Top Facebook Games and Reviews March 2012

Facebook Game Reviews


Welcome to what will be the start of a regular feature reviewing the top social games on Facebook. Most people don't have time to look for the best games and to weed out the worst, hopefully I can help you make your way straight to the gems.Top 10 Facebook Games


The top Facebook games for March 24, 2012, sorted by number of players, are:


1. Cityville


2. Texas HoldEm Poker


3. Hidden Chronicles


4. Farmville


5. Castleville


6. Words With Friends


7. Diamond Dash


8. Angry Birds


9. The Sims Social


10. Bubble Witch Saga1. Castleville


As usual, Zynga corners the market on Facebook games, and Castleville is a great example of how they manage to do it. Castleville is my primary Facebook addiction these days. and is one of Zynga's latest creations. It's a sweet combo-platter of city building, questing, harvesting and crafting. Of course, we've seen that combination many times before, but Castleville has some serious staying power.


5/52. Galaxy Life


Galaxy Life is an interesting space builder from Digital Chocolate, the folks behind Zombie Life and Army Attack. In Galaxy Life you build a space fortress and army, then attack other players while also defending your fortress from their attacks. By collecting resources you can upgrade buildings, defenses and your army units. Once you advance your planet far enough you can purchase new planets. Although Galaxy Life is a lot of fun, it's going to have a limited shelf life as the game gets repetitive after a while.


4/53. Slingo


Slingo is the newest Facebook gaming sensation from Zynga. The game is a strange combination of slots and Bingo. While it may take you a little longer to figure out than your average FB game, once you get it Slingo is oddly addictive. Slingo is played by hitting a Spin button and then matching the numbers come up to the numbers on your Slingo card. The more rows and columns matched, the higher the score multiplier. The ultimate goal is to fill a whole Slingo card and beat your friends' scores. Simple, but oddly fun.


4/54. Hidden Chronicles


Yup, yet another Zynga game. In Hidden Chronicles you must discover hidden items in a picture, solve puzzles, find the differences in scenes and find clues to complete quests. In order to advance in the game you must also build up your estate. Decorate, add buildings and expand the land to open up new mysteries. Hidden Chronicles is a total rip-off of another Facebook game called Gardens of Time, but Hidden Chronicles is Zynga, and they've got a mammoth fan-base behind everything they do. Despite having a ready-made fan-base, Hidden Chronicles is a nice little time-waster.


3.5/55. CityVille


We've all been there and done that, but recently I started playing CityVille again and am having a pretty decent time with it. The game is a standard city-builder with quests, expansions and buildings upgrades. My only gripe with CityVille has been and always will be the number of parts that need to be collected to move forward in the game. You either have to spend real-world money or have a ton of super active friends playing the game. Since I refuse to buy the parts there are several quest paths that I can't proceed down. However, the game has fun graphics and is a great little city-builder.