Do you like real estate? Then you will love this game
Saturday, June 5, 2010 6:32So, how do you fancy yourself running a gigantic real estate empire? In Be Rich you can certainly give it your best shot.
Your primary objectives in this real estate, time management game is to gain money, while spending it. At first, you give yourself a name , a company name and choose who you want as your Assistant Manager (out of a possible of three people ). Alas, CEO Mr. Wealthy McRich, armed with his trusty Assistant you launchthe company ‘BigMoney.Inc’ in pursuit of a dream .
A simple tutorial begins, which you can skip. However, and I recommend this with all games, no matter how much you think you know, you should always wise to play out the tutorial. After leaning the basics in Career Mode you travel from place to place , building homes , selling them, upgrading them , buying small shops , having sales, receive payments , repairing, decorating and much, much more. All the things you do, either increase citizens’ happiness or increase the daily amount of money earned. You can easily get to grips with these types of free online games. In minutes I was an expert, unlocking various prizes and titles which in return allowed me to upgrade my empire.
In Be Rich you’ll spend most of your time overseeing your vast housing control over the land. Although it starts out simple, you eventually end up being bombarded with tens of things to do at once . A certain objective on one of the levels was to gain a certain amount of money in the bank so I could build a bridge and start developing on the other side of the river. Not only that, I had to increase the daily revenue to a certain amount . The ‘expert’ award required this to be completed in 15 days . It was very exciting on day 13th ( every days lasts around 10 real-time seconds ) when striving for the ‘expert’ award, I didn’t think I would accomplish it in time. I found myself clicking everywhere , repairing certain houses , receiving cheques, making a sale at the nearby store I owned just to try and complete my objectives before the end of the day.
Graphically, Be Rich is satisfactory. It is easy on the eyes and the animations are done well enough. If, by any chance, you get frustrated at the repeating soundtrack you can easily turn it off ,option that most flash games provide. On the subject of longevity, I think it does the job. While playing the Career mode you unlock 7 different types of houses that are all statistically different, 5 different buildings and 5 different decorations.
As well as Career mode, there is also Sandbox mode. This mode is great if you want a quick play after you have finished the Career mode and became a little ‘expert’. In practice, it gives you freedom. You are given a large plot of land and a sum of money. This is where most of your time will be spent as there are no limits or restrictions in this mode .
For people who are generally interesting in money-making, marketing or property, you will enjoy this more than the average person. Although this is not a free game I can guarantee that this frantic time-management game is worth every penny. After all, where and how else can you build your perfect housing estate, your empire, your paradise?
