SIMULACRA: Pipe Dreams Reviews

While I LOVED this app and rated that five stars, Pipe Dreams just... didn’t give me that same excitement. I still credit the developers for how much time they spend making it seem as real of an experience as possible. However, while it certainly borrows ideas from this app (the whole “being consumed literally by social media/gaming apps”) it didn’t have the same mystery and play time as this app. The whole thing honestly just felt like forcing me to play a game within a game that I didn’t want to play, combined with my “friend” losing himself/his personality to and within the game, because evidently it’s that addicting for people who don’t have much else going for them in life. Yes, I get the joke but... you know how someone can tell a joke that may be funny, everyone laughs, and because that person got a response, they try to continue the joke even though everyone’s long over it by now? That’s what this game feels like. The concept is instantly played out but just keeps going even though it ceases to be entertaining. SIM was good, but too short.

About to play this app 2 now, so hoping that’s closer to this app 1 than this, and I’ll enjoy it more I’m sure. I guess no harm in playing Pipe Dreams. I can’t complain much bc it was free. I don’t regret playing it but I would have, had I paid for it. Just average...

This game is amazing i have been through the story twice and got the same resolution and I'm playing it more. But one HUGE problem. When your in flapee bird and you play enough without getting past 10 points in Royale mode and you press die the main screen will disappear and only have the name and the dead bird on the floor, then you swipe the top to get to another app to fix it the apps don't launch, it is so annoying because you have to reset SIMULACRA and once you do it will reset to the last save. One time i got so far in the game without a save that when this happened i lost almost 20 minutes of progress, that is the only issue i have found in all my play throughs and if it can be resolved that would be great so i can return to my grind!!! Thanks for reading!!!! (If you are)

This seems like a fun game so far, but the ads are too much. I understand that some ads are made by the people to be a joke, but even so, I tend to delete the games with a load of ads because you can always earn money back, but you can’t get back time.

Another is the “flapee bird” game. I’ve probably gotten half way or further in the overall game so far, but while playing the flapee game to continue the story, it kind of freezes? Whenever I crash my bird, SIMULACRA appears to freeze, but it still plays music and some things still appear to move, but I can’t do anything except stare at the screen and listen... this has happened at least 4 times now, and when I have to go out and reload SIMULACRA , I have to start back at whatever checkpoint I was at. That kind of takes away from the experience.

Don’t get me wrong! SIMULACRA is really neat and the box concept seems cool, with how you have to observe and look for the videos. It also brings an interesting realization to free apps and their ads. I do still recommend this game because it will keep you busy, just go in expecting “ads” (mostly repetitive fakes, but still as irritating as real ones) and possible slight issues like in-game crashes(?), nothing major though!

Overall, I have mixed feels, but the negative is minor.

I’d say this was the most interesting game I’ve played! It’s scary and really detailed! I really liked the fake ads and wanted to keep playing Flapee bird even though it wouldn’t have furthered the story... Sorry! I just found it really addicting. I got a bad ending, but there are multiple endings so I can retry for another ending. I knew I shouldn’t have taken that offer at the end! But you know, after watching another one of those fox ninja ads I knew I had to...for the sake of those awesome actors...so anyway, I would always call teddy, listen to the music, and just start jamming out cause that’s a cool song lol. I would highly suggest getting this game, I might do a bit more research on it. Maybe some backstory, context, stuff like that, y’know? To the developers, you don’t have to add more context, I can just look it up @_@

Have a nice day :D

The game this app is like no other game you will find on the AppStore,it has mystery,drama,hatred,betrayals and,a sense of isolation or like you can’t do anything except watch and suffer as the main character which you tried to save from an addictive Game gets wiped from oblivion. This game is so amazing and there are easter eggs hidden in every corner. This game makes you wonder about absolutely everything in existence, but is still a incredible,interesting,and very enjoyable. One thing that I think is a bit restricting is the fact that you only have so many choices you can make, that sometimes it gets a bit frustrating or saddening. Overall I would say this game is an incredible game and I recommend it to anyone who loves a good thrill.

I downloaded this because I didn’t want to pay 5$ for the real simularica so I downloaded this expecting that it wouldn’t be that good but it is certainly a worth while experience for a free game. It’s a good game to doubt about that but it definitely isn’t perfect. Some of the voice acting seems unnatural and very forced. Considering this is a free game it’s still a great game but that lack of quality can pull you away from the immersion of the game. Another problem is that there is no clear goal of what to do, since you don’t find a phone that’s linked to a missing person it’s a bit confusing on what your goal is.

Other than those minor things it’s still a very solid game that I recommend you try it but if you are truly invested than give the full game simularica a try for yourself.

-Logan

The this app Pipe Dreams is a clever satire of modern mobile gaming as it can be shown through the number of offers on getting points to make the game easier by spreading the infection to friends and family and or spending more time in game. The game uses a unique way of storytelling immersing you in the story itself as the game itself is challenging but fair as it’s atmosphere help send chills down our spine as it deals with themes such as addiction as us too become invested into the game. My only complaint for the game is that the ads pops up everywhere when playing the game, as I know it’s part of the immersion but at least tone down the number of ads and that the climax is a bit unfair for me as I wasn’t able to pass some of the pipes due to how hard it is but that’s it yeah, I recommend playing it

I love how it has multiple endings and the depth of the story line which makes it so enticing. I really like that the adds aren’t really like high quality stuff it’s more raw, like some friends goofing around. But it may trigger people with epilepsy. Like the trailer for flapee bird and some flashing. It also has trippy effects that could leave someone disoriented. I wouldn’t recommend it if you get triggered by that kind of stuff but I would recommend it if you like simulator games with a bit of horror even tho it’s not a horror game and likes replaying for the endings. It also has random jumpscares so be cautious of that.

This game is almost perfect if not then 2nd to it but one slight issue that had already been explained. The loss of progress after the Flapee bird glitch. At first i thought it was all apart of the game but every time i tried to beat the score the second time i would be set back to square 1. I spent almost an hour and a half if not almost 2 hours redoing the same loop i felt like the guy in the video but instead of going forward in time i would be doing the opposite and getting blackouts to the 1980s. Once the glitch is fixed ill reinstall the game to finish it for myself also jacksepticeye is what inspired me to play your game you gotta get him to do one of your games or do a voice or something like a collaboration cause he's dropping your sequel right now...

Love this game so much but it keeps glitching out and freezing and I have to close SIMULACRA and restart it making my lose whatever score I originally had and sometimes convos I recently had which I will have to repeat I guess it doesn’t automatically save so when it glitches it’s gone? I don’t know (by the way, when I said I closed SIMULACRA game I meant I swiped it away [iPhone/iPad/iOS] not deleted it or offloaded it either) so please fix this so I can finally finish this game because I enjoy this otherwise and would like to continue this thank you hoping to maybe if I’m lucky see an update available soon that is all but if it keeps crashing like this then I refuse to play anymore until it’s fixed so please do thank you xo

I’m giving this a four star rating so that people will come back to get SIMULACRA . I have not played SIMULACRA however I did download. I could not start the game because there was too much motion at the beginning of the game and I couldn’t handle having so much like this thrown out at me at once. I did not see anything in the summary of SIMULACRA that said something like “WARNING: If you are sensitive to fast in-game motion, have epilepsy please use your best judgement before playing the game.” I’m not trying to deter people from playing the game but just to let people know that this could be a problem. Could you make it so that there is a sensory warning written into the summary of SIMULACRA and to add a feature that limits onscreen motion?

I’m so shocked it’s free. It’s an improvement on Sara Is Missing with a longer story, continued lore and amazingly innovative features. The ads were annoying but it was per of the story of course. I loved the references to Simulcara I wish there had been more a revisitation of the Greg, Anna characters.

I just would’ve liked it to be more diverse. 99% of the characters including the advertisement actors were Asian for some reason which took away from the realism. And I’d love the game to take longer to play because I enjoy it so much

But overman amazing, fun and innovative like the other two in the series

i had high expectations for the game before it began (because of the game Sara is Missing) and they were most definitely met! while i was playing the game, it felt like while i was trying to save Teddy, i was also actually becoming addicted to the game. of course, Teddy was addicted to Flapee Bird and i myself (not my character) was addicted to SIMULACRA. it was quite the paradox. i also love how there are many different endings to the game. overall, i thoroughly enjoyed playing and i would play it again!! :))

No spoilers beyond the title up there, but I highly recommend digging around during and following completion of the game. Truth be told I was becoming disappointed with this entry into the series-the Flapee Bird game was intended to be frustrating, I know, but I wanted to stop playing the whole game. Nevertheless, as a fan of the first this app I thought there must be more to the story, and I will say my level of disappointment decayed rapidly. The redirection to new information had-and still has-me extremely excited. Fantastic work, Kaigen Games!

I was scrolling through the AppStore when this caught my eye, and I’m glad it did. It’s an interesting horror game that I really enjoyed! If you’re ever bored I’d really recommend to play this game. There are multiple endings and it’s a really fun game! I like the story to it and found the game (flapee bird) a bit funny. (me being a 2 year old) Anyways I really recommend this spin-off of the actual game (don’t remember it’s name) if you can’t afford the actual game or just want to try it and see what ending you get! Overall you should just try it! Enough said have fun!

You guys can’t imagine how grateful I am to play your game. Ever since this app, I’ve wanted to know when you guys would make another game. This one threw off with the game. It’s aesthetic when it came to the weird flashes but man it was something. The flappy bird thing was a good idea in my opinion. In short, even though it’s greedy to say this, make another one please. Hopefully you guys develop a game where we have to type instead of word choices. Now that would be an immersive type. Y’all are friggin great. Keep it up!

Oh my god, this game is incredible!!! I seriously felt the tension through the game!! Like I seriously felt several times that there was really someone in danger and often times I forgot this was a game! I’m serious! It’s that good!!! 😄 I also love the in game ads. I know it sounds weird, but you can tell the developers took their time to make those, and the entirety of the game!! I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS GAME!!! FIVE STARS ALL THE WAY!!! I want to thank the developers for making such a great amazing story line game FOR FREE!!! I will share this with everyone I know!!! BEST GAME EVER!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! 😁😁😁😁
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This game is super good and the glitches got me, but this games story could have been thought about a bit more and created a tiny bit better. It felt repetitive and kind of boring. I also encountered a glitch that sometimes in the flapee bird app, when I died I got stuck at the death screen with continuous loading. Eventually my game crashed. Please look into this! But overall the gameplay and mechanics were excellent! I love the throwback to Greg, notifying the player these are the same universes.

This game is so engaging! It’s amazing at making you think and reason and feel bad when you think you haven’t made the right choice. The story is well written and totally immersed me in the world! It dragged me in and I stayed too figure out how it would end. You will love how your choices will affect the game in way you wouldn’t imagine and the eerie feel is incredible, though I do not recommend playing it at night. You will have nightmare! You will fall creepily in love with SIMULACRA.

This game is so fun, just like the concept of it I WAS SUCKED IN! (But in a good way however) I am going to try and get a better outcome this time , I found this game sort of like fining Sara, but it’s longer and a little more interesting! I think if you are into creepy stuff like this you will enjoy it. If you are under like age 10 I recommend not to play because I’m 15 and I was actually getting pretty scared 😂, overall great game me and my brother enjoyed it ( he’s age 12)