Akimi Village
A building simulator set on a floating island under the Gloom.
Akimi Village is a 2010 adventure building simulator from NinjaBee, released on the PlayStation 3 Network. The story takes place on a floating island in the sky, where the small Akimi people are held captive by the Gloom's oppressive darkness. Players help the villagers by assigning them to harvest and refine resources, unlocking many blueprints to rebuild their settlement, spread light, and cleanse the island of the Gloom's influence.
Critics gave the game mixed reviews, earning a Metacritic score of 69 out of 100. Maurice Tan of Destructoid wrote a positive review, calling it "a fantastic little game" and favorably comparing it to NinjaBee's earlier titles, A Kingdom for Keflings and A World for Keflings. He also noted that the mechanics subtly suggested the player character was a "slaver overlord." Tim Leigh of Console Monster also praised it as "very fun" and complimented the visuals. Ian MacKinnon of Gamers Daily gave a mixed review, finding it "enjoyable" but lacking replay value. Neilie Johnson of IGN offered a mixed assessment, saying it was "fun for the first hour or two" but criticized it as "long on repetition and short on reward," adding that the building mechanics had not improved from the earlier Keflings games.
Quick Facts
- Title
- Akimi Village
- Developer
- NinjaBee
- Publisher
- Sony Online Entertainment
- Released
- NA · June 15, 2011 · EU · June 22, 2011
- Genre
- Adventure
- Modes
- Single-player
- Platforms
- PlayStation 3
Facts from the source article.
Lore & Background
In Akimi Village, players help the tiny Akimi villagers by putting them to work harvesting and refining resources. By unlocking a huge set of blueprints, players rebuild the village, spread light, and purify the island from the Gloom's dark power. The game's mechanics subtly portray the player character as a 'slaver overlord', according to Maurice Tan of Destructoid.
Reader's Guide
Akimi Village received mixed reviews from critics, achieving a Metacritic score of 69 out of 100. Maurice Tan of Destructoid gave a positive review, describing it as 'a fantastic little game' and comparing it favorably to NinjaBee's previous games, A Kingdom for Keflings and A World for Keflings. Tim Leigh of Console Monster also gave a positive review, calling it 'very fun' and praising its visuals. However, Ian MacKinnon of Gamers Daily gave a mixed review, praising it as 'enjoyable' but noting very little replay value. Neilie Johnson of IGN gave a mixed review, writing that it was 'fun for the first hour or two' but criticizing it as 'long on repetition and short on reward', and stating that the building mechanics were not improved from the earlier Keflings games. The game's significance lies in its continuation of NinjaBee's building simulator formula on the PlayStation 3 Network, though it failed to substantially advance the mechanics or sustain long-term engagement.
Did You Know?
- Akimi Village was developed by NinjaBee in 2010 for the PlayStation 3 Network.
- The game is set on a mysterious floating island in the sky where villagers are trapped under the Gloom's shadow.
- Maurice Tan of Destructoid described the game's mechanics as subtly portraying the player character as a 'slaver overlord'.
- Neilie Johnson of IGN criticized the building mechanics as not improved from the earlier Keflings games.
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