Plant Tycoon

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I really love the games produced by Last Day of Work. I own every single one of them! Plant Tycoon is their latest release and it is as good, if not better, than their other titles.

The object of this game is to grow plants in your nursery and sell them, cross-breed them and discover the magic plants of Isola!

This is a wonderfully slow simulation game that requires patience and perseverance. Like Fish Tycoon and Virtual Villagers, Plant Tycoon takes place in real time. It takes several hours (depending on which time setting you choose) for a plant to grow from seed to bloom. I tend to start the game off and leave it running in the background, checking on it every 30 minutes or so.

You also can collect insects that happen to be crawling or buzzing around your nursery. Once you catch an insect and add it to your collection, any subsequent similar insects are turned into cash. This can be a GREAT help early in the game, when money is tight.

With over 500 possible plant breeds to grow and very limited storage space for your seed collection, keeping track of what you're planting is a must. The peeps at the LDW forums have uploaded different tracking charts and even a virtual seed container that can really help! You can also find walk-throughs and other hints there.

Some tips and tricks -

• Get some paper and pencils ready. I found it necessary to track all of my cross breed attempts in order to find the secret to the magic plants.
• Be patient! This is a slow game and that is part of it's beauty. Unless you know exactly which plants you need and how to breed them, completing the game in a few hours is impossible - which is great!
• Adjust the prices! Some plants can sell for $600 or more! Find out which ones they are and breed a lot of them to boost your income!
• Buy the seeds from the shop! Often, some of the magic plants can be grown from those seeds.
• Upgrade your soil as soon as you can. Higher level soils allow you to grow those fragile hybrids.

For more information, tips, tricks and hints about this game, please visit the following forums:

Last Day of Work
PlayFirst
Game Cafe

I truly love this game and give it a 10 out of 10!