Prison Architect

Prison Architect

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Ravagexe Oct 28, 2015 @ 3:35am
Extremely Short Campaign Time
I steamrolled the damn thing in mere hours! Seriously how hard could it've been to add a bunch of more drawings to improve the story? I was expecting a way much longer maybe 20-30 scenarios but instead I got myself 5 max. Thanks for disappointment. And I was having so much fun with the story...
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Storm Oct 28, 2015 @ 3:59am 
It's just a cheapo finish for the game. THe devs saw how many zero digits they had in the bank account and bailed on their integrity.

They could have atleast mimicked the legendary Theme Hospital and made a progressive, rewarding and much longer campaign which would not have taken much effort really. But the devs were greedy after all.

I'd like to see their next project, if they bother at all given this made them millionaires. The fanboys tend to forget that fact.
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lissa_981 Oct 28, 2015 @ 4:26am 
The tutorial mode was added at the very end. It is just that a tutoriial designed to introduce the mechanics to new players. With a addition year of post release support that they are offering it is highly likly that a real campaign will be flushed out. I'd guess escape mode will recieve some love too. However the meat of the game will always be the sandbox mode. It's just that kind of game....
deltaTom Oct 28, 2015 @ 4:28am 
Originally posted by lissa_981:
The tutorial mode was added at the very end. It is just that a tutoriial designed to introduce the mechanics to new players. With a addition year of post release support that they are offering it is highly likly that a real campaign will be flushed out. I'd guess escape mode will recieve some love too. However the meat of the game will always be the sandbox mode. It's just that kind of game....
This, half the things Storm says is complete ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.

The other half however, is quite logical. We all have said ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ on forums.
Storm Oct 28, 2015 @ 4:33am 
Do you mean the campaign mode is tutorial mode?

/confused
MTLVMPR Oct 28, 2015 @ 4:39am 
Originally posted by Storm:
Do you mean the campaign mode is tutorial mode?

/confused
Well duh? The game is about making prisons. The game is not about story.
Storm Oct 28, 2015 @ 4:46am 
Originally posted by MTLVMPR:
Originally posted by Storm:
Do you mean the campaign mode is tutorial mode?

/confused
Well duh? The game is about making prisons. The game is not about story.

But it could have made great stories DUH! You can see the potential in the "campaign".

The campaign is shyza and wrongly titled and i doubt this is opinion.

The devs also said long ago they were gonna have sort of mini stories going on during sandbox for prisoners which never came to be. It would have spiced things up. Maybe in an expansion etc this might happen.
goblin.queen Oct 28, 2015 @ 5:02am 
Originally posted by Storm:
It's just a cheapo finish for the game. THe devs saw how many zero digits they had in the bank account and bailed on their integrity.

They could have atleast mimicked the legendary Theme Hospital and made a progressive, rewarding and much longer campaign which would not have taken much effort really. But the devs were greedy after all.

I'd like to see their next project, if they bother at all given this made them millionaires. The fanboys tend to forget that fact.

Yes, they saw how many zero digits they had in their bank account and knew they were running out of money. They had to launch with a few holes, or the whole project would have collapsed. That is what post-patching is for. I certainly doubt they have made millions. It takes a lot of money to run any company, and people still have to get paid in the meantime.

And yes: the perhaps inaptly named 'campaign' is the starter tutorial. Be patient. The devs will come up with updates eventually. For twenty bucks, such disgruntlement for a game that has already given me days of great play time. Never seen a better delivery for a V.1 launch.
Storm Oct 28, 2015 @ 5:04am 
Originally posted by Tombomcbombo:
Originally posted by lissa_981:
The tutorial mode was added at the very end. It is just that a tutoriial designed to introduce the mechanics to new players. With a addition year of post release support that they are offering it is highly likly that a real campaign will be flushed out. I'd guess escape mode will recieve some love too. However the meat of the game will always be the sandbox mode. It's just that kind of game....
This, half the things Storm says is complete ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.

The other half however, is quite logical. We all have said ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ on forums.

I'm never above being human. The problem for me is when others put on the jack boot and want to be bigger than they are by standing on people. Hope i make sense.

Funny that when i quote you the censorship is removed lol. Steam should grow up and allow a filter system to be enabled/disabled ffs
Myrador Oct 28, 2015 @ 5:07am 
Originally posted by Ravagexe:
I got myself 5 max. Thanks for disappointment. And I was having so much fun with the story...

the campaign is only to show you some basics like a tutorial, sandbox is the real stuff
The devs -explicitly- said that the campaign is for teaching new players, and that an advanced player will have no difficulty with it.
Storm Oct 28, 2015 @ 5:17am 
Originally posted by Myrador:
Originally posted by Ravagexe:
I got myself 5 max. Thanks for disappointment. And I was having so much fun with the story...

the campaign is only to show you some basics like a tutorial, sandbox is the real stuff

For most games there is an optional tutorial and the main campaign. This game is unorthodox in that matter and it has nothing to do with the fact that it is sandbox. The campaign being a tutorial sux.
Storm Oct 28, 2015 @ 5:17am 
Originally posted by Frazzledragøn:
The devs -explicitly- said that the campaign is for teaching new players, and that an advanced player will have no difficulty with it.

Still sux
 KARR™ Oct 28, 2015 @ 5:45am 
Originally posted by Storm:
Originally posted by Frazzledragøn:
The devs -explicitly- said that the campaign is for teaching new players, and that an advanced player will have no difficulty with it.

Still sux

You can steamroll most games in a really short time.

Back in the 80s, you could finish Super Mario Bros in under FIVE minutes - that's the entire game. ET, the famous Atari game... FIFTY THREE SECONDS.

More recently Zelda: Ocarina of time, you can finish in under TWENTY minutes. Dark Souls can be finished in under SIXTY minutes. Dark Souls 2 can be finished in under TWENTY minutes. Grand Theft Auto V can be finished in under SIX hours. Portal under NINE minutes, Portal 2, under SIXTY FIVE minutes. Fallout New Vegas under TWENTY THREE minutes, Skyrim under FORTY FIVE minutes. The original Fallout? .... six minutes.

If you want to rush through everything that's your choice. Doesn't make it "bad" or "poor" or "lazy".

The main game is the sandbox where you build your own prison and do you own thing. City Skylines doesn't have a campaign, does that make it even lazier?


Storm Oct 28, 2015 @ 5:56am 
@K.A.R.R


MY GOD SIR, DAMN YOUR IMPUDENCE! E.T is one of the most infamous games of all time!

But seriously, i don't understand your angle here. I guess you are letting the campshyte off the hook? Honestly the campagin stinks and the very word used to describe this ♥♥♥♥♥ is offensive.

IMO the devs could have been honest and called it tutorial and not have a campaign. There wouldn't have been such an issue otherwise
Last edited by Storm; Oct 28, 2015 @ 5:59am
Storm Oct 28, 2015 @ 6:00am 
Also, it is unorthodox to call a tutorial a campaign.
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