Mini Motorways
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| Developer(s) | Dinosaur Polo Club |
| Platform(s) | iOS (Apple Arcade), Steam |
| Release | iOS September 19, 2019 Steam July 20, 2021 |
Mini Motorways is a puzzle strategy game released by New Zealand[1] studio Dinosaur Polo Club. The game tasks the player with creating roads connect colored houses to buildings.
The game was released on Apple Arcade in September 2019[2] and on the Steam store in July (20th 8:00am Pacific Time) 2021[3] and plans to release on the Nintendo Switch in early 2022.[4]
Gameplay
The game plays similarly to Mini Metro, its predecessor, except it involves building roads instead of rail networks.[5] The game consists of connecting colored houses which contain cars with buildings that share the same color with roads.[6][7] New buildings and houses appear randomly as the game progresses.[7] The buildings have pins which the cars of the correct color must collect.The score is the number of pins that have been collected. [8] After every week in game, the player receives upgrades such as more roads, bridges, motorways and traffic lights.[6] If not enough cars reach a building, a timer is set. Once a building's timer is full, the game is over.[8]
Reviews
Mini Motorways received generally positive reviews. Nathan Reinauer from TouchArcade praised the game's soundtrack and minimalistic art style, both similar to Mini Metro.[6]
The traffic light upgrade was criticized for its lack of usefulness in gameplay, often making the traffic worse.[6][9]
References
- ^ https://dinopoloclub.com/
- ^ "Mini Motorways". Metacritic. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
- ^ "Mini Motorways". Metacritic. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
- ^ Life, Nintendo (2021-05-24). "Apple Arcade's Mini Motorways Is Cruising Onto Switch Next Year". Nintendo Life. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
- ^ Gregson-Wood, Stephen. "Mini Motorways is a management game where you have to create road networks that's available on Apple Arcade". www.pocketgamer.com. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
- ^ a b c d "Apple Arcade: 'Mini Motorways' Review - More Micro Management". TouchArcade. 2019-09-30. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
- ^ a b Donlan, Christian (2019-09-23). "Mini Motorways is the gloriously organic sequel to Mini Metro". Eurogamer. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
- ^ a b Fisher, Carl 'The Disc' (2019-12-15). "Game Review: Mini Motorways (Mobile)". Games, Brrraaains & A Head-Banging Life. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
- ^ "Apple Arcade: Mini Motorways Is an Addictive Puzzle Game I Can't Stop Playing". The Mac Observer. 2019-09-24. Retrieved 2021-07-10.