Afterlife

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Description

Afterlife is is a humorous strategy game similar to SimCity where the afterlife is subject to market-based economy. The player has to make it work by managing heaven and hell simultaneously.

In both hell and heaven the player constructs zones which deal with one of the seven capital sins respectively the corresponding virtues. Through the gates new souls arrive regularly which were sinful or virtues in one specific aspect. These go to the appropriate zones to receive their gifts or punishment - but only if the player constructed a street system. If there is no place left they wander through hell/heaven which is of course bad for business. After some time they get sent back to the home planet. These souls are the source of the player's income.

Of course these facilities also need personnel. These can be either hired or trained by building special training facilities. There are also additional things the player has to keep in mind, e.g. the satisfaction of each soul and the energy supply. Every buildings has to be micro-managed by adjusting their settings but there is also the possibility to use a tool which does it automatically - for a price.

Random disasters like "Birds of Paradise" (excrement rain down on the facilities) break the economic circle and challenge the player to repair the damage. Besides the free playing mode there are also five scenarios where the player has to solve certain tasks.

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Alternate Titles

• "Afterlife: The Last Word in Sims" -- Tag-lined title
• "Afterlife: La Simulazione per Eccellenza" -- Italian tag-lined title
• "Afterlife: Chaos im Jenseits" -- German title

User Reviews

A Good Simcity clone with poor execution	Windows	ETJB (447)
Entertaining for a while, then virtually unplayable.	Windows	Joakim Kihlman (269)
Amusing SimHeaven/SimHell game	Windows	Afterburner (477)
Even better than Sim City 2000	Windows	Hadanite Marasek (26)
Great Sim City 2000 style game!	Windows	Laey'zur Tiberius Hawke (7)
Didn't care for this one	Windows	Tony Van (2665)
A great idea, but poorly executed.	Windows	lechuck13 (305)

Critic Reviews

PC Team	Windows	Jun, 1996	94 out of 100	94
PC Zone	Windows	Aug 13, 2001	8.8 out of 10	88
PC Zone	DOS	Aug 13, 2001	8.8 out of 10	88
Macworld	Macintosh	Jan, 1997	8.2 out of 10	82
About This Particular Macintosh	Macintosh	Aug, 1996		80
GameSpot	DOS	Jul 12, 1996	7.6 out of 10	76
PC Joker	DOS	Aug, 1996	76 out of 100	76
Power Play	Windows	Aug, 1996	75 out of 100	75
PC Games (Germany)	DOS	Aug, 1996	68 out of 100	68
PC Player (Germany)	Windows	Aug, 1996		60

Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
intro shot correct?	9	Corn Popper (69208) Jun 13, 2007

Trivia

Earth

The manual VEHEMENTLY denies that the world displayed in the game is earth. It specifically states "THIS IS NOT EARTH", even though they have the same seven sins and seven virtues as Christians do.

Secrets

By typing SAMNMAX three times, you can make Max trounce your poor little afterlife...it's quite amusing. SAVE FIRST!

Another Secret

By typing $@! five times, you can make the Death Star wreak havoc on your heaven or hell.

Information also contributed by Kasey Chang

Related Web Sites

• Wikipedia: Afterlife (article in the open encyclopedia about the game)