Furthermore, it attracted considerable attention in the form of numerous game reviews.
“There is always something to do, it's easy to play (...) and advance the story, and the game has a wonderful sense of humor.” -IGN
“Attractive, funny and definitely worth a fling - just don't tell the wife.” -Pocketgamer (8/10 silver award)
Other game reviewers such as GameSpot Asia gave the game an 8.2/10 reviews, iFans.com also gave it an 8.2/10 saying that the game was "GREAT, especially for those gamers who likes The Sims 3. "
Slidetoplay gave it a 3.0/5 and PCmag gave the game a 4.5/5 reviews saying that the game was "Excellent...Just as long as you go home and take the subway before 3:00am".