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Simply Fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 13, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I purchased this game about two years ago and I love it. I was pretty addicted to it and then stopped for a while and started up again and have two more casinos to unlock.

This game is cool. It probably wouldn't be impressive to frequent gamers with respect to graphics and such. However, to someone like myself who doesn't play a lot of video games, it is simple to play and fun building up the casinos. Also when you put in wedding chapels and other amenities, you can see a different array of characters moving about your casino. I think its interesting and fun to watch.

The game is listed here for a really low price. I think it's worth it for the entertainment.

fun game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 08, 2008
Author: Amazon User

fun simple to build and make profit game career mode to unlock more casinos for sandbag mode were you can freely build and upgrade the cassinos

For the "sim" gamer

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 24, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I love this type of game, but if someone isnt into long and in depth games than this isnt for them. i love being able to design the interior of my casino how i want yet also the challenge of having goals to meet. also there are little "twists" as you play like casinos attacking you and shady characters wanting to do business with you. but overall this is a great game for me.

Good but needed some updates and more content

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game kept me entertained for a while and I even loaded on my laptop because I missed it. Unfortuantely my laptop blew up! Yes it was 1 1/2 year old Alienware laptop.
The graphics werent bad and the premise of this game was good. I happen to like this game better than Vegas Tycoon. While VT had better graphics, to me you had slightly a little more to do in Casino Empire.
You were given tasks to complete involoving none other than, a casino. Various locations and some of the casinos (some mostly empty) looked very nice. The graphics could of been a little more detailed, and the pit bosses needed more realism as well as the slots. Security cameras with a security room could add to the realism where you can actually catch cheaters, robbers, and so fourth looking on the secruity screens from the cameras you placed throughout. It would of been nice also to add a hotel and actually design it, make the rooms, and design and include the resturants (little bit of resturant empire and Maximum Occupancy-Hotel Tycoon) mixed in by making a resort complete with a pool, parking lot, and designing comp cards. A window would take you to a screen tha shows when the person is coming to the hotel, when he/she is leaving and later on how much comp did he/she earn. If he/she brings their family, you need things to do for the children or else they wont have a pleasant stay and in turn will not spend much time in the casino. The resturants and keno were awful. I hate pasting resturants on walls, its so unreal. It wuld of been nice to build a buffet breakfast/lunch/dinner style resturant and actually design it and go in.
I would of also liked to see progressive jackpots, the huge signs, and perhaps opening and closing so the technicians can service the slots, fill them, and clean up as well. Adding a bar would be a plus. Many casinos have bars that you can sit at. The cashiers and waitresses would add to the realism.

Fun with no hassle

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 29, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game provides hours of good fun entertainment and increasing challanges as you go from one casino to the next. It is a game that does not require hours of studying the manual to play. It's only downfall is that the player can't manipulate the services (Restaurants, bingo parlors, Wedding chapels and etc.) that the player creates for the casino.

Best Sim Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: May 22, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is great for those that like an easier SIM game. I - myself do not have time to master the more complicated ones. The first two Casinos are pretty easy to make the goals - the third gets harder. Would recommend to others.

Hoyle Casino Empire

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

If you like casino games or casinos, you've got to try this one. Here you build your own casinos and run them. Hoyle Casino Empire provides hours of fun and entertainment. I have had this game for a long time and I never get tired of playing it. The graphics are very good and you will find plenty of options in the game. A must buy.

Casino Empire

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Fun game can get a little slow at times, make sure you read some strategies online before playing.

Worth the low price now, waste some time and have some fun!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: August 12, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Casino Empire must have been a game that someone designed to fill a niche when the Sim City games were a rage. Sadly this game was never a hit but for true Casino goers, it's sort of fun to play around with.

Obviously the Themed Casinos represented on their "Vegas Strip" take after Real World properties such as the Luxor, Excalibur, Circus Circus, Hard Rock and the Stratosphere but clearly they could not license the use of the actual names. If this game would have sold at all and generated further development, I would have liked to see an Atlantic City edition as that's where I like to spend time at since I'm here on the East Coast.

Game play is pretty simple but I did have a tough time winning the final scenario taking several tries before getting it right. A reasonable number of Table Games are represented here to place in your Casinos, I think it would have been a stretch to try to put all the offshoots like "Let it Ride" and "Carribean Stud" in along with the Standard table games so they did a pretty good job there. The Slots and Video Poker games are good enough but I would have switched the "Video Blackjack" games for "Video Slots", I like how when you put in a "bank" of 16 games you get a Feature Topper that can be seen throughout the casino, a nice touch.

The Card Tournaments which you can actually play within the game are OK but I found the Full Versions in Hoyle Casino which I also have to be better so I leave them alone.

One fun thing you have are the VIPs who enter your casino once You have the facilities that draw the High Rollers. I found the Voice Talent pretty good especially with Arnold and Clint, the Real Fun happens when you jack up the Alcohol Content of the Drinks served to 200%, you get some lines that truly cracked me up! You may also get a "Star Trek" convention or an Elvis Convention to visit your Casino and that can be interesting as well.

Though some reviewers here have downplayed this game, I find it entertaining enough, I like the sound and visual atmosphere in Real Casinos about as much as the actual gaming myself so I continue to be amused trying to lay out my Casinos in different ways and different decor when I fool around with this little gem.

Casino Empire was made to fill a Niche which it does nicely, too bad that they missed the mark by overestimating how large the audience would be for this title, I would have liked to see more but it's not going to be developed further.

Tons of Chips

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: July 25, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Casino Empire is a great simulation game. It's easy to use and a lot of fun to play.

Basically you're in charge of building a casino from one of several different spots on the map. You have to unlock these venues through the scenarios and once you do you can freely build in them in sandbox mode. Start off with slots, upgrade to craps, poker, etc... Add restaurants and all the other extras needed for a full blown casino experience.

Some positive and negative aspects:
+ Graphics and Sound: I found the graphics to be excellent. It's all isometric 2D and it looks great. The people are detailed enough to be believable and the casino environment is very well done. The sound is fitting and when your casino gets bigger it really does sound like you're there with all the bleeping, banging, and noise that goes with it.
+ Performance: the game runs great. For really big casinos with thousands of guests you may experience some sluggishness but it's not too bad. If your system meets the requirements for the game you'll be fine - disable any background stuff like virus scanners if you experience problems.
+ Entertainment: this game is just plain fun. Watching people play the games and get mad at losing or happy at winning is amusing. The best part - in my opinion - is clicking on individual people. You get a portrait, where they're from, their likes and dislikes, and you can comp them if desired. There's celebrities, average Joes, Bums, businessmen, etc that can frequent your casino. After you build a bar it gets really interesting....
- Replayability: this is perhaps the weakest part of the game. After you finish the scenarios and have unlocked all the buildings you may not desire to play the same exact buildings over and over again. Even though you can vary the placement of gambling items and establishments it is repetitious. Unfortunately once you've exhausted the scenarios there aren't any more gambling items or new buildings to put up so it wears thin at that point.

Take care

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