Game Dev Tycoon has taught me a lot about how consumers and reviews influence which games succeed and which don't. I started off on my second full playthrough of the game having some knowledge of how to play it already. However, this time I was doing something different. I named my company "Activision" and set out to reinvent the First Person Shooter, starting with Call of Duty but not going overboard with it. Call of Duty was a great success with reviews and sold millions of copies! I made a few sequels and once I had enough cash and enough skilled employees, I decided Call of Duty had outlived its usefullnes and decided to stop making sequels. I was now ready to reinvent the shooter, it was going to be a cyberpunk adventure FPS with a focus on story and characters. The idea was great in my head and we even spent millions on a new engine for the game to really shine. I pressed the "Finish Game" button and was expecting 9's and 10's. What I got was nothing of the sort. My heart sunk when I saw the 3's and 4's saying that "Cyberpunk" and "FPS" don't mix well and was even more nervous when I saw the low sales numbers. We were nearly bankrupt damn it! That engine alone cost us millions and the game took a huge amount of money to develop! I paused the game and sat there, thinking what we could do to save "Activision". I then looked at my game history. We had a few games that sold alright but nothing that sold as well as "Call of Duty" that's when I did the unspeakable. I clicked the "Make Sequel" button and made yet another "Call of Duty" game. I felt sick as the reviews came in with 8's and 9's, saving the company and making millions, but stomping on our morals and values. The entire reason I made the company was to avoid such a thing, when in the end I had become what I had set out to destroy!

10/10 for realism

I enjoyed this game greatly, Unfortunaly the mods do not work for me, but that is a personal problem (bad pc) so don't let that discourage you. I shall now make a list.

1. The replay value is very good for a non-sandbox game
   
2. Many strategies (bumps up replay value even more)
   
3. Steam Workshop (mods available)
   
4. I just always wanted to make my games, but I am terrible at code (personal opinion to fill up the list)
   Many other small touches to the game (how they changed the console names a bit, but enough to be recognized, historical events {nigerian scammers for example} or other small things)

1. Too short of a historical period
   
2. Not enough historical events, or even normal events that make big impact

1. Not enough offices
   
2. Need a news reporter that says when a big event occurs (ties in with nr.2 in The Bad)

• DLCs!!!!!
  
• When new engine is available (lol) a sequel
  
• That more people get to play this awesome game and feel the joy it brings..... oooow wait... that's my part as a reviewer right?

Thank you for reading

EDIT:

After a long while, I returned to the game (I wanted to unlock the last few hidden achievements)
This allowed me to see that the game actually received an update, I don't know when, and actually continued the historical period to involve more consoles (even VR!)

And after an upgrade, mods work for me now, and since they're going as strong as ever, it's so much more fun now \o/


Now, something I was oblivious to back when I first wrote this review, but looking back, I realise how awesome the devs behind this game are. Like, seriously, go look at the GreenHeart website and posts, they're really making games for us, not only their pockets, unlike many others **cough** mobile app stores **cough** **cough** [Insert most big game companies] **cough**

CAN WE GET A PART 2 ALREADY

i pirated this game and went bankrupt because of the anti-piracy system, so i bought the game and still went bankrupt

Step 1: Create a 10/10 game
Step 2: Create a sequel
Step 3: The sequel is 3/10
Step 4: Cry and repeat

There's nothing like sitting down in front of a computer to simulate sitting down in front of a computer.

i made Fortnite 2 then I went bankrupt

Named my company Electronic Arts. Released all games as soon as they were done with tons of bugs. Never patched. Went bankrupt. Unrealistic.

Decided to call my company Activision
Got an achievment
Decided to develop a Military/Simulation/RPG game
Got rated 9.5 overall
Decided to make a 25 part sequel
"We're sorry, you went bankrupt. Restart ?"
YOU SEE ACTIVISION, EVEN AN INDIE GETS IT

9/10 "Simulation games work well on PC"