Lord Mayor

Taking care of an entire city is not an easy task, especially nowadays when most cities have thousands of inhabitants, or even more. Mayors are in charge of almost everything in theory, but they actually have a lot of help from other people when it comes to taking decisions and putting ideas into practice. Hence, the people of the city are guaranteed the best solutions every time.

Lord Mayor is a simple strategy game with city builder mechanics in which you have to raise a town from the ground up and make sure it does well in regards to population, resources and culture. Not only that, but you must also achieve a couple of goals along the way, goals that allow you to tackle more difficult missions and increase your rank up to an actual Lord Mayor.

To begin with, population is quite important, because only with people you can start improving the economy and everything else. As such, the game allows you to build three types of homes: villas, cottages and slums. Naturally, the latter provide you with more population, while the villas do not lower the happiness of the entire town once you erect them. Even so, farms are needed in order to keep the population well-fed.

To keep you from getting bored, the maps on which you play are actually generated on the spot, which means that it’s easy to keep playing for as long as you wish. The maps are created from multiple types of tiles, and each tile is better suited for a certain activity. Hence, it’s quite the challenge to find the best arrangement for your city, not to mention keeping everyone happy while you are at it.

The graphics are about as basic as they can get, which means that you are back to the classic hex grid once more. It looks pretty nice, on the other hand, especially if you happen to feel nostalgic for some reason. The building models are simple as well, but it’s the thrill that keeps you coming back for more, especially since no two levels are the same.

In the end, Lord Mayor may not impress through features and complexity, but it’s actually quite challenging after you understand what needs to be done. Thus, it can provide you with quite a few hours of gameplay.