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Moon Tycoon Graphics Problems

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 11
Date: March 10, 2002
Author: Amazon User

We have a HP pavilion mx70, 800 MHz Intel Celeron processor with 64 MB of SDRAM & up to 11 MB allocated to video memory and even though I went out on the net & upgraded our Intel 82810 Graphics Controller to the latest upgrade, it still wouldn't run this program without losing graphics. Very quickly, while building on the moon the graphics begin to fall apart to the point that you can't even see a great deal of the graphics. At first we thought it was the CD so we returned it & got a new one, but it was just as bad. Then we got the upgraded graphics driver & it started out a little better, but still started breaking up.

Falls short of what it could be

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: May 08, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I was extremely dissapointed with this game. The main premise is to build a lunar colony which you can do by building housing, utility plants, and generate revenue through tourism and manufacturing.

The gameplay is very simple and requires little strategy. It takes a long time for some of the building options to become available and there are very few variances which will change how your play develops. Also, there are only a few campaigns and they are not very complex or interesting. There is no ability to create your own landscape or campaigns. The only landscaping options available are to raise or lower ground and there is no way to beautify. I ran out of cash quickly and had to wait a long time with the game speeded all the way up to be able to build new buildings as they became available.

The graphics are kind of cool, however, the day night cycles are very annoying because at night it becomes very dark to see anything and it harder to build.

The one thing that I did like about the game was that the messages for the game was pretty funny. Also, it it very easy to master, perhaps to easy.

I don't suggest spending the money on this game, there are better tycoon or sim games out there and the fun of this game wears off quickly.

NOT ENOUGH MONEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: May 09, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Moon Tycoon is fun, but everything is to much money. You can buld, but for more than you are worth!

Very Disappointed

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: December 05, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I was not happy with this game. I realized that the only thing you can do in this game is build. You have to continually build things. There's nothing more to it. You can't sit back and watch your colony like you would watch your mall in Mall Tycoon, becauseyou can't even see the people. The graphics are horrible and honestly I wouldn't consider this a good buy at all. If you're looking to buy this for someone as a gift, don't.

Be Warned-This is NOT like Roller Coaster Tycoon

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 16 / 32
Date: December 13, 2001
Author: Amazon User

My twin 7 year old boys love Roller Coaster Tycoon. I was thrilled to see Moon Tycoon - it looked great! We just put it on last night and it was a big disappointment. Its very dark and hard to see what you've built. Its complicated for little kids (and their dad). We lost interest quickly. Its rated E so I thought it was geared to the younger set. It is not.

Could be better

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 18 / 21
Date: January 15, 2002
Author: Amazon User

There are a lot of things to enjoy in this game, such as the great 3D graphics which make you feel that you are really on the moon. My biggest gripe is that it is too simple. Once you've played it once or twice it gets boring. There are only a few types of buildings, and your only option is to keep building the same ones over and over again. Adding additional, more advanced buildings would help the game immensely. I would also like to see the colony doing more changing itself, dependent on the kinds of choices the gamer makes. Overall, it is a fun game, but only for a little while. Except in terms of graphics, it really can't compete with games like Roller Coaster Tycoon and Railroad Tycoon.

Moon Tycoon

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 6 / 9
Date: July 07, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is really fun and it keeps you on your toes. The only problem with it is that all you do is build and repair. If you stop building there is nothing else to do. That might be alright for some people though. If you're buying this game then I have a suggestion. Once you start building mines and factories you should set the game to auto-sell. Otherwise you run out of money all the time.

A 15-year-old Moon Tycoon

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 39 / 40
Date: June 21, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I like the premise of this game--build a colony on the moon or an asteroid and make it thrive--and the grapics are, for the most part, great. My main problem is getting enough money to buy all this expensive stuff. My moral and attraction are almost always in the minus numbers, but I like playing the game. (I never get any good Special Requests, either, but once Yoda visited my sister's colony.) I wish I could actually go inside and walk around, and sometimes there's nothing to do while you wait for your money to build up (in my case, until one of the advisors says, "Warehouse storage is at full capacity. You must sell some inventory, or build more storage," and then I sell off 600 tons or so of uranium, helium 3, and electronics). Sometimes graphics can get a little choppy, but it's not bad.

I've had a little trouble with the campaigns, though. Campaign 1 was, for the most part, really, really easy. I got through "Outbreak" in Campaign 2 okay but now I'm stuck in "Tyranny." Maybe I'll get through it eventually, though.

Bottom line: if you like sim games, or if you like outer space, get Moon Tycoon.

Lunar "SimCity"

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: September 09, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is very similar to SimCity. If you enjoy playing SimCity, you will probably like this game too. Because the setting is on the moon, you will have to think over some other materials that would not be any matter on SimCity.

In Moon Tycoon, you should think about Oxygen besides Water and Electricity. You will also face pollution problems just as what in SimCity. You can also create your own 'city' the way you like. You can make it sparkling as LasVegas by building entertainment places, or you can build scientific building for educational purposes.

In general, this game is interesting and it comes with pretty good 3D engine that enables you to rotate in any direction and zoom in and out to your convinient.

An awsome game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: June 19, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This was a really fun game. I liked it because you get to build buildings on the moon and try to live there successfully. It was pretty hard in the beginning, but gets easier later on. However, once you unlock all the buildings, there wasn't really a goal to get them like before. And unlike rollercoaster tycoon (the best game ever)you didn't get to desigh the amusement parks and had you couln't talk to the colonists. This is a great game to buy, but there are better games.

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