Time Management mania - pick your fav!!!

[bambin0]

Hi everyone at TA,

I am proud to say this is my first post ever but I've been following the site for quite a long time and enjoyed a good list of games on my itouch

So, I did my research and found a lot TM games and decided to create a list so here they are:

- Sally's Salon
- Sally's Spa
- Chocolate Shop Frenzy
- Chocolatier
- Supermarket Mania
- Hospital Havoc
- Aroma Coffee
- Fruit Juice Tycoon
- Airport Mania
- Diner Dash
- Daycare Nightmare
- Cooking Mama
- Hell's Kitchen
- Cake Mania 3
- Restaurant Master
- Burger Island
- Fast Food Nation
- A+ Burger
- Flight Control
- Build-a-Lot

Let me know if I'm missing some
I added a poll but since there are only 10 options allowed, I didn't put them all
I would say my fav is Hospital Havoc, tho I haven't tried them all
Waiting to see your opinions especially candy's

[Phil_Synowiec]

Hospital Havoc

[DaveMc99]

Best Time Management Games here also:
http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?t=6626

[Seishu]

You're missing a bunch actually. These are just the popular ones.

[CandyNJ66]

Here I am :) hehe

Resturant Master is a new TM game plus Burger Island is a TM game. Oh and those Fast Food nation and A+ Burger games too. :)

My favorite top 5 out of all of them are...

1. Hospital Havoc just the best IMO for all the sheer amount of things you can actually do in the game. Amazing. Ray listens to the gamers and has improved the game a lot.
2. Airport Mania a simple delight. Love it. Everything a TM should be
3. Chocolatier is an amazing game. It's just one of those games that are a joy to play. It's deep, kept me interested and the free mode is awesome
4. Fruit Juice Tycoon is awesome! Superb gameplay and it motivates you to keep wanting to build your empire
5. Chocolate shop frenzy is fun to play, smooth gameplay and a challenge.

[iFonePhanatic]

What about Flight Control?? Is that not time management?

[soup]

what no Build a lot ?

[The Bat Outta Hell]

Fruit juice tycoon ftw.

[romulus]

As a pretty casual gamer (I don't usually spend more than a few minutes at a time on a game and don't like them to be too difficult), my favourites so far have been:

Airport Mania - like Candy said, a simple delight, I played this non-stop until I finished it
Chocolate Shop Frenzy - really beautiful looking game, very playable

Didn't enjoy Supermarket Mania so much... Just lacks the polish of some of the others

[soup]

What about Flight Control?? Is that not time management?

from the point of view of "time management" games definately not

[mrbass]

How about instead of picking a favorite I'll tell you which ones to avoid.

- Chocolatier (very nice one but not a typical one...hardcore stuff)
- Hospital Havoc (not able to que tasks, if it ever gets that I'm on board.)
- Aroma Coffee
- Fruit Juice Tycoon
- Hell's Kitchen (even great tv show doesn't save this one)
- Restaurant Master
- Burger Island
- Fast Food Nation
- A+ Burger




- Sally's Salon
- Sally's Spa
- Chocolate Shop Frenzy
- Chocolatier
- Supermarket Mania
- Hospital Havoc
- Aroma Coffee
- Fruit Juice Tycoon
- Airport Mania
- Diner Dash
- Daycare Nightmare
- Cooking Mama
- Hell's Kitchen
- Cake Mania 3
- Restaurant Master
- Burger Island
- Fast Food Nation
- A+ Burger
- Flight Control
- Build-a-Lot

Let me know if I'm missing some
I added a poll but since there are only 10 options allowed, I didn't put them all
I would say my fav is Hospital Havoc, tho I haven't tried them all
Waiting to see your opinions especially candy's

[soup]

well favorites

build a lot - excellent, lots to do, good interface, when are the sequels going to be ported :)

chocolatier - nice, with story, also well ported, and again when is the sequel going to be ported

airport mania -excellent, needed to be bigger :), hopefully will be a sequel

sallys salon - it somehow worked, although lack of upgrades was a problem

Hospital Havoc - never quite clicked with me, i personally hate the lack of queing

Chocolate Shop Frenzy - was okay but lacked anything special

Supermarket Mania - ok but the thieves were ridiculous

Fruit Juice Tycoon - good, but the juice filling is too fiddly for me - belongs in a different game that bit, also means you have to concentrate on it always

Sally's Spa......hmmmm thinking about getting this one

cakemania - somehow never got into it

[Selina]

My favourite is Build-a-lot but it's not listed... :)

[CandyNJ66]

How about instead of picking a favorite I'll tell you which ones to avoid.

- Chocolatier (very nice one but not a typical one...hardcore stuff)
- Hospital Havoc (not able to que tasks, if it ever gets that I'm on board.)
- Aroma Coffee
- Fruit Juice Tycoon
- Hell's Kitchen (even great tv show doesn't save this one)
- Restaurant Master
- Burger Island
- Fast Food Nation
- A+ Burger

Wow do I disagree with you Mrbass. Chocolatier is super fantastic, Hospital Havoc is THE best IMO. You haven't even played it? how is that fair? Fruit Juice Tycoon is also fanastic. Sounds like you don't like TM games like I don't like strategy games that much aside from the excellent Build a lot. Now THAT is a quality game.

[mrbass]

Not just me, my wife hated Hospital Havoc and she's more of a nut about time management games than me. She'd enter a Cake Mania competition if there ever was one she's that crazy about them. I don't tell her anything about it just let her play it to not sway her opinion one way or the other. To me if Hospital Havoc added queuing then yes I'd be all over it...until then it's not getting gameplay from me.

BTW, I didn't say avoid Chocolatier. I said
"Chocolatier (very nice one but not a typical one...hardcore stuff)"
So unless your a hardcore time management fan it's probably not for you. If you are then yes get it.

[jecebn]

Build-a-lot, Burger Island and Supermarket Mania are the best

[SSquared]

My favorite is Hospital Havoc. It is a really good twist on TM. Something completely different. And is totally replayable through its various scenarios. I have put many hours into this game.

Followed by Airport Mania and Fruit Juice Tycoon.

I really enjoyed the Lite version of Chocolate Shop Frenzy and it's on my potential 'buy list' for the future. Choclatier looks like something I will really enjoy so I'm keeping my eyes on it. And I've thought of getting Sally's Salon. And Build-A-Lot is a for sure (probably buy this week or next).

Did not really care for the lite version of Supermarket Mania.

[Scott30]

My vote was for Supermarket Mania, very crisp graphics, good presentation easy touch controls, a good variety of scenerios. A bit on the easy side but fun enough and for a buck at the time I got it non the less. Some things like garbage was hard to pick up but wasnt too bad that it ruined it at all.

About HH I agree with whoever said until there is a que system in place I'll pass on it.

I just bought Airport Mania couple days ago but have not played it yet btw.

[Slayer_megadeth]

I have only Build-a-lot and i think it's very good

[Tennisking1o1]

I loved Diner Dash, but then I recently found Airport Mania and I am absolutely addicted to it. So simple, yet so fantastic...:)

[CandyNJ66]

Not just me, my wife hated Hospital Havoc and she's more of a nut about time management games than me. She'd enter a Cake Mania competition if there ever was one she's that crazy about them. I don't tell her anything about it just let her play it to not sway her opinion one way or the other. To me if Hospital Havoc added queuing then yes I'd be all over it...until then it's not getting gameplay from me.

BTW, I didn't say avoid Chocolatier. I said
"Chocolatier (very nice one but not a typical one...hardcore stuff)"
So unless your a hardcore time management fan it's probably not for you. If you are then yes get it.

It's all good. I misread what you said mrbass :) I can understand how the lack of having things queued up might annoy some people.

Chocolatier is very different for sure.

[deputy]

I really like Airport Mania. The sounds are adorable, and the gameplay mechanics are perfect. Plus, the bonuses for take offs, landings, and gates add a good deal of depth to a simple design.

I got it for 99 cents and it's probably the game I play the most.

[ShadowFang]

Anyone have a video of Chocolatier being played on an iphone or touch? There is no trial version and the price is pretty steep to take a plunge.

[CandyNJ66]

Anyone have a video of Chocolatier being played on an iphone or touch? There is no trial version and the price is pretty steep to take a plunge.

Here's the short trailer in english followed by a longer trailer but is in German language but you get some idea of the game play. It's from the PC version which the iphone game follows very closely.

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[APPyhourreviews]

i voted airport mania!

[GatorDeb]

Hospital Havoc BY FAR. Love that game, and it's one of three/four games I've finished on the Touch of hundreds I've come across. Bought Airport Mania but was unable to get into it. Have also tried Sally's Salon and it was meh. Played Juice Tycoon a few minutes and it didn't grab me right away but I'll give it another whirl someday.

[Donburns99]

Don't forget Crazy Hotdogs.

My vote goes to Hospital Havoc, with Airport Mania in a close second.

[soup]

have to agree with mr bass about hospital havoc !
add queing and i'm there, without it just feels like a chore and not a game

still think build a lot is underrated here, but maybe not many people have it yet

[romulus]

Supermarket Mania - ok but the thieves were ridiculous


Agreed! The majority of the game is really easy but once you get two or more thieves it just gets kind of annoying. Added to people slipping on the trash before I could get there... I didn't enjoy it as much as AirportMania or ChocolateShopFrenzy

[obvman]

i love TM games but i dont have very many, but my favs are airport mania and supermarket mania

[soup]

choclatier is on sale at 1.99 and for that price no excuses for not picking it up :)

[idrisguitar]

just picked up

chocolatier
ariport mania
hospital havoc
fruit juice (after playing very fun lite version)

because of this thread :)

GREAT GAMES, I love TM games, and these are all brill.

already have choc shop freny, diner dash and sally's salon. have TM pretty much sorted from now :)

tried supermarket mania lite, but didn't find it that fun.

to be honest from early plays, i go in line with a lot of people in this topic saying that hospital havoc is the best so far. i think not being able to queue is part of the fun gameplay.

flight control is also oen fo the best 0.99 game i have played even though it isn't really TM ;)

REALLY want build-a-lot but i spent too much money this week, might buy it next week. (also bought zen bound (fav game on ipod full stop!!!) a few days ago, so cant spend more for a while ;))

[Mew2468]

Airport Mania! Only $1, and it's so fun! :D

[hawks12thman]

Airport Mania! Only $1, and it's so fun! :D

It has risen to $2.99 now. But yes, Airport Mania and Sally's Salon are the best TM games.

[yeah yeah]

y'all sleeping on ranch rush...

[samoreg]

Out of those I'd say Airport Mania. I prefer Emergency Dangerous to all though.

[Shatner's hairpiece]

Anyone have a video of Chocolatier being played on an iphone or touch? There is no trial version and the price is pretty steep to take a plunge.

I'd stay away from this one unless you are absolutely crazy about digging up recipes for 'chocolates'. Ooo! I found the reciepe for chocolate with cashews! Next goal: chocolate with lime peel! Continue 60 times with minimal differences. Your recipe book just has pages and pages of different types of chocolates that you have to hunt down. Personally, this went stale for me about an hour in. All you're doing is keeping the factories going and looking for more recipe secrets. I never felt challenged by this game. Always had a lot of money, so I didn't have to barter with anyone.

I'd say this is geared much more for women/chocolate hounds. I got bored fairly quickly and regret spending $5 on this. 99 cents would have been my limit.

[walsh06]

Farm Frenzy?? Thats brilliant and not there.

[wootbean]

maybe because thist hread is four months old

[skyye06]

Farm Frenzy?? Thats brilliant and not there.

you do know that the first post was in april

[Delirium211]

Gotta add Ranch Rush and Emergency Dangerous to the list my friends. These two are on the top 5 of the best TMs. The others include Airport Mania, Sally's Spa and probably Build a Lot.

[sticktron]

Gotta add Ranch Rush and Emergency Dangerous to the list my friends. These two are on the top 5 of the best TMs. The others include Airport Mania, Sally's Spa and probably Build a Lot.

I share the same feelings on the top 5, except maybe Emerygency Dangerous, not sure.