Build-a-lot 4: Power Source [Download]

by Hipsoft

Product Features

• Help Friendly Towns Generate Clean Energy.
• Manage Power To Avoid Blackouts.
• Beautify The Neighborhood.
• The Power Is In Your Hands.

Product Details

• Downloading: Currently, this item is available only to customers located in the United States and who have a U.S. billing address.
• Note: Gifting is not available for this item.
• ASIN: B002LIT9EC
• Release Date: August 12, 2009
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,440 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #18 in Video Games > Game Downloads > Casual Games > Simulation

Product Description

The power is in your hands! Help friendly towns to grow and glow by building neighborhoods and generating clean energy to make them run. Get your neighborhoods fit and fancy by building tennis courts, swimming pools, boutiques and more. With multiple campaigns to play and a variety of awards to earn, there is plenty to do and lots of fun waiting for you in this electrifying addition to the Build-a-lot series!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Same fun with a few new twists, September 6, 2009

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Anne Parker "lifelong book lover" (Rockford, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Build-a-lot 4: Power Source [Download] (Software Download)

If you liked the earlier Build-A-Lot games, you'll love this one. Now, you have to practice energy conservation or risk blackouts during which rents are not collected. It makes the game a bit tougher, but much more realistic. In earlier version it was always ok to build the biggest house you could afford; now, you are limited by your power source: wind, solar, hydroelectric or nuclear power. Everything uses power including your sawmill, workshop and so on. So you have to juggle power production with real estate development -- that's what happens in real life!

In addition, the game comes with 3 levels of campaign: the regular campaign (45 levels), a challenge campaign and an expert campaign. Whew! Some of the challenge games are, um, challenging. I haven't made it to the expert level campaign.

Highly recommended, especially considering the low price.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Another title in the Build-a-lot series, September 2, 2009

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Marc B. Davis - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Build-a-lot 4: Power Source [Download] (Software Download)

If you enjoyed Build-a-lot 2 & Build-a-lot 3, then you will enjoy Build-a-lot 4. It is the same concept with different tasks.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars These games just keep getting better!, October 26, 2009

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Claudia Carpenter (Los Altos, CA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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I have no idea what's Elizabeth's issue in saving the Challenge Campaign -- I haven't had any problems with it so far, and I'm doing those challenges right now. I must admit that at first, I found the whole power theme somewhat annoying, but now I just look at it as an extra angle of difficulty. More, please!