911 Operator

It’s really fun to play! I enjoy playing as the dispatcher a lot, and it’s especially fun when you download your own city. The Voice Calls are fun, there’s actually quite a few, and there’s lots of different incidents that happen. My favorite part is that you can switch between the call and your dispatcher map screen so you can direct the emergency vehicles while chatting with the caller, adds a bit to the realism. The touch does get a bit wonky from time to time and I find some of my units won’t attach to the incident I’m trying to direct it and it stops beside it and it eventually fades or the vehicle goes where I tap instead of drag and makes it hard to direct them. Last complaint is it’s hard to establish how many units are on top of each other if they are the same when looking at the map. Spend a couple hours here and there playing. Worth the money, great app.

I’ve been hoping this game would come out on iOS, and I quite like it so far. But I really wish the sound options were more clear. Mute Operator? Does that mean mute the player’s voice? Muffle Normal Calls? Does that mean you’ll hear “mwamp mwamp mwamp” rather than voices when you receive calls? And why is there no option to mute the radio chatter, which gets repetitive within the first three minutes of a round and never ends, without also muting your units? These aren’t explained and I feel like they ought to be. That’s really my only big problem so far. There is a learning curve and you’ve got to put yourself in the mindset of someone on that end of those phone calls, which is really interesting. Also, it’s really cool to see so many towns and cities across the world. However I would personally prefer there was a loading bar rather than the spinner when downloading maps. I feel like it’d make it a bit clearer if the game was still downloading the map or if it were just stuck.

Overall I really like this game, it’s challenging and make you think about each individual call and what units you should send. The ability to download any city and play on that map is another really cool feature, I like playing in my own town. I would suggest a few things that could use improving: Some levels are so challenging, even on easy, that it’s almost impossible to not get fired. While I can appreciate a challenge, if you get fired and have to repeat the level, you do not get to keep any of the money from that level that could toward buying more emergency assets, so you revert back to the money you had before. It would be nice if you could keep that money so as to help defeat that level next time. I can’t believe I’m saying this: but I would like to see an option in the DLC for more money. Maybe $50,000 for $.99? $100,000 for $1.99? Also, be aware that this game, at least on my iOS 11.2 on a iPhone 6S plus, is a complete battery killer over a short amount of time. I’ve also found the phone heats up to a noticeable level that makes me a little nervous. Again, could just be my phone, but I’m sure this is a major GPU and processor hog that is accounting for that. Other than that I really enjoy the game, it is a lot of fun and I look forward to future updates.