The Subway Series Game Reviews: Fare City

The Subway Series Game Reviews detail some of the best games to play during rides on the New York City subway system.

What better game to introduce my new series of game reviews about games to play while on mass transit than a game that actually has to deal with mass transit?

What Crazy Taxi did for the Dreamcast and taxi driving, Fare City does for the iPhone/iPod and taxi dispatch. Finkly Interactive took a clever approach to using the features of the iPhone/iPod Touch to make a game that wouldn’t look or play better elsewhere.

The play field’s monochrome backgrounds really make the other imagery pop. Players tap on a taxi and then literally draw its path across the play field to direct it to a waiting customer and then to their destination. Once your taxi is set on a waiting passenger, the taxi then assumes their color. When you set the path to the destination point, your taxi’s path is also that color which is extremely helpful when managing multiple taxis.

If you’re playing this game on the train for the first time, it’s best to try Rookie Mode first. It’s the same as Classic mode but it’s geared towards beginners. If you happen to know the length of your trip, you can always try Time Trial Mode to get your Fare City fix with time to spare so you can make sure you end your game time before you reach your stop!

Along with the game’s increasing difficulty levels and variable speed settings, it’s hard to get bored with Fare City. In the event that you master the first level, the latest update to the game features a new map with an environmental hazard! Now gamers have to worry about more than just slamming their taxis into each other. Every so often, an outdoor train will come barreling down the right side of the screen splitting the level in half. Good thing you can always make your taxis drive off one side of the screen and appear on the other side!

With built in Open Feint features and the promise of new maps, Fare City will always be a great to play on those long borough to borough rides on the subway. I just wouldn’t suggest playing this in an actually taxi though!

Fare City is published by Digital Chocolate and you can try the free version or get the full experience right away.

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