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this game [stinks]

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: July 26, 2001
Author: Amazon User

well i am a big fan of tycoon games but this one really bites the dust. Now i think it is a really great concept and i dont mind the graphics. All the buildings are pretty cool but there is one problem. One of the things that i like most about tycoon games is to watch the people in the game. Well in this game the people dont do anything and it gets boring to play, in fact its depressing. There is no noise and sound, its boring to watch and even more boring to play. If you want a good tycoon game, one that i think is much better is airline tycoon. It is the same concept but a much better game. Take my advice and dont waste your money on this game

Stay away!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: June 04, 2000
Author: Amazon User

You'd think, OK, someone new is following in the steps of Railroad Tycoon (like Chris Sawyer when he did Transport Tycoon), but not this game. The game won't even work the right way. I can't even build the terminal! Stay away. If you're thinking "It has the word tycoon" step back.

Patience is a virtue with this game - but it is fun

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: June 15, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game is actually the "patched" version 1.1 of "Airport, Inc." sold in Europe. Still, it definitely has bugs and the manual leaves a lot to the imagination. Nonetheless, once you figure things out, it becomes a pretty fascinating game and can get quite addictive. I run it on a PIII 450 w/128 megs RAM and the graphics are great. Not sure how it will work on slower machines, though. I would say this game is definitely worth $20, though it's also definitely not the same quality level as the higher-priced simulation games.

A good first try

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: March 15, 2002
Author: Amazon User

At first this is a FRUSTRATING game. Help/documentation is almost non-existant. After a bit of floundering the game can be figured-out, but then new frustrations set in. There are limitations on the number of runways and towers; who knows why. The game takes forever to finish...more defined goals such as are seen in RR Tycoon would help a lot. The graphics aren't very good.

Having said all that, I still do play it on occasion.

Don't Bother Spending Your Money

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 9
Date: August 16, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I like many other unfortunate consumers, purchased this game with high hopes. The tutorial in this game takes forever and never shows the complete process to build the airport. Control towers are non-existent and are required to play. I would have returned the game but unfortunately this cannot be done once opened. I'm a big fan of simulation games, and this one belongs in the trash! Could have been a fun game.

Major Limitations

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: May 21, 2003
Author: Amazon User

A bad execution of a good idea. This game has some major limitations:

You are limited to four runways, and if you want to upgrade to a longer runway, you have to clear all the old flight contracts off the old runway. This sounds easy, but you can only change/refuse contracts at their annual renewal. Thus, you have to go through a year of game time refusing all new contracts for the old runway and moving or cancelling the old contracts. TEDIOUS!

You eventually run up against a cap on the number of objects in the game. You also run up against a cap on the number of airline/flight/retail contracts in the game.

Construction is basically dumping the correct items in the correct areas. Layout doesn't matter (i.e. the game doesn't care if the fronts of two check-in counters are sandwiched together so no one can get to them). Many items don't seem to do anything anyway.

So why two stars instead of one?

The game was somewhat fun in the early stages of airport development. But I wanted to grow my airport into world-class status (e.g. JFK, O'Hare, or Heathrow). You just can't do that in Airport Tycoon. But without the goal of seeing how big you can make your airport, the game loses a lot.

airport tycoon 1

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: June 18, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is one of the best games I have ever played. You get to run your own airport in many locations. You should buy this game. I play it all the time!

Waste of cash

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: June 28, 2001
Author: Amazon User

When I saw a tycoon game for airports I was excited about it, but it can be summed up in one word-failure. Gameplay is so slow it moves frame-by-frame, money is limited and runs out quickly, airline contracts are nearly impossible to get, and the whole game is just way too complicated. The graphics are nice, but you really don't get much of a chance to see them. If you are planning to buy this game, take my advice-SAVE YOUR CASH!!

AMAZING!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: August 24, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I love tycoon games and of them all this is my favourite. If I didn't know better I would have thought I was really there. You control everything from police hut's to runway's plus you can pick what you put inside your airport. Look, if you want to do something good for yourself buy airport tycoon.

Great Potential

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: June 08, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Wait for the patch. This game has far too many bugs, very disappointing. But it is otherwise a cool game. You can manage everything in your airport. I like how you can negotiate contracts with businesses to place things like fast food joints in your terminal. I'm waiting to find a patch (something you can download that will fix the bugs) for this game so i can finally enjoy it.

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