Casino Resort Tower

I finally bit the bullet and bought this game after seeing it in EA for over a a year but now I kind of wish I kept it in the wishlist longer. Overall, the game just has a very clunky feel to it. The interface is difficult to navigate and I'm constantly closing windows. One suggested fix would be to allow the Esc key to close out of windows. So much of the game is locked behind the research panel that I found myself just speeding time for me to get enough of the research documents. I would love for my employees not to have mental breakdowns because their favorite snack is not yet available. The straw that broke the camel's back was trying to get the utility wires working. It legit stopped being fun after a few minutes of that. I think this could be a fantastic game in the long run, it just needs a LOT of polish.

Criminally underrated. The amount of content in this game - in early access at that! - is just awesome!!! I guess my only complaint is that the learning curve can be pretty steep, I've given up on many casino's due to unforseen issues I didn't realise I had to plan for (and there's a lot of variables because there's a lot of game mechanics to keep in mind). But I actually kind of enjoy that part as well, I like starting a new casino with the aim of correcting the mistakes I made in earlier playthroughs. I've really only scratched the surface and I'm already so excited for the upcoming update.

Bottom line: Good for 50 or so hours before it just got so repetitive I couldn't take it anymore. Very much worth the price on sale. The good: This game really surprised me. There's so much more to it than you would expect, and apparently there's even more coming. Which is great if you like micro-managing and very slow development. There are a whole lot of moving parts to keep track of. The game is extremely good at telling you when there's an issue, once you figure out how the various windows work. Money doesn't feel like a crucial resource. I've never had money pressure - which I like. But trying to build reputation and ratings, that's a different story, and I haven't figured it out very well yet. Achievements, if you are so inclined, are actually achievable. I'm not much of an achievements hunter, but I still got 75% of them in my 50 hours, and was on track to 100% it in 75 or so hours. There aren't any that feel like total stretch barely possible. Some annoyances: When starting a new game, you can change the difficulty of almost everything. But using custom difficulty settings at all, or playing on any difficulty besides normal, disables achievements. This is disappointi…

It's hard to describe how enjoyable this game is, and it deserves far more exposure than it has. The management aspect is fun. You have to build amenities to satisfy guests and also to make your employees more comfortable with employee bathrooms and locker rooms, employee parking, etc.. The moodlets create fun little stories and I will just pick people at random and watch what they do. I had a guest stand in front of an empty cashier booth to get chips while the cashier was in the break room below her eating chips with a smug little grin on his face like he knew exactly what he was doing. The guest got too impatient, stormed off to the lounge and bought a newspaper with a moodlet about paying money to read today's bad news and somehow that spiked her satisfaction with the resort by 40% and make her happy with the place again. The whole thing just sorta works and it's such a shame this game isn't more well known.

Reminds me of Project Highrise from back in the day! Lots of things to unlock and a surprising amount of depth and strategy needed to decide what to build where. The art style is perfect! The guests in their hats are adorable! My only complaint is that there needs to be an in game guide, some of the systems like the security system get confusing.

This is a fantastic game! I would highly recommend it!