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I have played paradise bay since just after its launch. I have never been captivated by a tablet game as I was this one, there were so many levels you could pla

I have played paradise bay since just after its launch. I have never been captivated by a tablet game as I was this one, there were so many levels you could play, but hard to explain in full detail if you weren't a long time player and understood the resource management it needed. You could stack your mills for one. Each mill would hold 999 items in the order you put them in. I had several mills stacked to max capacity, this helped with the all too frequent tradefests or retofests. I had 3 island 2 of which 'fed' my main island. I had a huge notebook to keep a record of every item in order in each mill. (Sad I know) They had frequent builder events and then there were pet stickers, doubloons and map pieces etc... I could go on and on. You also collected pets, follwed by their stickers to lvl the pets up. The ability to decorate your island was only limited by your imagination. You could actually turn it into 'your paradise' I'm not angry, I'm very sad. I didn't invest much money into the game as I played strategically learnt from long term play. I was always conscious it could also be gone any day! I don't think ppl playing these games think about that much. Hence the shock and anger at losing their game and money. This game took over my love for playing mmorpgs. I have played SWG, EQ2, Wow from vanilla. I would of happily payed a monthly sub to keep Playing PB. No timed raids or ppl evaluating your performance on your dps. You could pick up PB for 5 mins or 5 hours. It truly will be a sad day on may 17th! I don't think AB actually realised what a gem of a game they had. There was also an awesome wikia that was maintained by awesome players because they wanted to :) bay.fandom.com/wiki/Paradise_Bay_Wikia There certainly isn't a game out there to fill the void in my spare time. So I just hope someone has the foresight to fill that very big hole in a lot of ppls spare time.

gloflo 8y ago
How much would you attribute to logic puzzling fun and how much for addiction to a incremental, time-spent based reward system.
- fourheartclover 8y ago
  It wasn’t a puzzle type of game at all. I just meant you could play it casually or take it more seriously. Most of the serious players had maxed all event builder items, pets, storage. They were proud of their efforts and displayed it for all to see. (You could visit your friends islands and help them out on dives etc) The graphics are stunning. All the thought that had gone into the little details was brilliant. Even your pets look up at you through your screen and each one has at least 3 animations. They would interact with different items just for them. The characters in the game all had storylines and you built up reputation with them unlocking new recipes for the mills. I also think the story lines made it more time consuming to add new levels as there was so much thought behind it. Island space was a big issue with players. There was so much you could do to decorate and never enough room with the pets constantly been added to the game. In all it’s time there was only 1 land expansion. Maybe this was due to high level of graphics? I for one bought a new iPad in 2017 just to play PB so it ran smoother. I know as the game progressed some couldn’t run it on their tablets. But as with all games, as they improve we have to upgrade. PCs, consoles, tablets. I maybe naive but I hope someone can take this game and keep it running. That would be a bonus! If they don’t then I’m slowly coming to terms with another gaming love been over.
  - CaraLynn 8y ago
    I feel with you, still you should accept that it is addictive nevertheless. Let's start by spending some time with each other instead? ;) I am certainly NOT going to look for another distraction, as I have cursed the game at times for being all so sweet - and it is/was....! ;)

gloflo 8y ago

How much would you attribute to logic puzzling fun and how much for addiction to a incremental, time-spent based reward system.

fourheartclover 8y ago
It wasn’t a puzzle type of game at all. I just meant you could play it casually or take it more seriously. Most of the serious players had maxed all event builder items, pets, storage. They were proud of their efforts and displayed it for all to see. (You could visit your friends islands and help them out on dives etc) The graphics are stunning. All the thought that had gone into the little details was brilliant. Even your pets look up at you through your screen and each one has at least 3 animations. They would interact with different items just for them. The characters in the game all had storylines and you built up reputation with them unlocking new recipes for the mills. I also think the story lines made it more time consuming to add new levels as there was so much thought behind it. Island space was a big issue with players. There was so much you could do to decorate and never enough room with the pets constantly been added to the game. In all it’s time there was only 1 land expansion. Maybe this was due to high level of graphics? I for one bought a new iPad in 2017 just to play PB so it ran smoother. I know as the game progressed some couldn’t run it on their tablets. But as with all games, as they improve we have to upgrade. PCs, consoles, tablets. I maybe naive but I hope someone can take this game and keep it running. That would be a bonus! If they don’t then I’m slowly coming to terms with another gaming love been over.
- CaraLynn 8y ago
  I feel with you, still you should accept that it is addictive nevertheless. Let's start by spending some time with each other instead? ;) I am certainly NOT going to look for another distraction, as I have cursed the game at times for being all so sweet - and it is/was....! ;)