We Rule
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| Developer(s) | Newtoy, Inc. |
| Publisher(s) | Ngmoco |
| Platform(s) | Android, iOS |
| Release date(s) |
iOS: March 20, 2010 iPad: April 01, 2010 |
| Genre(s) | Simulation, RPG |
We Rule was a game developed by Newtoy and published by ngmoco for the iOS platform. It was available for download on the iPhone, iPod touch and the iPad on the App Store or iTunes, and attracted many users since its release in March 2010. Although a free app, customers were able to buy in-app purchases; as of April 2010 it was the highest-grossing free-to-download game for the iOS. Within weeks of release, We Rule was estimated to have been downloaded millions of times, with approximately two million user sessions per day. Its gameplay was in part inspired by the Zynga game FarmVille.[1]
On February 1, 2013 We Rule was removed from the Appstore alongside other ngmoco games. The app continued to receive support until March 31, 2013 when its service ended and We Rule became unplayable.[2] Unlike some ngmoco games which continued to function after support ended, We Rule no longer functions.
Gameplay
In We Rule, players ruled and had complete control over their Kingdom. Players begin with a tutorial, which eventually ended when the player has completed certain objectives. When beginning, players mainly profit from farming. Later in the game (but still in the tutorial) players could build houses and shops. Shops served as the reason for needing a Plus+ account to play (any player can sign up right away after downloading We Rule). When one player had a shop that had already been constructed and opened, another player (who must be friends on We Rule with that person) could make an order for some items from their shop. Houses have a smaller impact on the game. When purchasing a house, players had to pay 100 Coins for each house, and could then collect taxes from each house every five minutes. The tax collected was ten Coins. Coins and Mojo play a very critical part in the game. Coins are simply the money used in We Rule, while Mojo is different. Mojo could be used to make crops grow instantly, make buildings construct instantly and make a friend's order be ready instantly. Players could purchase Mojo using real money for various prices and quantities. Mojo could also obtained as players level up, which was done by collecting XP (experience points) by collecting crops and coins, completing objectives, and placing buildings. Players could also decorate their Kingdom with many trees and other accessories. Besides shops, many other interesting buildings were available.
With a content update, We Rule's the level system allowed players to reach level 30 from the former 25. With this update the game's creators disabled power-leveling items such as Magic Cauliflower- and Asparagus, but added several rewards: the Ruby Citadel (available at level 30), Ruby Groves (level 26), Stocks (level 15) and Prison (level 15). A subsequent update shortly after the expansion to 30 levels reinstated Magic Cauliflower and Asparagus.
On June 19, 2010, Ngmoco Inc. released a Podcast discussing a new update which would allow the player to have several plots of land, known as realms, each gained or purchased at levels 15, 20, 25, and 30, as well as bug fixes. On June 26, Apple finalized the update and released it as We Rule 1.1.
On October 26, 2010, Apple finalized another major update. We Rule becomes We Rule : Quests, which enables players to take up optional quests that yield various rewards. These quests require the player to make use of their plus+ friends and order specific items from them, thus completing the quest once the other party has completed the order and sent it. Quest rewards come in the form of Experience points, Coins, or special decorations, which you can only obtain through completing quests.
Within the same time span of the We Rule : Quest, the maximum level players can achieve increased to 45 from the previous 40. Along with the new level cap, new crops have also been introduced.
As of August 2011, We Rule was updated weekly by Ngmoco. Players can achieve up to level 65, and special items, including "magic farms" and a gift system, have been added. We Rule: Quests has been abandoned, and has been replaced by the Goals system in the most recent version of We Rule, entitled We Rule Deluxe.
As of 9/4/2012, We Rule ceased regular updates. The highest level achievable was 80.
We Rule support ended completely on March 31, 2013. You cannot access or play your kingdom anymore.
Criticism
In We Rule, many players complain about slow loading time and problems involving connections and servers. In late March, We Rule had major server trouble, affecting a lot of players. ngmoco apologized for this trouble, by giving every player ten free Mojo. In June 2010 for half a week, when players tried to log in they received an error message noting that "plus+ is experiencing heavy load. Please try again later." This time players were given 5 free Mojo, as their crops and orders were spoiled by the time they could log back into "We Rule". We Rule now has been phased out as a supported product.
References
- ↑ Chris Morrison, "Ngmoco’s We Rule Is Gaining Fast — Is the iPhone Having Its FarmVille Moment?", Inside Social Games, 2010-04-01. Accessed 2010-04-19.
- ↑ ngmoco, "Important Service Announcement for We Rule, GodFinger, Touch Pets Cats & Touch Pets Dogs 2", ngmoco:) Blog, 2013-01-25. Accessed 2013-02-17.
External links
- We Rule official site
- Mojo-Farm: Fansite & Forum
- Unofficial fansite ngmocoGames
- We Rule Objects, Crops and Business Information