Empire TV Tycoon
I’ve been looking for a modern version of Mad TV for a long time, so I was quite excited when I stumbled upon Empire TV Tycoon on Steam. I had a lot of fun with it, but there were also some frustrating moments which I will explain in a moment.
How do the game mechanics compare to Mad TV?
The similarities are immediately apparent when looking at the interface. You are a tiny person using an elevator to navigate through a high building which houses your offices, film studios, a movie library, an advertising agency and so on. There are two AI opponents with their own channels.
– Real player with 48.3 hrs in game
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Empire TV Tycoon is an easy to learn fun simulation where you run a tv channel.
As you increase viewership and make those important decisions on what to play and what ads to show, you can climb the ranks from a simple local channel to the world of satellite broadcasting.
Part of the game is programming your day’s viewing - which sounds more tedious or daunting than it actually is.
You will recognise some movie titles, and the spoofs of well-known award shows and film festivals. This adds to the immersive side of Empire, and it can be quite fun (if not diabolical) to plan a day’s tv viewing based on your favourite films… or least favourites…
– Real player with 21.8 hrs in game
Devil, It’s me
Quite difficult dungeon management / short visual novel with cute pixel art
– Real player with 18.6 hrs in game
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Very fun to play, money well expend.
– Real player with 11.6 hrs in game
My Lovely Daughter
Fathers were always so Underrated
My review after a long while tbh, I will dedicate this one to my loving father. Whom I believe just as the father in this game, would probably do anything for me to be alive (ok maybe not so twisted as these things haha)
This is roughly a point and click adventure which includes a dark story, symbolism, time management all in one for a plot where a single father is trying to revive his only hope in the world: his daughter. The story follows a man named Faust who lost everything important to him which was his family. He is an alchemist and he was banished to the forgotten parts of the city where the people who did not belong lived. There many many things happened and he lost his daughter and he uses the forbidden arts to revive her.
– Real player with 28.8 hrs in game
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Graphics: 5/10
Music: 3/10
Story: 3/10
Overall: 4/10
I wanted to like this game. I really did. Not only because management games are right up my alley, or because I just love Princess Maker style games, or because a dear friend gifted it to me. But because I DO love dark and twisted takes to those sim raising games.
A raising sim where you aren’t raising a daughter but homunculi that are mere tools for a bigger end? It can’t get much darker than that. You are basically playing as the very-very-very bad dad from Full Metal Alchemist that used his daughter in an experiment to keep his goverment money. But as much as I love those dark takes, I don’t take well when people assume that my inteligence and capacity to differenciate reality vs fiction and good vs bad is null. Right as you start the game you will be greeted by a long text basically explaining why what you’re about to play is so horrible and terrible and I’m not sure if it’s just that the developers really think that the people who will buy this game are idiots, psychos or if they just want you to feel bad and guilty for playing it but it’s certainly one of the two.
– Real player with 23.2 hrs in game
Diner Mania
Diner Mania is what it sounds like, a combination of Diner Dash and Cake Mania. As far as content goes, Diner Mania is bare bones, offering only the most minimal of content a game of this genre can present. The storyline is fairly straightforward: A string of family friendly restaurants are driven out of business by rowdy bikers who vandalize, terrorize, and refuse to pay their bill, leaving only the owners of the Italian restaurant in charge of helping rid their town of the biker plague and put their neighbouring restaurants back in business. Despite this endearing storyline, this game itself is anything but endearing,
– Real player with 8.3 hrs in game
Diner Mania is a game where you are given the task to run a restaurant, serve customers and try to get gangsters to leave the business. With the money you earn you can upgrade your restaurant and get new dishes to serve. Eventually you save enough money to buy three more restaurants and you should try to earn the full three stars in each restaurant to finish the game.
The game has a good pace, and can get quite difficult at times when you are swarmed with customers. Thankfully you are able to switch restaurants in the game, so it never really gets boring (until the end, when I was trying to get the three stars in the last restaurant, and no upgrades left, that was a bit tedious).
– Real player with 5.8 hrs in game
Beans: The Coffee Shop Simulator
OVERALL RATING 9/10 | MY TAGS: Management/Tycoon/Simulation/
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REVIEW
I loved this game! I really enjoy the gameplay of it, it’s not like a regular tycoon game on a phone or android where you just tap for coins; theres recipes, goals, different coffee shop levels, and the best part is that it’s in alpha stage, once it releases I expect there to be more levels, more recipes, and better 2D placement. The only concern I had was, that on the mall stage it wouldn’t let me progress to the next shop, the progression bar would go up, and the robot you’d click was not there, almost as it wasn’t even there. I spent about 1-2 hours on that shop just to have to restart. Other than that, this game is fun to play if you have nothing to do, or just want a new variety of gaming.
– Real player with 34.7 hrs in game
Think The Sims, but with coffee shops. This is the me-ist game I’ve ever purchased. And yes, it’s riddled with bugs, but that doesn’t warrant bad reviews. (It really doesn’t - I finished this game despite the bugs. There are cheat codes you can use to warp to the otherwise unreachable subsequent levels, and you’ll find ways around the glitches. More on that later.) These bugs are definitely a shame, but I beg you to stick with it, or at least pick it up again when the patch rolls around. It is so worth playing.
– Real player with 23.2 hrs in game
Capital Island
Simple but good trading game.
If you’re not looking for a ‘cozy’ trading game, though, definitively go with ‘Challenge’ mode. Being able to visit shops multiple times (in ‘normal’ mode) means you eventually end up able to sell basically any excess resources you’ve got, which kinda takes the ‘trading’ out of this game. Just becomes logistics. Don’t get me wrong, I still had fun, but I like ‘cozy’ games sometimes. Probably pretty easy with Challenge on too.
– Real player with 4.5 hrs in game
This game takes a bit to get into and requires some patience to continue. There’s a lot of repetitive actions but after about 30 minutes of playing you’ll notice the game advancing.
I’m sure this game is deeper than what I’ve initially seen so I will go back and continue to play.
The music is amazing, so peaceful and calm with an island flair. I can tell the dev worked really hard on this game.
– Real player with 0.7 hrs in game
Princess of Tavern Collector’s Edition
I was fooled by good reviews and a decent sale price last winter. This isn’t that great of a game.
Also as someone who likes to top off 100% achievements, I’ve been dealing with a bugged achievement on my game that is supposed to be awarded upon completion of the main storyline. It wasn’t. Dev has not expressed any interest in addressing this or other bugs that occur during gameplay.
Can’t recommend this title in good faith.
Overall gaming experience: 4/10
But considering the bugs: 3/10
– Real player with 15.2 hrs in game
Clunky, feels more like repeating similar structured levels rather than variations, and the levels seem obnoxiously long rather than hard at times. 2.5/5
Good concepts, mini games are a right amount of difficult for achievements and it’s a good game for achievement hunters who like casuals. Just know you will spend hours on it that it likely didn’t need to have.
– Real player with 12.9 hrs in game
Final Profit: A Shop RPG
You are Biz, former Queen of Faeona.
An organisation called the Bureau of Business has pushed your kingdom to the brink.
Starting from scratch, can you earn enough money to take them on and save your people? Or will you lose sight of your goal on the way?
Run your shop as you try to become a Lord of Business!
AN RPG WITHOUT COMBAT: Earn XP by making money!
FIND OPPORTUNITIES: Seek out new products and customers to expand your shop! Some will take more work than others.
UPGRADES: There are many ways to improve and even automate your business!
DEBT: The Bureau of Business will try to keep you down, prove yourself by overcoming many challenges!
CHOICES: The decisions you make might lead to an early end, or different opportunities!
Nelke & the Legendary Alchemists ~Ateliers of the New World~ / ネルケと伝説の錬金術士たち ～新たな大地のアトリエ～
When I first started playing it - I was clueless to what all was going on. That being said I was ecstatic about this being a hardworking bosslady with NO time countdown like the previous games had been… ummm yeah. 6 hours later - I realized after my advisor came in my office and told me that he was taking me back to the capitol for not reaching my task given, THAT IT WAS REAL. Needless to say I was very disappointed to know this was in fact cruel on time management. The second time around I knew not to mess about; starting production and gathering as soon as I could and it made it a little bit easier being prepared for the future goal tasks when they unveiled.
– Real player with 94.1 hrs in game
This is my first game of the Atelier series.
I saw recommendations of Atelier games but never tryed one because they are always so expensive.
But i have to say its worth the money.
Characters: 10/10
Lovely Characters and everyone of them with their own little story.
Music: 10/10
It is really relaxing to listen to this music while manage the production etc.
Alchemy: 5/10
It´s not that advanced but for new players to the series its really good to understand the base mechanic of the whole system.
– Real player with 87.2 hrs in game
Princess Maker 2 Refine
I’ve played the original DOS version and this new version - Refine.
What I liked about Refine:
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New Japanese voiceovers.
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The music sounds much better.
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New text makes it easier to understand some of the courses/work easier. I first played this game as a child and had a difficult time understanding the terminology in the DOS version. As a result, a child may have an easier time understanding this.
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The Art is less grainy and more refined; somewhat brighter. The flowers in the vase change by the season – which I thought was a nice touch.
– Real player with 133.8 hrs in game
Princess Maker 2 Refine can make a lot of princesses but not much of a game.
Story
The story of PM2R is near non-existent, but on purpose. You are a wandering swordsman who saves a kingdom from a demonic siege by defeating the demon lord. Ever thankful for your rescue, the king gives you a home, a butler, and a yearly stipend. The heavens bestow a child of their own upon you. Already age ten, you are tasked with raising her for the next eight years of her life. The story is wildly open-ended from here, as there are dozens upon dozens of endings, but none are particularly impressive; amounting to nothing more than a few short blurbs about the kind of person your adopted daughter became when she left your home. The sheer number of possible endings and permutations of those endings are far more impressive than the quality of them.
– Real player with 123.2 hrs in game