The novelty wares. (Airport Inc (PC))

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Product:	Airport Inc (PC)
Date:	02/02/01 (11 review reads)
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Advantages: Good graphics

Disadvantages: Repetative

When I first brought this game I was very excited and could'nt wait to get it home, I loved it. My love for the game was due to the fact that I like sim games such as sim-city and I like airports. I though that the in-game graphics were very good and the sound was good and appropriate too.

I thought that the concept of the game was a nice one too and the price wasn't that high. Unfortunalty after playing the game for about a week I realised that it was IMMENSLY repetative and that you could build a massive airport with a massive revenue if you just built it up slowly, after this there was not much place to go, most good games are infinatly playable, meaning that it is always possible to do better, beyond a certain point however this game is impossible to take any further. The game only has limited building space and the building shapes are limited only to a few options.

The lack of infinite building space means that it is impossible to do anything after you have filled it all, although this is much like a real airport you still expect a little more freedom in a game than you would in reality.

I would recemmend that if you are thinking of buying this game then just rent it out for two weeks because then you wont lose as much money when you go off it, if however you still like the sound of the game then make sure that when you play it you put the difficulty on it's highest settings, that way you will have a bit more of a challenge.

There are also quite a few bugs in this game and I found that when I played it for an extended period it tended to crash, another major bug is that when you save a game then load it it only loads the building types and positions. The positions of aircraft on runways and on the tarmac are not saved meaning that you can clear your airport of aircraft that may be causing obstructions simply by saving the game then reloading.

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