Ever wonder what it must have been like back in the days of the great gold rush? Or better yet, ever wish you could have been there when gold was struck and a small settlement of people soon surrounded the area? The birth of a Boom Town; and that’s exactly what you have to do in this wonderfully detailed strategy game. Take complete control of a piece of land and start mining for gold. Use the money to build the ultimate Boom Town and attract more people to it. Fun, simple, and thoroughly engaging!
Boom Town makes you master of the land. You choose the bombs, you select the sites to mine, you collect the gold, you build the town (even blow it up if you like), you eventually buy more land, and you decide when to sell your gold, depending on the market price for the day. The game’s features take a little getting used to, but once you get a hang of things, Boom Town can keep you engaged for days!
You start off by buying and planting bombs, then driving around in your truck and picking up the ore. Depending on how much gold you mine in a day, you make the money that helps your town grow and flourish. There are upgrades for almost everything in this game. From your truck to your gold refinery to your mining permit that gives you access to newer bombs to structures you can build in your town, everything in Boom Town has to be earned! And earn you shall!
There are even individual upgrades like a vault to store unlimited gold till the price is good, an upgrade to extend your drop zone across the bottom of your land, a survey upgrade that points out where the gold is, and a lab upgrade that makes your bombs stronger. You can even move your drop zone across the map once you own more land. Boom Town is so detailed, it’s almost real. Building the town is tougher than getting the gold, also very realistic.
Buildings are unlocked as population increases, but try building on mined areas, else sometimes you’ll have to blow your own town up, and the townsfolk too. Ah well, sacrifices must be made. Oh, and the best part of the game is the GoldBoom. These are rare times when gold prices skyrocket and population explodes. Make the most of these by saving gold in your vault. If you’re lucky, you’ll make enough to go on a building frenzy after one of these awaited days.
The artwork in the game could have been a little more colorful, it seems a little monotonous though it follows a clean lay out. Everything is within easy reach and comprehension, a good job especially since the game has so many details. The soundtrack on the game is a peppy easy listening blast from the golden past, and keeps one company through the game. Put together, Boom Town is a well-made strategy game that also involves some driving, action and planning, a wonderful combination, so bomb up, retreat to a safe distance, and light that fuse! Fire in the hole!
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