![]() When this happens, you enter a find the hidden object sort of minigame that serves as a very entertaining distraction from the main game. Occasionally you will come upon rifts in time where things like airplanes or pirate ships from future eras will suddenly appear in the middle of your map. It doesn’t require a whole lot of thought, but you still get all the satisfaction and reward that comes from building a tribe from nearly scratch. The simplicity of it all will definitely turn off fans of game like Civilizations, but as a short burst mobile game, it works really well. The challenge comes from doing things quickly, but you are never on a timer. You won’t be assigning jobs to specific tribesmen, or carefully delegating a certain number of people to a certain task, it’s all automatic. Want to build a house? Tap the empty lot. Want to feed the hungry worker? Tap the food supply. Want to cut down that tree for wood? Tap it. There isn’t much to get in your way of relegating tasks to the tribesmen, other than the occasional fire, or enemy who can be either tapped away, or scared away if you’ve got a pet dinosaur.Īttending to the assorted needs of the tribes is as simple as tapping what you need. Each tribe you come upon needs homes built, food and gold gathered and assorted repairs implemented. Jack of all Tribes is a resource management game. When it comes to iOS games, usually you’ll be clicking through the text as quickly as you can. Every word out of your mouth is unpredictable, and makes the text between levels worth paying attention to. It can be humorous, and even seems to subtly poke fun at organized religion. Your character makes references to modern day luxuries much to confusion of Rainbow, and even makes fun of the tribes beliefs. From there you and an attractive woman named Rainbow, who acts as your guide, move from tribe to tribe commanding the inhabitants to work. It’s a log flume ride that pretty much jettisons you off into the prehistoric past where underdeveloped tribes automatically accept you as their leader saying that the fates brought you to them. You begin the game with little context as you climb onto a ride at some undefined carnival. To top it all off, it even has good dialogue telling a pretty interesting story-for an iOS game, anyway. It’s a great-looking, easy-to-play, quick-to-load game with lots to offer. Where the heck did this game come from? I went into Jack of all Tribes with no expectations, and I left with one of my personal favorite iPhone experiences in quite some time.
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