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Major disappointment

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 18, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game after having played and enjoyed the origional Airport Tycoon. In short, find and buy the origional Airport Tycoon, which is a better game, despite being made much earlier.

The asset of Airport Tycoon was that it had an aspect of realism along with the play. Terminal design, for example, was very individualized and usually required micromanagement. The game was also fun. New buildings and runways were available often enough to keep the player curious and busy attempting to satisfy airline's needs while increasing profit. When I was not expanding my airport, I had time to improve the catering services, add more check-in desks to the airport terminals, and do more micromanagement. By allowing this level of detail, the game had depth and replayability

Airport Tycoon 3 is a massive disapointment. The new graphics are more cartoonish and have higher resolution, but are not necesarily better, due to the view angles and zoom. There are, however, many significant downsides.
1: the game is now dependant on waiting, but with nothing to do. The largest previous lack was a way to increase game speed, and this still has not been fixed. However, all the micromanagement options are gone, so the player can either continue building their airport and bankrupt themselves, or wait indefinitely until an airline appears.
2: The effects of buildings and actions are completely unclear. Even for an experienced player, it is difficult to know if most buildings actually have any effect.
3: all the fun is gone. In the origional, the player would often reject contracts for a common airplane (like a Focker Fellowship) in hopes of being offered a larger, less common airplane that would yield more profit and look nicer on the runway. The player would also recieve occasional rewards for performance. I am unable to tell if this capability still exists; Airport Tycoon 3 is incapable of functioning in a "game-like" manner; it seems more random, and depends on waiting.

So, in summary, find and buy the origional Airport Tycoon, which is still a much better and more enjoyable game.

Somewhat Dissapointing

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: May 18, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I expected a lot more out of airport tycoon. The game has a ton of glitches and is very complicated. It was nothing like I would have expected.

Discusting!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: March 25, 2008
Author: Amazon User

this game is awful!!! it is hard to figure out where to put things and the tutorial is no help at all! it is hard to navigate and it is incredibly boring. i would NOT recomend this for ANYONE unless you are BEGGING for a vein to pop in your forehead!!!

Why did I buy this??

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: February 25, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I did not follow everyone else advice and went ahead and bought it. Don't do it! It's boring, slow, and not very exciting.

Pretty fun game.. if it dosent crash

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: July 24, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I went against the reviews and bought this game, because I love aviation and liked the first airport tycoon. It takes awhile to get used to, and you have to do a bit of waiting, but once you get it its pretty fun. The only proplem I have is it crashes alot, there could be a fix to this I have to look. Other than that I would recommend this to people who really love commercial aviation and airports. If you arnt in one of those it might not be a game you like.

DO NOT BUY IT!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: July 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Please do not be like me and ignore the reviews and buy this game. I am a huge aviation enthusiast and a big fan of the original Airport Tycoon. I thought this game simply wasnt suited to those who had written negative reviews. But they were right! The game is terrible. Many functions do not work and it crashes often. I am currently trying to return it. Please, save your money and time and buy something worthwhile!

Not Worth

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: May 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is not worth the money spend.. I tried to play this a couple of time but found unsatisfactory

This game is going to take some time to accomplish

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: March 16, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Wow this game is interesting it takes alot of time so unless you have some time on your hands because it is a pain in the butt. It looks like it would be fun though once I get it all set up but not sure when I can get it all set up.lol Make sure you read everything that comes in the box because the camera angle it starts with really sucks. If you read the manual though you can navigate pretty easily around the game.

Not as good as other Tycoon titles

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: February 20, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I bought this for my son, an avid 8yr old video game junkie. He picked it out himself because of the "tycoon" name. He has a couple games from the Zoo Tycoon that he loves to play, and for a good report card, was allowed to get another game. He choose Airport Tycoon 3. I must say, compared to Zoo Tycoon, this game is just plain boring! He kept at it, and needed a lot of help from me to even figure it out, and finally built himself a thriving airport, but there really is no action. I'm not sure what age bracket they are targeting, because it's not fun for kids, and I myself wouldn't bother with it.
In addition to this game, he got Sim City 3000 which he is now addicted to. As far as simulations go, this one stinks.

Confusing interface

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: January 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I expected to be able to build an airport with this game and have some fun along the way. Unfortuneately the way the game is laid out it is very difficult to place items such as your runway, towers, terminals, etc. on the editing map. The angle of the map cannot be changed in order to place items in a strategic location.
The toolbars are confusing and difficult to navigate. This game is not worth the money I spent to purchase it.

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