Hell Architect

You hear it over and over. "I REALLY wanted to like this!" And this absolutely should be my jam. All the cute little bipeds are running around mostly naked... but every bit of possible sexy has been stripped away. I figured the whole torture thing could set off some of THAT sort of fun stuff in me. I'm like that. It didn't. How? I have no idea. I tend to really get into these side on digging/base building sorts of games, But again... this one just isn't doing it for me. And here I can sort of see it. It's just kinda tedious. On top of that I'm getting REALLY sick of condescending tutorial / quest giver types. That's just me. And WHILE one might expect that from a game set in hell it did NOT have to go that direction. The condescension thing seems to be a fad currently. I wish the devs would get over that one. I'm sure there are fans of it but I do not know any of the three of them. Anyway. This managed to push a LOT of little buttons on me and turned me right off. Which was sad. I was looking forward to playing this. IF you want to go here, wait for a good sale. Yeah yeah. I know patience is a virtue. But you will be glad you indulged just this once. I can't …

A rubbish copy of "Oxygen Not Included" to a tee, but with a different coat of paint. You’re better off playing the original.

I want to tell you its a good little game if you go in not hoping for too much, it can be funny, the story was relatively interesting but I found it boring. It took me far too long to finish the game as I kept getting bored and moved on to anything else. when I did finally decide to lock in and complete the game and get all the achievements its appears that the game has been abandoned. It is next to impossible to get the last achievement, and I sunk easily 2 days of time into it with two attempts 15/17 hours each attempt.

The developers had some ideas for mission dialogues, building names, VIPs, and the overall vibe, but lacked the ideas required to build a game around those concepts. There is nothing to do between those rare moments when you can say, "that's funny and clever." You can build all the production buildings in a couple of minutes and then just wait. Also, what depth can you expect from a colony sim that manages to fit all resource counters on a single screen? It shouldn't fit.

not worth it for the price, found it boring after less than a hour

It has a great theme and humor. The whole idea of organizing hell has a lot of charm. Visually, it has a cute cartoon-ish style, which fits the humor. Gameplay doesn’t live up to it. It becomes repetitive quickly. Systems feel shallow, and once you understand the core loop, there isn’t much evolution or challenge to keep things interesting. The pacing also slows down noticeably after the early stages. It's fine to pass some time. Offers nothing to keep you invested for longer.