Ovipets - A Facebook Breeding Game review

[Kiara]

Speeding up things with RL money is something I can resist. But with Happy Pets, they'd come out with new species all the time (it went from Cats and Dogs to giant chinese dragons and kangaroos, kind of overdoing it) and then everything would be like $5+ per new pet.

[Drea]

That sucks. D: I hate it when a game is based on its cash shop. : (

[Toxic Rainbow Kisses]

I hate sites that only offer good things for IRL money.

[Kesstryl]

trying to reply to more than one post here @Drea , you are not required to buy credits, you can earn them in-game with a weekly log in bonus and by clicking other people's eggs. A one time purchase will unlock level 5 mutation though, but now that I've been playing awhile I'm finding I'm using credits more for splicing and generating new colors than researching as you can get breed mutations without researching them, you only have to own pets with them, including level 5. Also the Mendelian Genetics do get more complicated, I'm finding that occasionally I'm getting a mutation not present in the geneology, (got dragon wings on a wolf with only regular wings in genetics). Also I posted a simplified genetics char to make it easier for others who might not understand it, I didn't account for 1/4 carriers, the percent something is dominant or recessive, color theory, etc.

@Happy Pets posts - don't get me started on Crowdstar, I played that game since its beginning, and over time came to loathe how money grubbing they became as they grew in popularity. Also the requirement to log in and do things in order to unlock or keep features, and features that require adding new players (those who never previously played the game ever). I loved that game and really enjoyed the breeding features (much more simple than Ovipets though) but after letting all my houses lapse for over a week and needing to unlock them all over again, I never went back. No one wants to log into a game to re-unlock features.

[Drea]

trying to reply to more than one post here @Drea , you are not required to buy credits, you can earn them in-game with a weekly log in bonus and by clicking other people's eggs. A one time purchase will unlock level 5 mutation though, but now that I've been playing awhile I'm finding I'm using credits more for splicing and generating new colors than researching as you can get breed mutations without researching them, you only have to own pets with them, including level 5. Also the Mendelian Genetics do get more complicated, I'm finding that occasionally I'm getting a mutation not present in the geneology, (got dragon wings on a wolf with only regular wings in genetics). Also I posted a simplified genetics char to make it easier for others who might not understand it, I didn't account for 1/4 carriers, the percent something is dominant or recessive, color theory, etc.

@Happy Pets posts - don't get me started on Crowdstar, I played that game since its beginning, and over time came to loathe how money grubbing they became as they grew in popularity. Also the requirement to log in and do things in order to unlock or keep features, and features that require adding new players (those who never previously played the game ever). I loved that game and really enjoyed the breeding features (much more simple than Ovipets though) but after letting all my houses lapse for over a week and needing to unlock them all over again, I never went back. No one wants to log into a game to re-unlock features.

Ah I see, so it helps but isn't needed. Thanks for the clarification, it sounded like it was pretty needed once you got far into the game.

[Kesstryl]

Example of mutation that went further than intended. I was trying to make a unicorn horn (level 2), the mutation went further and produced antelope horns which are a level 3 mutation. I would have been happy with the unicorn horn *sigh* but this is only the second time out of at least over a hundred breedings that this has happened, so it's rare.

[Toxic Rainbow Kisses]

I tried it out for a bit, But Im too confused by it :/