The Tomorrow Children

Critic reviews

• IIGN

  Rob Smith · Oct 07, 2016

  5.2

  You have to admire where The Tomorrow Children does innovate—particularly its look and social engineering—but it overly burdens you and bogs down progression with dragging resource collection and bureaucratic manipulation. Even though you immediately progress from a Prole to the ranks of the papered Bourgeoisie you’re still tediously grinding for the man.

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• CCOGconnected

  Tyler Treese · Sep 22, 2016

  5.5

  It seems like The Tomorrow Children has a message that goes against modern free-to-play systems and massive microtransactions, but it’s also absolutely filled with what it’s attempting to make a point upon. It sends a weird mixed message that constantly made me feel terrible for indulging on any purchases, and yet I also wanted to keep coming back. It’s a very contradictory product that grossed me out as much as I was impressed.

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• ZZTGD

  John Whitehouse · Sep 21, 2016

  3.5

  The Tomorrow Children gave me no real incentive to continue playing it. With no end game and very slow mechanics due to the game’s reliance on microtransactions it feels like nothing more than a cash grab. It saddens me that a game that seemed to have such great promise a few years ago has ended up being more suited to an iPhone than a PS4. I can only wonder how different the game would have been had it not been F2P.

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• GBGaming Bolt

  Aaron Main · Sep 19, 2016

  6.0

  With not a whole lot going on besides grinding for resources, trying to catch the bus, and ending up doing it all over again, this game will not hold your interest for more than a few days.

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• PLPS Lifestyle

  Dyani Wood · Sep 12, 2016

  7.0

  The game will only get better, and it’s already a feat of unique gameplay coupled with charming visuals and a sense that glory will come to the comrades that work the hardest!

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• GGameSpot

  Scott Butterworth · Sep 12, 2016

  3.0

  Technical problems are the least of Tomorrow Children's troubles. The resource gathering is tedious, the crafting is superficial, town management is convoluted, microtransactions are practically inescapable, and the world is unwelcoming and empty. In short: The individual components aren't enjoyable, and they don't contribute to anything bigger. There is no payoff. There is no point.

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