Cruising from Home (Cruise Ship Tycoon (PC))

Member Name: Lisa.Marie

Product:	Cruise Ship Tycoon (PC)
Date:	15/10/07 (172 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Enjoyable, cheap, graphics and sounds are good, value for money

Disadvantages: downloading time

INTRODUCTION
I enjoy these type of games which is why I am always on the look out for more tycoon games. My partner john likes playing boat games, and so he came across this one, and told me about it. So I went and bought it, as the downloading the demo would of taken ages to download, I don't usually buy games straight away without playing the demo first, but seems I enjoy playing tycoon and john like playing boat games I thought It was a good choice. Let me tell you more about the game.

ABOUT CRUISE SHIP TYCOON
Cruise ship tycoon is basically what it is, you're in charge of a ship, hiring and firing staff, building up the ship with such things as restrooms, bedroom suites, play areas for kiddies, bars and restaurants, etc. Keeping the peeps happy earns you a reputation so keep an eye on them, depending on your bedroom suites you have available does counter for the amount of peeps you will have on your ship. If your peeps become unhappy then you will loose the reputation and will loose the amount of peeps that enter your ship.

Once you have finished doing the rooms and making up your ship, its now time you book your rooms, this allows you to see how many peeps have booked a ticket for your cruise, you can also see how many and what rooms as been taken and ones that are still available. You can put up your ticket prices, or decrease them; also you can buy advertisements for your cruise ship which does sometimes get you more peeps. Your about to start the cruise, make sure that you have enough fuel to get you to the next port otherwise you shall be towed which also can lead to the decrease of reputation of your ship.
You're then ready to set sail, while sailing you cannot add objects, well in fact you can but they are under construction until the ship as ported. On the way to the next port you need to keep checking you map to make sure no monsters or storms are on your path, otherwise you will be in a lot of danger, well I am assuming you will be I have been fortunate to escape them so far since playing.

There are 3 game modes to play -
Instant Action - Not played this mode I am thinking it is free play, and no time limit, and nothing to play for.
Career - This is where you build up a career by setting yourself up with a profile and trying to reach a goal.
Challenge - Here is where you have 10 missions to play with.

Depending on which game mode you play on depends on how much money you get to start with. You also have a choice between 4 ships but they do go up in price so better to start off small and grow.
Small ship - which allows you to play on 7 decks
Medium ship - allows you to play on 9 decks
Fancy ship - allows you to play on 9 decks
Big ship - allows you to play on 10 decks

DOWNLOADING AND INSTALLING THE GAME
You can download a free trial from
http://uk.download.games.yahoo.net/t25oaukca/8_44 1/Simulation/Cruise-Ship -Tycoon.html
you can also buy the game from here to. If your choosing to download to trial version it does take a while to download and to be honest the game to buy also takes a while as your still having to download the game online, and they send you out a key to put into the game in order to play when buying it. It took me an hour to download the game but it does depend on your internet speed.

Once you have downloaded the game and saved it to the location you want it to, then double click on the installation icon for the game, it will open up a dialog box which then you follow the on screen instructions for setting the game up. Once you have set up the game and put in the required cd key, you're ready to play.
Starting the game is simple just click on the game icon and get playing. The first screen that will appear is the introduction screen as I call it, this is where it gives you several options, either play game, options, updater, quit, and the credits for the game. So once you have toggled with the options then you're ready to go play the game.

AVAILIBILTY AND PRICE
You can purchase the game from the links above
And the game costs £14.99

FINAL THOUGHTS

I enjoy playing this game in my spare time, my partner John also plays this a lot too. The game can be addictive if it is your kind of game. It is a enjoyable game, and fun for all the family. The graphics and sounds are good too, and well worth the money I spent on buying this game. I would recommend this game to anyone that enjoys playing tycoon and simulation games.

Thank you to everyone that read and rates
I hope I have covered everything.

Summary: Pc Game