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Summary: Give it a chance!!
Review: I don't know why people are complaining about 'Hotel Giant' in the previous reviews. I think the graphics are a step up compared to most strategy games. They are similar to the Sims, only you can zoom in and rotate freely! And can you 'walk around' in the Sims...?
People have complained about it being too difficult to make money - I disagree - but surely the whole point in a management game isn't to rake in money easily- it's supposed to have a challenging element.
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Summary: Could be great game
Review: I got this game at best buy (and paid more than here)and loaded the game when I got home.I thought "Wow this game is cool!" but then all of a sudden instead of thinking "cool game" I was screaming.The game quits unexpectedly and you loose all of your work.If your thinking the manufacturer could help you , your wrong.If you go to JoWoods site the message boards are filled with tons of people saying the same thing and JoWood does nothing about it.You can email them and they still will not do anything.You could buy the game.The 5 minutes of game time is pretty cool, but expect problems.
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Summary: Give Hotel Giant a break! This game is wonderful!
Review: I have spent many happy nights playing this game. It doesn't get old and new situations are always entertaining you. But, as the reviews for this game have proved, not ALL people enjoy this game.
It is one of those games that people either love or hate.
But if you read the reviews customers have given this game, you can see most bad reviews were based upon the game not working on their computer
My number one advice to you? CHECK OUT THE COMPUTER REQUIREMENTS BEFORE PURCHASING. This game has some odd requirements that your computer may or may not have. However, if this game does work on your computer, you probably won't be disappointed--I sure wasn't.
It is great fun building the hotel with the furniture and building designs and watching your costumers. Improving your hotel never gets boring.
SO now, I am going to chart it out very simply for you- **WHY YOU SHOULD BUY THIS GAME** *Graphics are fairly good
*It never gets boring and is always fun to build the hotel with the various options it has and furniture it offers.
*Watching the people interact in the hotel environment is fascinating.
*There are several levels that give you a goal to complete. **WHY YOU SHOULDN'T BUY THIS GAME** *It doesn't work on everyone's computer, but if you are smart enough to check out the system requirements, chances are, it will work on your computer. *You are not into simulation games...If you like the sims, you'll probably like this game as well. It is almost like "THE SIMS" except you are fulfilling goals, building a hotel, and magaging it.. To conclude, if it works on your computer and you like simulation games, BUY THIS GAME. You won't be disappointed!
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Summary: the best game ever
Review: i love this game and there right if you love the sims you'll deffenantly like hotel giant.
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Summary: View the website before purchasing this product!
Review: I suggest that you go to the website and view the Technical Support section before purchasing this product. Read about the problems that other users have had or are having with this program. I've had the program for about three weeks, and it has worked about three times. There seems to be a problem starting the program. It either kicks you back to the desktop during the intro or it won't start at all. I downloaded the patch for the program, it didn't work. I sent an email to Tech Support a week ago and they have not yet responded. I read through the customer comments and found that there are a lot of people complaining about this problem. There are some people who have figured out how to re-program there software, but if I spend [money] on a software program, I shouldn't have to re-program it! Today I sold my game to a second hand retailer. I didn't get anything near the amount I paid for it. If you buy it and it works for you, Hooray! All I'm saying is view the customer comments on the website before purchasing this product! This Product, Tech Support and Manufacturer was a BIG disappointment to me. I will not be purchasing software from this company again. My experience with this software was TERRIBLE! I only gave it one star because there was no option for "0 Stars". Good Luck!
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Summary: interface too difficult
Review: I thought I would love this game, but I found the interface so awkward and the manipulation of things so awkward that I never stuck with it long enough to actually play it.
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Summary: Or you could watch grass grow...
Review: I thought the idea of the game sounded fun, but it turns out it's not that interesting, long term, to sit around and watch hotel guests! I like the idea of building and running something, but I found "Tropico" (where you set up a tropical island and run it) much more fun because there is so much to do! (Setting up agriculture, industries, housing, entertainment, bribing enemies, firing workers, bulldozing tenements....) I even enjoyed Zoo Tycoon much more, since building a zoo and watching the animals is more fun than watching hotels guests. This game just doesn't live up to its potential!
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Summary: doesn't even work
Review: I tried this game several times, without success. I know for a fact that there are a lot of versions of this game that DO NOT WORK! They won't even start and tech support won't help. Take your chances...it was a nice thought though.
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Summary: Sims-No way
Review: I'm a long time Sim player and when a new game was out like the Sims I jump at it.Graphics are good but it's harder to play then the sims.The tutorial doesn't help all that much.Stick with the Sims.
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Summary: You do not know what you are getting into...
Review: In this game u choose the location for your hotel, then u choose the style of your hotel, next u furnish your hotel, and then u manage your hotel until u get bored.... Furnishing your hotel is pretty fun because u have so many choices...but managing it is a completely different story. After u open your hotel u have to wait half an hour, and then, and only then, will customers come. (Even if u advertise!)A few will come and look at your hotel. If they don't "like" your hotel they will leave. If they do "like" your hotel they will check in. All the customers do is watch TV, work out, read, etc. Unless u enjoy watching these things it gets very boring very soon. (It does even if u do enjoy watching these things.) In order to make your hotel "good", u (Supposedly...) have to peek into your cutomers' thoughts and evaluate their idiotic complaints. (Such as: "My room needs more lighting" or "The bar does not have reservation desk" etc.)Then u "fix" the hotel, and so on and so on until u get bored....(Like I mentioned above.) Another thing is that when the music changes the WHOLE GAME FREEZES FOR FIVE SECONDS! Here's the bad part, the music changes every thirty seconds! This gets soooooo annoying! Here are the pros and cons of the game: PROS: Building and furnishing hotel is fun CONS: Everything else is not Summary:
This whole game is one big mistake. If u like tycoons, you're better off staying with RCT or some other one. Thanks for reading this! (Or at least skimming thru it.)
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