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Crashes and stuff...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 15 / 19
Date: July 08, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I have Windows XP. If you have Windows XP, TAKE GREAT CAUTION! I bought the game, and I installed it. I tried to load it the first time, and this blue screen came up, and my computer restarted (aka: crashed). It did that about every other time I tried to play it. I, personally, thought the game was sorta worth it... until my computer crashed over and over when I wasn't even on the game.

I uninstalled it, and reinstalled, that didn't work. I downloaded the thing that was supposed to stop the crashes: no result. Finally, I took all the files I wanted to save and moved them to a new computer screen name. Every game I've ever put on the laptop is on this name, except School Tycoon, and it hasn't crashed for me yet.

In conclusion: DON'T BUY IT!

And an end note: I shoulda known it was crap, it was made by GLOBAL STAR SOFTWARE, after all...

Frustrating

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 12
Date: November 24, 2005
Author: Amazon User

When I first got this game I was really excited. It's a great idea and, if done right, it could even be my favorite game. But it wasn't. The main reason for this is that in this game, natural disasters (earthquakes, fires, tornados) strike your school about every three or four days. They wreck some of your buildings and you have to give tons of money to replace them. There seemed to be no way to save money. You would think that there would be some option where you could turn disasters off, but I didn't see one, and there's no other way to prevent them. I found myself getting very frustrated and having to reconstruct my school again and again. I would not get this game.

A totally waste of time and not in a fun way

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 13
Date: August 25, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game and got it to work pretty bug free on my computer. For the few of you who can't get yours to work, don't bother because it was by far the simplest childish tycoon game I have ever played. This game isn't meant for anyone over the age of 10 so if your looking for a challange then just skip it. The most you can do with the game is build buildings and arrange them and that gets old after about 20mins. Don't buy this game its a waste and if I could get my money back I would.

On the flip side, if you're buying this for a child then go for it. If you have a semi-new computer then you should have any problems running it. I would, however, recommend something more educational for a child. This is good family fun but you don't learn much.

One of the worst games of all time

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 9
Date: June 10, 2006
Author: Amazon User

School Tycoon is possibly the worst game ever made and certainly the worst Tycoon game ever made. I have been an avid gamer all my life and am working on a "100 Worst Games" list so I can mail it to Entertainment Weekly, who can publish it for their next issue. Currently, School Tycoon ranks #35.

Alot of people say Tabloid Tycoon is the worst of the Tycoon games. Well that's bullshizzle, because while the graphics on that game were unbelievably bad, you could only edit nouns in other peoples' stories for your newspaper, and all you really do is hire staff, write stories, assign people to them, and publish your newspaper, there was one good thing about TT that earned it a free pass off of my list--the catchy music. It's actually relatively good news compared to School Tycoon.

This time, there is a purpose for running a school that is explained in a poorly animated opening video. When you start a new game, which takes about 5 minutes to load, the school is already built for you. It is already named, already determined what kind of school it will be, and is actually an outdoor school, which means that it will ALWAYS be difficult for junior high students, causing them to leave. Your school is already open, and people are itching to get in even when you haven't built anything. You can build things, but it is absolutely impossible to get funding for them; whenever you peep into classrooms, the teacher has written a message on the blackboard saying that there are none of the necessary things that would be available by having funding. Nor can you even determine what they are supposed to be learning.

My general procedure for my Bottom 100 list is: the game can either be awful big-time--without a woodshaving of redeeming value--or find itself a review at Something's Awful (somethingsawful.com). School Tycoon is such a game. Do I recommend it? Not only you enjoy playing "Elf Bowling 1 & 2."

THIS GAME SUCKS

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 12
Date: June 03, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I JUST GOT THIS GAME AND IT SAY IT IS LOADING AND PUT YOU BACK TO DESK TOP... SAVE YOUR MONEY DONT BUY

Horrible

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 29
Date: December 04, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game does not work.Whenever you try to click on an object the computer freezes and will not respond. I didn't listen to the other warnings about this game, I paid $20 for it and I wasted my money. PLEASE LISTEN TO MY ADVICE DO NOT BUY THIS GAME!

Don't waste your money!!!!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 15
Date: January 22, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Don't waste your money on this game!!! When I bought this game and brought it home I was very dissapointed with it. Not what I expected. BAD GAME!!!!

An honest review

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: July 18, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This computer game would be fun... If it didn't freze up every 3 min. I got this as a gift, and couldn't wait to play it, once I had gotten it installed I started to play. It takes awhile to unlock things, and you have a limited budget. You don't have much control over the people, you can send them to the nurse, give them detention, or expel them. After the first few minuets of playing this it froze up, after about a min. I could play again, but this kept happening, Which is why I gave it a 1.

IT STINKS!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 8
Date: April 05, 2005
Author: Amazon User

It is soooooooooooooooooooooo horrible. You think it is so good at first but then it just stops working. It is pretty dumb too because the game no matter what you lose. That's no good. Picture this I'm playing what a fun time then suddenly the darn thing stops working. Please save yourself don' t get this game!!!!!!!

Didn't Work

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 9
Date: May 10, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I just got this game about 3 days ago and I was really excited to play it. But everytime i try to play the game it will open and it will say that its loading, but then after about 5 minutes of loading it will exit out of the game.

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