Fix It Up World Tour for the iPad Game Review

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Fix It Up World Tour for the iPad Game Review

When I reviewed Fix It Up: Kate’s Adventure last year, I found it fun and loaded with content, but there were a few things I didn’t enjoy that kept it from being one of my ‘go to’ casual apps. Now Kate is back, joined by Steve and Martin, and she is ready to take on the world – literally! Let’s see how things go this time!

The Hype:
Go global in this fantastic strategy adventure! In this sequel to “Fix-it-up: Kate’s Adventure”, you must help Kate expand her car-repair empire around the world! Build car-repair shops anywhere from snowy Canada to steaming African jungles. Buy cars, fix them and paint them to make your business prosperous. Earn your fortune in your quest to build the mansion of your dreams. You must make sure that you create what the clients want so you can set the prices high! Increase the quality of your offers by upgrading buildings and tuning the cars so they don’t pollute the environment. Hire the best specialists so you can get cars up and running in no time! But this game isn’t just mechanics! Find out how the fascinating love story of Kate ends. Who will she choose – Steve or Martin?
• 39 Levels and 15 bonus levels
• 18 Unique locations around the world
• Over 20 car types in environmentally friendly buildings
• Hire employees and train them
• Upgrades, achievements and more!

Fix It Up World Tour for the iPad Game Review

The Reality:

Fix-it-up: World Tour HD picks up where Kate’s Adventure left off, but now on her own she is looking to expand her horizons. This includes taking her operations worldwide. Also, she is being pursued by Steve and Martin, each taking a branch of the operation in a different direction and seeking to impress with success. If you think all of this means both a more interesting story and more varied gameplay – you would be right!

The original game had 6 locations – World Tour has 18! But that doesn’t mean the game is longer – there are a total of 15 possible levels (39 normal plus 15 extra bonus levels), which will take you a few hours to play through. The impact of more locations is that the pacing is really fast – two or three levels with one character and ZOOM you’re off exploring some other part of the world!

Fix It Up World Tour for the iPad Game Review

The core gameplay remains the same: you get objectives to start each level in keeping with the story, and need to get to work quickly to meet those goals. You might be constructing a new building, fixing cars, painting, modding, selling, renting, or doing something else specific. You will sometimes get new tasks along the way, but unlike the original I never found those new objectives at odds with the current goals – so I was never frustrated!

One other change is having an environmental look at everything you do. Some areas require you to be eco-friendly, so gaining ‘green points’ is a critical part of your operations. More upgraded and streamlined operations are more eco-friendly, so upgrading is critical.

Fix It Up World Tour for the iPad Game Review

You also now have the ability to hire ‘specialists’ to speed up your operations. Now rather than trying to just throw loads of employees at a problem you can be more efficient. Whereas in the original game a change of priorities could doom you, now you just grab a specialist and you’ll be fine.

The goal is to achieve ‘Gold’ status on each level, as that nets you more coin to spend on upgrades and special items. But you will often have to settle for Silver or keep retrying.

Fix It Up World Tour for the iPad Game Review

In terms of everything else we have the typical G5 attention to detail and quality: you have road and car sounds, very well done graphics and animations, well written dialogue and interactions, and solid performance with quick load times.

While I complained about the lack of an action queue before, at this point it is just part of the experience. You know that getting parts and building things takes time, and you just have to manage your time and keep an eye on things.

Fix It Up World Tour for the iPad Game Review

Everything about Fix-it-up: World Tour is improved over the original, so while I had a very lackluster opinion of the original, I highly recommend this one – it is better paced, offers a more balanced challenge and an overall more fun time throughout.

Review: Fix-it-up: World Tour HD

Where to Buy: iTunes App Store for iPhone version and iPad Version

Price: $4.99 iPhone / $6.99 iPad (free download, in-app purchase)

What I Like: Large amount of levels; solid and clear objectives; solid fun; not too challenging

What Needs Improvement: Still no ability to queue actions

Source: Publisher provided review code

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About the Author

Michael Anderson
I have loved technology for as long as I can remember - and have been a computer gamer since the PDP-10! Mobile Technology has played a major role in my life - I have used an electronic companion since the HP95LX more than 20 years ago, and have been a 'Laptop First' person since my Compaq LTE Lite 3/20 and Powerbook 170 back in 1991! As an avid gamer and gadget-junkie I was constantly asked for my opinions on new technology, which led to writing small blurbs ... and eventually becoming a reviewer many years ago. My family is my biggest priority in life, and they alternate between loving and tolerating my gaming and gadget hobbies ... but ultimately benefits from the addition of technology to our lives!