![]() We'd be fibbing if we said we didn't enjoy our stay in TCNY, but we'd be negligent if we didn't point out that after a few days we were more than ready to come home. The ability to drop seamlessly from a sun-gilded skyscraper-sentinelled skyline to a pedestrian-eye's view of the bustling taxi-clogged street hundreds of feet below is wonderful (SimCity 4 suddenly seems very dry).Īdd a soundtrack rich with the redolent car-horn-and-engine cacophony so characteristic of American cities, and you have everything you need to be instantly transported across The Pond. ![]() This is the best-looking and the most evocative Tycoon game ever. TCNY might not give you much of an insight into what it takes to be a real-life real-estate mogul, but it does give you a pretty good idea of what geezers like Donald Trump see when they glance out of their penthouse windows. Or maybe the likes of Lacoste, Loews and D'Agostino (some of the real firms featured) weren't too keen on the idea of their virtual outlets ending up bankrupt.Įnough brickbats. It's mostly just a case of slinging up the requested structures in the appropriate areas and waiting until a profit level or satisfaction threshold is reached.ĭeep Red seems to think we are all eejits. I want to manage a business empire, not just acquire one.Įven the 'opportunities' don't require much mental exertion. Why is Cagney & Lacey's (my Chelsea department store) running at a loss now? Why is the Sedgewick (my plush hotel on West 44th Street) suddenly half-empty? Give me a few headaches like these. Tycoon games should involve some risk, some planning and some problem-solving. Once you've constructed a new eatery, shop, or apartment block, spent the immediately available upgrade points on improvements, you can effectively forget about it and move on. To get Rockefeller-rich simply buy profitable businesses off the AI (easy to spot thanks to a helpful filter) and/or construct your own fledgling firms (type and location unimportant) making sure each is decorated with a fountain or a flowerbed. ![]() Don't bother buying a strategy guide for TCNY because the only tips you will need to know are contained in the following sentence. ![]() The rat's tail in this potentially delicious deli sandwich is the insulting shallowness of the game's business model. Mission-like 'opportunities' provide structure complete them and you are rewarded with unlocked districts and armfuls of the landmark bonds that permit construction of icons such as the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty herself and (God help us) the Times Square Virgin Records Store. ![]()
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