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Summary: Better than AT1 & 2, but still needs improvement
Review: It's true that this version improves highly on Airport Tycoon 1 & 2. But there are also many things I think need to be fixed. First, it still has a difficult, confusing interface. Also, it still has too many constraints (for example, if a plane stand is not positioned a certain way, it will not work -- you have to manually rotate it first). I would definitely choose AT3 over AT1 or AT2, but I am waiting expectantly for AT4, hoping that these problems will be addressed.
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Summary: Don't Waste your money!
Review: The airport tycoon games just getting worse and worse as the come out with new versions.
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Summary: Airport Tycoon 3
Review: The game is overall worth buying if you are into the workings of an aiport and always wanted to give it a try in a less drastic way...The game overall is something that can easily be made very enjoyable. A few texture issues and gameplay issues need to be addressed to keep the game more interesting, truely the only way to get through a full game is on fast forward. The music is less then desirable and may drive you nuts after a while. Being an aviation and airport buff I still enjoyed the game. Any news on Airport Tycoon 4? I hope they make another one making these nescessary improvements. I will definately be buying!
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Summary: Don't Bother
Review: This "game" is probably one of the most frustrating, buggy, and annoying money pits you will ever have the displeasure of playing. I made the mistake of seeing this in the discount bin and picking it up; I could've used the $10 on something more enjoyable, like an enema.
The list of missteps here is long and entertaining:
1) There is no way to learn how to play the game without trial and error. The "tutorial" is a series of blurry screenshots that offers nothing of value. Things like: You need most buildings to face an apron to be functional. You need to place a taxiway adjacent to the runway, and then a planestand adjacent to the taxiway.
2) The scenarios, all 2 of them, are so ridiculously easy a blind monkey could figure them out in a couple tries.
3) There is no way to improve the passenger experience except to place plants everywhere inside the terminal. It doesn't matter if they can't move in there, as long as it's green.
4) The contracts come in slowly. I'm not kidding. You will go weeks in the game (5-10 minutes real time) before you're offered a contract. And you'd might as well accept it without any changes because the changes you ask won't matter. The economic system would make a third world Communist country look like a global superpower. In other words, there is no economic system. It's completely inept. What do I mean? You can't borrow money, but you spend up to negative $5 million with no repercussions. After that, you will earn maybe $10,000 a month with 50 contracts in place. Do the math - you will never make money in this game. It's so completely out of whack it's amazing - and appalling that this is a "professional" release.
5) The sounds become immediately grating. For instance, when a contract comes in, you're alerted by a buzzer and a red flashing light. Of course, if your sound is off because of the annoying Euro-trash techno music, then you'll probably miss the red light because it's literally the size of a pinprick and the "news alert" box doesn't scroll down, it just writes over itself. If you zoom in, you'll get a couple vehicle-appropriate sounds, but it just loops over and over like a bad Groundhog Day scene.
5) Someone with a 3rd grade English education proofread the game. Seriously. It's atrocious. Granted, I'm no Hemingway, but if I'm asking people to buy my product, I should have someone read it, right? It begs the question: Did anyone actually play this game before packing it up and shipping it off?
I could go on, but suffice it to say, no matter what you do, do not buy this game. Look in the same discount bin this game is probably located and pick up any old school Sid Meier, Maxis or PopTop game and you will have infinitely more fun. When/If Airport Tycoon 4 comes out, I'd cast a wary eye on these guys, because I simply would not trust any company that saw fit to release this turkey way before it's time.
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Summary: Don't even bother...... Read the other reviews
Review: This game is a disgrace. It is a total deception for global star, and I hope they read this because I ame never ever going to buy another game from Global star. The game grafics are ok but the game is imposible to handle.
First of all the view option dont even let you see your own airport. Then when I cant do anything about the view and I give up trying to fix it I build the specified things inorder for the airport to open, but the game remains paused. IT IS FULL OF BUGS. BAck to the views; whenever I change view options and then return to the normal viewmode, the normal view mode is compleatly at another view.
This game is a disgrace to tycoon games and I Hope Global Star will never produce a game. ITS A WASTE OF TIME and MONEY...
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Summary: Simple, yet detailed!
Review: This game is AMAZING! The cars move fast (well, faster than AT1), the terminals are great, & I feel satisfied w/ this game!
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Summary: Make sure your computer fits standards.
Review: This game seemed like it would be really really great, if only it worked. My computer, being slightly older than up-to-date, did not let me play the game. The 'video card' thingy was not the right format to run this game. So before you buy this game, make sure your video card fits the standards. Otherwise, you'll waste 20 bucks like I did.
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Summary: challenging
Review: This is an awesome game that challenges the player to create the best airport possible. Many people think this game is not good, they are wrong. The only reason they think it is not good is because it offers the slightest challenge to them.
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Summary: Possibly the worst game I've ever played
Review: Title says it all, this is without a doubt the worst game I have ever had the misfortune of playing. Let me correct that: its the worst game I've ever TRIED to play. Total gameplay time before I gave up in disgust was 45 minutes. The manual is useless, the "tutorial" is simply a bunch of blurry screen shots with the same "content" as the printed manual. Worse, the tutorial fails to cover some of the most basic items in gameplay: how to connect various objects so that they are useable would be most helpfull. Things that should be intuitive, like how to rotate an object, are only accomplished through trial and error. Worse, even when you get it all hooked up correctly, it takes 10 minutes of gametime for your first airplane to show up. No, you're not doing anything wrong, that's just how it works. I could go on and on, but I don't want to spend more time writing a review for this waste of money than I actually spent "playing" it. Bottom line: save your money. This game isn't worth playing even if they were giving it away.
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