<s>
Minions	B-Application
Paradise	I-Application
was	O
a	O
mobile	B-Application
game	I-Application
based	O
on	O
characters	O
appearing	O
in	O
the	O
computer-animated	O
comedy	O
film	O
franchise	O
Despicable	O
Me	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
given	O
a	O
soft	O
launch	O
on	O
April	O
21	O
,	O
2015	O
and	O
was	O
later	O
given	O
an	O
official	O
release	O
on	O
October	O
13	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
worldwide	O
on	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
iOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gamezebo	O
reviewed	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
wrote	O
:	O
"	O
Much	O
of	O
Minions	B-Application
Paradise	I-Application
will	O
seem	O
familiar	O
to	O
anyone	O
who	O
’s	O
played	O
other	O
free	O
city/town/base/resort	O
building	O
games	O
before	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Forbes	O
criticized	O
Minions	B-Application
Paradise	I-Application
in	O
a	O
review	O
about	O
Star	O
Wars	O
:	O
Battlefront	O
,	O
where	O
they	O
called	O
it	O
a	O
"	O
familiar	O
and	O
formulaic	O
phone	O
and	O
tablet	O
game	O
built	O
around	O
timers	O
,	O
tapped	O
icons	O
,	O
and	O
insidious	O
invitations	O
to	O
skip	O
forward	O
in	O
a	O
build	O
queue	O
by	O
buying	O
fake	O
currency	O
in	O
bundles	O
that	O
cost	O
anywhere	O
from	O
$2.99	O
to	O
$99.99	O
"	O
and	O
wrote	O
that	O
"	O
the	O
imposed	O
bottle	O
necks	O
on	O
upgrades	O
and	O
item	O
acquisition	O
makes	O
tapping	O
both	O
incessant	O
and	O
detached	O
from	O
any	O
dramatic	O
significance	O
,	O
something	O
that	O
feeds	O
a	O
recursive	O
loop	O
of	O
player	O
presence.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Apple'N'Apps	O
gave	O
Minions	B-Application
Paradise	I-Application
a	O
score	O
of	O
3.5	O
,	O
praising	O
it	O
for	O
its	O
mini-games	O
,	O
theme	O
and	O
flow	O
of	O
quests	O
and	O
objectives	O
while	O
also	O
criticizing	O
it	O
for	O
being	O
too	O
similar	O
to	O
other	O
freemium	O
simulation	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
