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the best game ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 21
Date: June 29, 2002
Author: Amazon User

i love this game and there right if you love the sims you'll deffenantly like hotel giant.

I never knew it was so fun to own a hotel!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 15
Date: July 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Hotel Giant is the best tycoon game I have ever played!You can build your own rooms,build lobbys,make spas,pools,bars,computer rooms,even librarys!This game rocks!

Great Tycoon Game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 16 / 18
Date: July 20, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is awesome, you can build your own hotels of any sort (B&B, Resort, Urban, Suburban, etc.) to your special needs. You can make any type of hotel ammenity you can think of from pools, to computer rooms. The best part is you can spy on your guests, find out their needs and compliaints, and fulfill them to your own desire. This is definitely like the Sims in many ways, but different too. You will not get bored with this game, it constantly keeps you occupied with new challenges. A recommended game to all consumers, young and old.

Sims-No way

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 7 / 16
Date: August 01, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I'm a long time Sim player and when a new game was out like the Sims I jump at it.Graphics are good but it's harder to play then the sims.The tutorial doesn't help all that much.Stick with the Sims.

CAUTION IF YOU ARE RUNNING WINDOWS ME

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 13 / 17
Date: August 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Watch out. Do not install the DirectX8.1 that comes with the game. It crashed my system BAD. I had lock-up and could not get to my Desktop. Other than that, after re-building my system - I found the game to be great. Almost worth the system crash.

BEWARE

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 15
Date: August 31, 2002
Author: Amazon User

WATCH OUT!!
THIS GAME REQUIRES 264 MB RAM, WIT NY LESS THE MOUSE POINTER MOVES VEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERY SLOWLY AND IS HARD TO CONTROL!!
CHECK YOUR SYSTEM BEFORE BUYING THIS GAME!!

You do not know what you are getting into...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 20 / 24
Date: September 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

In this game u choose the location for your hotel, then u choose the style of your hotel, next u furnish your hotel, and then u manage your hotel until u get bored.... Furnishing your hotel is pretty fun because u have so many choices...but managing it is a completely different story. After u open your hotel u have to wait half an hour, and then, and only then, will customers come. (Even if u advertise!)A few will come and look at your hotel. If they don't "like" your hotel they will leave. If they do "like" your hotel they will check in. All the customers do is watch TV, work out, read, etc. Unless u enjoy watching these things it gets very boring very soon. (It does even if u do enjoy watching these things.) In order to make your hotel "good", u (Supposedly...) have to peek into your cutomers' thoughts and evaluate their idiotic complaints. (Such as: "My room needs more lighting" or "The bar does not have reservation desk" etc.)Then u "fix" the hotel, and so on and so on until u get bored....(Like I mentioned above.) Another thing is that when the music changes the WHOLE GAME FREEZES FOR FIVE SECONDS! Here's the bad part, the music changes every thirty seconds! This gets soooooo annoying! Here are the pros and cons of the game:

PROS: Building and furnishing hotel is fun

CONS: Everything else is not

Summary:
This whole game is one big mistake. If u like tycoons, you're better off staying with RCT or some other one.

Thanks for reading this! (Or at least skimming thru it.)

View the website before purchasing this product!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: September 16, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I suggest that you go to the website and view the Technical Support section before purchasing this product. Read about the problems that other users have had or are having with this program. I've had the program for about three weeks, and it has worked about three times. There seems to be a problem starting the program. It either kicks you back to the desktop during the intro or it won't start at all. I downloaded the patch for the program, it didn't work. I sent an email to Tech Support a week ago and they have not yet responded. I read through the customer comments and found that there are a lot of people complaining about this problem. There are some people who have figured out how to re-program there software, but if I spend [money] on a software program, I shouldn't have to re-program it! Today I sold my game to a second hand retailer. I didn't get anything near the amount I paid for it. If you buy it and it works for you, Hooray! All I'm saying is view the customer comments on the website before purchasing this product! This Product, Tech Support and Manufacturer was a BIG disappointment to me. I will not be purchasing software from this company again. My experience with this software was TERRIBLE! I only gave it one star because there was no option for "0 Stars". Good Luck!

It Could Be Worth Your Money, But It's Not.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 12 / 13
Date: September 19, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game has the potential to be good but it falls short in so many ways. I wish I would have read more reviews before I purchased it. Even reading the box cover had me convinced I was getting a great game but I was fooled because I had way too many problems while playing.
1. It takes too long to load up.
2. The more stuff you add to your hotel the slower the game plays.
3. Then it freezes up the computer for no reason.
4. You have to save every five minutes so you don't lose your progress.
5. Sometimes the game just reboots on its own.
6. Too much time is spent bulding the hotel, than is spent trying to manage it.
7. This is what I hated most. You have to pass all of the game tutorials before you get access to all objects needed to be the best Hotel Manager.
My advise is this, if you want this game then buy it used. Don't waste your money.

Don't waste your money

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 8
Date: September 22, 2002
Author: Amazon User

B-O-R-I-N-G.

That pretty much says it all about this game. I've been trying to think of at least some redeeming qualities to this game for those who enjoy its premise, but sadly there are none.

Sure you can design rooms and kitchens, bars, game rooms and meeting rooms, but that's about all there is to it. There's none of the snappy humor you get in other SIM games; and the customers are whiny about every detail from not buying THE most expensive sink in the public restrooms, to not being on THE most expensive chairs in the restaurant.

Even the "challenge" levels are quite dull. It's definately not the game I was expecting. ...

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