Half Built: Casino Reviews

I wish there was a "Mixed" option. Because this game is a mixed bag. While on the one hand this is a great game, it is only so when it works. The AI in this game is horrid. For example. I had a men's restroom and woman's restroom setup with 3 stalls each and so you would think when they need to use the restroom they would go and use it if the stall is empty right? Nope. Instead they decide to sit there and wet their own pants. I have no idea why it happens all 3 stalls in both restrooms are empty and there is ample space for them to move in. Another example is this. I decided to put two vending machines in the lobby next to the trash can because the guests were complaining about lack of food. "Alright" I said to myself. Ask and thou shall receive. But nope instead they decided to just completely ignore it and keep complaining anyway maybe I just needed to put it under a dining area I do not know. Another thing that bothers me with this game is the fact that there seems to be no way to cancel deconstruction. "Oh you just misclicked a slot machine and couldn't right-click to sell it in time?" "WELL TOO BAD." The research options don't seem to work for me. I click it and it turns green but nothing happens. No new options are added and i'm now 1000 dollars down the hole and on top of all of that the office doesn't seem to work for me either. When I go up to the computer and press ENTER nothing happens my character just stands there and yes i tried every possible position on that table I tried infront, behind, around it, on the chair, to the side of the chair, the whole shebang. I either must be missing something or this game is just that buggy. But when it works and you are able to understand what you need/want to do the game is actually really fun and for that, the fact it is five bucks, in early access, and an indie dev i'm giving it a thumbs up like the only other review says. "It's really rough around the edges". If you can put up with this game's bullshit it will inveitably throw at you then go for it. If not, then stay away.

Honestly there is a fun game here despite the simplistic art style, it's just very rough around the edges at the moment. I'm about 30 minutes into one save and I think my game is now permanently glitched, I tried to sell a cashier desk with a cashier on it and it crashed and now reloading the previous save there is a chunk of my casino missing and some of the areas have disappeared and now it doesn't seem like the pathing is working properly as trying to place in the area just past where the chunk is missing is very random on if it will let me place anything, even foundations. And when I did manage to put my cashiers there no one would go over there and the queues wouldn't let me place them properly either. For an early access title bugs are expected so I'm not rating it too harshly and I do love what is here, the UI is a bit wonky and all over the place, certain UI elements don't disapear and obstruct your view or sometimes you have to press escape to exit a menu. Just some QOL improvements are needed that will go a long way. The art style is also very very very basic but that doesn't bother me as long as the gameplay is solid and bar the glitches there is a solid experience here. Overall there seems to be a decent amount of content here, I'll probably jump back to it once it's a bit more polished up but for the price it's definitely worth checking out.