You can only assign one set of staff to an aircraft, so basically it's the same pilot flying that airplane 24/7 for a whole month. Also personnel management is ridiculous: you hire people with the skills they come with and you can't train them further, so your only way to improve your staff is to fire them and get new ones. Furthermore you just choose preset items for the whole aircraft and can't for example have multiple class aircraft, but this doesn't change anything anyway since the price for all tickets is always the same. The indoor cabin design is a joke: the developers wouldn't bother to make the different indoor environment for the different aircraft, so the inside of your jumbo jet is the same as that of your small propeller airliner. The aircraft customization options themselves are laughable only 8 aircraft to choose from regardless of any realism (the Concorde becomes a short haul, high passenger, profitable aircraft) with very limited options. There are only 4 airlines to choose from, which are rigid and uncustomizable. There are only 4 airlines to Sold as a simulation but has practically zero depth and you can easily go around the whole game in a few hours. Sold as a simulation but has practically zero depth and you can easily go around the whole game in a few hours. If you're into SimCity-like customization, put this one back. Overall, if you like the strategy building of tycoon games and you really like airports, buy this game. But the strategy and gameplay makes up for it. I wouldn't pay more than about $10 for this game, thanks to clunky controls and limited customization (you can only paint planes six or so different colors, you can't customize anything in your airport, and you can't even change your airline name). It's difficult to master, but once you get the hang of it, and you know what you're doing, it can be very addicting and fun. This is the part I was looking for, a decent tycoon aspect.
You build flight plans, schedule maintenance, purchase ad campaigns, and sabotage opponents. You have to plan routes, take contracts, and make sure you have planes that can handle those contracts. Moving on, the simulation is pretty strong. Without this, the game is so tedious its unplayable. Then, using a button at the bottom left of the screen, you'll be able to click and display a complete menu of all the places in the airport so you can fast-travel. HOWEVER, this is something most people don't know I think: If you go to the tourist shop and click on the clerk, there're random things you can buy. This is a nice change of pace, because it requires you to plan your actions ahead. You can also explore your airport (every airport is basically identical, but still). Unlike most Tycoon games, where you play as though you were God looking down from above, this one actually gives you a character, and to get things done you have to go to different offices. Now, I generally don't like cartoonish games, but this one doesn't take away from the strategy and building aspects of the game. It can get repetitive (the same people saying the exact same thing the eighteenth time you visit) but it's not bad. For starters, the entire game is cartoonish and simplistic, with fantastic voice acting and a fair amount of comedy. But it does do some things well, and for being basically the *only* decent game in the airline/airport tycoon genre, I think it deserves a try. And there are many things that could be improved. It's not the best game in the world, really, it's not. I made an account here just to write this review, because I don't want people to miss out on this game just because a lot of people don't like I made an account here just to write this review, because I don't want people to miss out on this game just because a lot of people don't like it.
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