New York Nights: Success in the City

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Mobile [2]

Publisher's summary

• Mobile: "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!"

• iPhone: "You arrive in Manhattan fresh off the plane and have a little more than the shirt in your back. Find friends, find profitable enjoyment and hopefully true love. Dream big in the city that never sleeps!"

The plot centers around a player character (whose gender is chosen by the player) who have left their parents from Alabama and are seeking a new life in New York City. The character only has 40 days and during this period they have to make new friends, find a job and hopefully true love or else the "Game Over" condition will occur.

iPhone

The player only taps on the screen to point the area where his/her avatar will go. To chat with non-player characters, the player has to tap the interaction button prompted whenever near one. There is a lot of interactions that can be performed, such as chatting, flirting, and pranking. Many activities can be performed, depending on which location the player is at. Performing activities results in addition or subtraction of the player character's attributes (there are 16 of them). The player gets to visit the many famous landmarks of Manhattan.

Mobile

The player can use the directional pad (D-pad) or the numeric keypad to move the player character. To chat with non-player characters; the player has to come close to the one and press the button on the center of the D-pad or 5 on the numeric keypad when prompted to interact. There is a heavy amount of interactions that can be performed. There are lots of activities and actions that can be performed, such as eating pizza, watching television (TV) and getting a tan. These actions contribute to the four attributes of the character (they are: Health, Beauty, Humor, and Culture). The player visits facades commonly found in NYC.

Due to its success which reached to 4 million downloads, New York Nights received generally positive reviews from gaming companies such as IGN and Pocketgamer who gave the game an 8.8/10 and 8/10 points respectively. It also became subject to many 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[3]

“Attractive, funny and definitely worth a fling - just don't tell the wife.” -Pocketgamer (8/10 silver award)[4]

Other game reviewers such as GameSpot Asia[5] 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[6] 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".[7]

• iFans
• iLadyPod
• Gamespot Asia
• Slidetoplay
• PCmag.com