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This Game Sucks!!!!!!!!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: October 06, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game and it doesnt come with any instruction booklet and they expect you to try to figue it out. I have tried for hours and it makes no since. It looks like it has potential to be a fun game in the store...but no booklet gets you nowhere.I wish I could take it back!!!!!

Deja Vu?

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 6 / 10
Date: December 01, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I remember Fast Food Tycoon from somewhere. About 4 years ago I downloaded a DEMO of a game called Pizza Syndicate on their website, ... and after I played the demo for a while, I went to look for a place where I could buy the game. Since I loved Pizza Tycoon, and I found Pizza Tycoon 2 to be great. However, I was unable to find the game, until just recently. This game is more than just a remake of Pizza Syndicate, it's the entire game, just with a different name. A very deceiving name if you ask me! Pizza, for me atleast, is not considered Fast Food. When I saw Fast Food Tycoon, I expected I would be running a McDonald's type franchise, with the Pizza Tycoon Engine. I didn't expect to be playing a game that I have already played before. With the lack of, or no instructions on how to play this game, I only knew how to play because the game is the exact same as Pizza Syndicate and Pizza World... (Sounds like a familiar situation to Airport Inc. - Air Mogul - Airport Tycoon, or whatever you want to call it, it's all the same game! 1.No instructions 2.Poorly done tutorial 3.The re-release of a game that already exists, why not leave the name Pizza Syndicate, instead of tricking me into buying a game that I might have already owned. I'm lucky I only had the demo, but if I had the full version of Pizza Syndicate, and bought Fast Food Tycoon, it would have just been like throwing my money away. So, if the game had instructions, and didn't have a deceiving name, I would have giving this a 4/5 stars, because the people are funny, the soundfx is good and the graphics are nice. But because of the tricky sales tactics they did, I give it a 2/5 stars.

Great game! But it can be hard to get the hang of!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: December 29, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game is great! You would have to own the orignal pizza tycoon to understand the game! But the graphics are good in my opinion. But you have to remember the game was made to be funny and unrealistic. But you can get in the mob and be a huge pizza star. overall it is a great game! If you need help you can go to the webring and type in fast food tycoon there you will find a helpful site!

Now how do u build a 1st Class Resturant w/ 1 gourmet star??

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: August 04, 2002
Author: Amazon User

From all of the reviews that I read, I totally thought that I would have something different to say but I don't. I purchased Fast Food Tycoon 2, which is fairly fun because you get to put rats and stink bombs in the competing resturants. However after you get so far it like ok....how do you do whatever the goal is. I have been playing this game off and on for about three months and once I get to the third level, I figure out how to do all of the levels goals but one and it hard because there is no manual to part 2 either so you're like playing until something different happens. The game is very amusing if you like being able to blow up places and threaten money out the weaker AI player but the game should only be played if you got a lot of time on your hands because it takes a lot of figuring out.

ENJOYED IT :)

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: June 19, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I purchased this game about 2 years ago, and I still pop it into my computer every now and then (yep .. it managed to catch my attention for that long!)
The lack of an instruction manual in this game is really no big deal -- I picked up the basics very quickly using plain old common sense. Some buttons and feautures still remain unknown to me, but this has not affected my gameplay at all.
I love the fact that within this game you can actually make your own pizzas by picking out what size you want the pizzas to be; you also have a large amount of toppings to choose for every pie that you make.
You also have the ability to decorate your actual pizza parlor. Although there are not many decor choices, you can build a fairly decent place. In the end, this game does not contain any fancy graphics, but it is based on an innovative concept that will make you play it over and over again :)

Make Your Own Pizza while Running your very own Resturant

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: July 18, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I brought Fast Food Tycoon a few years back because I enjoy playing the demo I got online. It is one of my favorite classic game like Theme Hospital.
Pros:love the graphic, you get to do other things besides make pizzas like sell weapons,sabotage your competitors, and make your own style of pizza
Cons: wish you can serve more than just pizza, and hard to understand how to play at the beginning since it doesn't come with a manual. Overall enjoyed it very much, and plan on gettting Fast Food Tycoon 2

Don't botheria to open this pizzaria.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 8
Date: September 29, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Don't but this. You want to make pizzas, it'd be more enjoyable to just grab a mix or a frozen cheese pizza and add your own topings. The interface sucks, the focus of this financial sim is on wierd ingredients-not actually running the business realistically (I worked in a rl pizza joint, and nothing that sells in the game was EVER made...we didn't even have most of thier ingredients), and the worst part of the game is that it commits the biggest sin of game manufacture...it just isn't fun to play...

Fast Food Tycoon - Beware!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: March 21, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Okay, here's the deal: I'm an avid fan of sim games, especially business and strategy sims, so I was pretty excited to see this game. I ignored all of the bad reviews (which are many), and figured that these were written by non-sim gamers. I mean, how bad could this game be? Hmm... pretty bad. Actually, really bad. Even after setting the 1993-style graphics and slow game pace aside, I still couldn't see a spark of worth here. This game definitely belongs in the bin... even then it might not be worth it.

Most games are very easy to learn, even without a manual. This game however, practically requires a degree in patience, rocket science, and psychic intuition. Its interface seems to lack basic common sense, which makes navigation throughout the game, incredibly complex.

To be fair, the concept of the game is appealing, it's just that the developers couldn't make it work. As a true sim-fan, take my word and heed the reviews. This game should not have been released. To be frank, more money was probably spent on the catchy box, than the game itself.

Utterly Terrible...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: November 07, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game was terrible, I installed it, and it was not realistic at all. I could not even find the exit button! Each button had an icon, which was very difficult to make out. I usually do not write reviews like this, but with this game, I had to tell potential buyers of this game to STEER CLEAR.

Thought it looked cool at first, but. . .

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 10
Date: December 17, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I just got this game at Costco for $14.99--not a bad deal, I thought at first. When I picked it up i could feel it was VERY light, but I didn't give it much thought. It looked like an old game from the graphics, but it said it was made my Software 2000 or something, so I got it (bad graphics dont bother me too much). . .

I open the box, and there is a CD in a paper wrapper (jewel cases too expensive, I guess) and a ONE SHEET piece of paper with install instructions--no manual. Ohh yeah and a piece of paper with some ads for other games.

After I installed it, I loaded up the game. At first I couldn't figure out how to do the tutorial, I didn't even know there WAS one, because the icons were cartoonish and hard to figure out, as they didn't have labels unless you hovered over them with your cursor. So I just made a game-I can figure it out, I thought, I mean I'm an expert at SimCity 3000 and RollerCoaster Tycoon. Well, the icons go all around your screen, and they're confusing as Heck, because of the cartoonish pictures. It took me 10 minutes to find the freakin exit button alone so I could get the tutorial (Its in the Configurations/Settings screen (WTF is up with that!)).

Anyway, so I do the tutorial, and the instructions are in this little box and you have to scroll down to read them, which is annoying because the mouse scroll-wheel doesnt work and you have to drag the thing. Anyway, it half-explains a few things to get you started and divert your attention from the fact that you just wasted 15 hard-earned buckaroos.

I did the tutorials and then messed around for 45 minutes, and I still had no clue what was going on. The execution of the interface was probably the worst I have encountered in my gaming career. It seems like it will be fun once I understand it, but my dilemma is: Why mess with it for another 2 hours if it feels like work and is frusterating? Is there that great of a payoff?

Anyway, it seems like a good idea, but the interface, execution, and graphics are horrible. I don't mind bad graphics, but when everything else sucks, it should at least be kinda pretty to make up for it. The killing blow is definately the interface.

If you are interested in these games, you should check out The Sims, SimCity 3000, definately Rollercoaster Tycoon, and Start-Up. Stay clear of this one. Believe me, you'll thank me.

If you would like to venture out of this genre, I would recommend Diablo II. Its still fun for me after 5 and a half months--I got my $$ worth on that one.

If you have alotta games already and still have time, you can get this, but only if you're willing to spend 2+ hours _Figuring it out_ Peace out,

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