Empire TV Tycoon Reviews

I wanted to like this so much! I love the visual style, the little blocks and things, the way you can schedule and re-arrange your schedule - all of that feels great. I like moving up and down the building and the cute nods to various characters from movies / tv shows. But... this just doesn't feel like a sim game to me. The viewers are random, you can't influence it other than rejecting a few each day. The advertising system is arcane, I could barely figure it out. It was difficult to see much cause -> effect like you see in most sim games. Unfortunately I feel like this could have been so much more.

[h1] The 2D TV Industry Experience [/h1] [b] The Positive's [/b] + Workshop + Fun Gameplay Mechanics + Multiple Gamemodes [b] The Negative's [/b] - Stale Soundtrack - Repetitive Dialogue Choices [b] The Aspect Of The Game [/b] [i] You are one of three channel directors in charge of maintaining and growing your channel competing against the other rival channels working in the same building with you. [/i] [b] My Two Cent Review [/b] [i] This is a short little TV studio simulator game that I have been playing on and off and will most likely continue to be playing on and off again. I love the little 2D art style they used when making the game and the mechanics to play the game are very straight forward. There is even a workshop that allows you to import real tv shows and movies into the game world as well as actors. There are multiple modes you can play around with if you don't want the game to end or wanna set a goal for yourself to reach. While maintaining your channel each day you also have the option to either buy different shows/movies or create them yourselves which is a much cheaper option in the long term. To make money you take out ad contracts which rewards you for getting a certain viewers attention during a certain channel block. There are also optional side quests you will be given throughout the day which if you fulfill will also earn you a little bit of money on the side. The more popular you become the more upgrades you unlock and better choice of actors to pick from when casting tv shows or movies. One thing I don't like is when you are in the production phase of a movie or tv show you will often get halted by about 10 possible scenarios which are always the same outcomes sadly which are interesting at first but get repetitive to read when you are constantly making shows or movies like I have been doing which of course could be fixed with workshop additions. There are also random event's throughout the week that you have option to participate in that can boost your viewership if done correctly which is fun little side work. The music of the game has only two different music tracks which get stale very fast if you play the game long enough.[/i] [b] The Value of The Game [/b] [i] While there isn't a whole lot you can really do in this game I believe for the content is worth picking it up when it goes on sale. [/i] [h1] Final Score 74/100 Ranking C Tier [/h1]