4 stars

I’m giving it 5 stars for the algorithm but really I think it’s 4 stars. The combat is what hooked me in but the real reason I keep playing is the city building. There’s just so much happening all the time and the better you get at placing buildings and planning ahead the faster the chaos and fun ensues. Tbh the combat was the worst part about this game, it was a massive point sink and it was boring with decent payoff but it just ruined the rhythm of the game for me. I would have loved to see more done with the mounts. If the game had implemented a breeding system I think I would’ve had way more fun. Imagine each mount having different stat buffs for your villagers aside from just increasing movement tiles for them. Then instead of the weird tower defense combat system you could have a sort of brawl system similar to your boxing games or at the very least different tournament games that had to do with mounts. I do love kairosoft and this is probably the 10th game I purchased from them lol. This is one of the better games in the portfolio, I do highly recommend it even for new players.

Beautiful art, but not complex enough

I’ve been playing Kairosoft games since their first English release and own all their games. I’m a huge fan! Thank you for your hard work! Here is my review. ❌ You don’t get your own unique character ): Kairosoft allowed us to do this with other games, but not this one. ❌ I wish there was more to do and customize. I want to customize names, clothes, etc. We can only choose different jobs for villagers, but that’s it. I wish there was more complexity in the game. Dream Town Story is amazing because it has both layers and customization ability—players can rename characters, choose their partner, name their child, etc. Characters even had unique pets. ✅ They took what worked from Edo Towns and other town management game, and put them into this game and expanded on it. It’s good to see them take elements that works! Riding, changing jobs, building combos, the news announcing, etc. ✅ I haven’t experienced a bug or crashes. Kairosoft games are so stable. ✅ The pixel art is beautiful, as always. There’s variety to plants, buildings, and clothes. I want to play this game for years to come, so while it is beautiful and interesting, it just isn’t complex enough. You’ll replay the game to try different maps and find out all the building combos, but that’s it. There’s a limit to how you customize your game, which is only the characters’ jobs and where the buildings are placed.

One of my favorite Kairosoft games

I really enjoyed the gameplay! It’s obvious from the first look that they’ve invested a lot lf time and effort to create a beautiful Heian village. The color scheme is amazing and it really stands out. The different “side events” such as contests and request are set up so that you can enjoy the game at your own pace while always having some challenges if you feel up to it. The different animations of spirit guardians in towns are also super wholesome, not to mention the login screen at night time…overall the game is filled with rewarding details that makes the town management super enjoyable.

Maybe my favorite so far!

Just completed play through of the first area. It allows you to keep playing that area if you want to, and it will be fun to keep building my city. This might be my favorite Kairosoft game yet. It’s a good city builder, plus a lot of other side things to do like build up your residents so they can participate in various tournaments (my favorite is the poetry contest), and build up your guardians to defend the city in an RPG tower defense type of mini game. if you like Kairosoft games Dungeon Village or Ninja Village in particular, you will like this one. Cute graphics and sounds. Lots to do. Good little quests. Addictive in a good way. My phone does NOT get hot playing this and does not lose much battery at all while playing it. Thank you for that!! 🙌 Looking forward to continuing to build this city but also trying out the other areas now.

Not enough

I love kairosoft games but this one is just lacking. I was honestly rlly excited to have another game focused on building a village/ city since those are my favorites. However, I was disappointed when it came to actual gameplay. Not enough buildings. After unlocking an abundance of them in the beginning I thought it was gonna keep going, but no. Besides those, there’s only like like a handful of buildings left. Made me pretty sad bc that’s usually my favorite part Love the actual scenery and overall vibe of the land. RIVERS AND BRIDGESSSSS. The dimmer color palette especially when the seasons change. ITS ALL SO NICE, great art per usual Not able to do enough with the villagers. No partners, no children, no pets (rides don’t count lol) can’t change their clothes or anything without changing their jobs, I do like the jobs tho is pretty cool. Recommended for ppl who rlly like ninja story. Love this game tho just like every other kairosoft games, but I think it’s time for me to go make a new save on dream town story 😭

No more microtransactions

As a rehabilitating former whale, I can tell you that my addiction of making the biggest most amazing set of a cities zoos or whatever it is is satisfied by kairosoft. I’d rather buy all their games (individual separate applications not from this one application) spend 300 bucks grand total then spend 15k-20k on micro transaction heavy games.

Kind of short

This is only my 2nd Kairo game, my first being dream town story. I spent days and days playing DTS, i spent about maybe 5 hours total playing this. It was fun but when it ended i was left with the “that was it?” Feeling. It felt sudden and abrupt comparatively. I spent a lot of time lamenting over which of the games to buy next and I am bummed i ended up choosing this one cause I was just hoping for more out of it since it is newer. The art is cute, the fighting element was fun…onto the next game i guess.

HELLO MOBILE GAMER

I am a longtime Kairosoft fan and have been playing most of their games. This one in particular is wonderful and I enjoyed it throughly sinking around 6+ hours so far. The reused assets from previous games were pretty cool and it reminded me a lot of Ninja village (THE BEST KAIROSOFT GAME). Would definitely recommend if you enjoy Japanese history and culture as well as a fun city builder and tower defense game.

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