Craftlands Workshoppe vs Rollercoaster Tycoon 4 Mobile
Craftlands Workshoppe
Craftlands Workshoppe is a tycoon-like game that’s filled with fun adventures. In this game, you’ve inherited the workshoppe of your mentor, Allcrafts – the only master craftsman who managed to master all the craftmanship skills available, and your goal is to revitalize his workshoppe business and maybe make a name for yourself!The gameplay here is pretty much what I’d expect of a “grind simulator”. What this means is that the game, being a tycoon, requires you to gather resources or buy them, turn them into more valuable goods via crafting, and then sell them off at a nice profit margin - though you don’t have much say as to how much you can price your items. Rinse and repeat.
The game lets you choose between 3 starting professions, namely Alchemy, Cook, and Blacksmith, and from there, you can earn enough to purchase licenses to unlock the other professions. The goal here is for you to master them all. There’s actually a fourth profession, which unlocks the Assembly table, but that can only be obtained once you’ve completed a milestone quest.
Crafting is fairly easy for both Alchemy and Cooking since it either involves waiting out the cooking time or making sure to spend enough energy to brew the potion properly. However, for blacksmithing, there’s a little mini-game that you’ll need to play in order to make an item. Basically, there will be a fast-moving indicator on a meter and your goal is to click whenever it enters a green area on the said meter. If you miss, you’ll have to start over, wasting all the effort and energy you might have spent.
In short, Craftlands Workshoppe is a rather grindy tycoon-like adventure game that has a pretty humorous streak. Due to how grindy it can get, the game might just not be everyone’s cup of tea. However, if you’ve always had a liking for crafting-based tycoons and the idea of managing your own shop, and that you don’t mind spending hours just grinding away gathering materials, crafting items or selling goods, then this game should be right up your alley!
Rollercoaster Tycoon 4 Mobile
Rollercoaster Tycoon 4 Mobile is the fourth installment and an exclusive mobile-only tycoon game that follows in the footsteps of its predecessors. However, being a mobile game, the gameplay in Rollercoaster Tycoon 4 Mobile had to be drastically "dumbed down" because well, there is so many menu buttons you can place on the screen of a mobile device, but if you take that into consideration, the game excels despite some of its glitches and shortfalls.Not to mention, in addition to the usual scenarios and sandbox mode, this game also has a unique corporation mode where you can compete with another player and his/her theme park to see who's the best tycoon around. You can even play the slots mini-game that the game provides, and share coaster blueprints with your friends. But ultimately, the main selling point I dare say, is that the game is free-to-play. Now, even people who can't afford to buy any of its previous games can experience the wonders that the Rollercoaster Tycoon franchise can bring.