The game has a cute look to it and decorating the rooms can be great fun, but once you get into the meat and potatoes there simply isn't very much game to be had. Every now and then you'll have saved up enough cash to add a new room or improve the decorations in an old one, but beyond that and clicking "start shift," Hotel City just doesn't have the depth needed to hold your attention for long.
MMOHut, "Hotel City is a 2D hotel simulation and building management game where players run their own custom resort establishment. As a hotel manager players have to expand and build their business from scratch. Customize rooms. Choose from a variety of different furniture, décor, and themes. Decorate with colorful wallpaper, carpet, checkered floors, oxford leather chairs, sofas, spiral lamps, mirrors, paintings, and bookshelves..."
Meredith Sweet from Gaming Dead writes: "Playfish has introduced yet another micro-managing app to the wide world of Facebook applications and games. This time it's Hotel City, where you can build, decorate, and maintain your very own hotel. Like some of the other games in Playfish's growing Facebook arsenal, Hotel City revolves primarily around your acquisition of stuff (guest rooms and functional rooms), your sense of decor to make that stuff even more awesome, and visiting your friends' spaces in order to get money."
Facebook game company, Playfish finally flipped the switch on its long-rumored Hotel City social game this week. The naming similarity to Playfish's hit restaurant title Restaurant City is not a coincidence – Facebook gamers who have played that title should feel right at home managing their new Hotel City hotel. But never fear – Hotel City is newbie-friendly, too.
