Recent reviews by Voice From Beyond

I like this game. With over 190 hours into it, I play until frustration overwhelms me. The tutorial is generally ok and the game play is generally good too.

The problem is as your airport grows your ability to manage the flight schedule begins to fail. The problem, as with most games, is the AI pathing. I have seen planes cross over each other, both head-on and from behind, without incident. I have seen planes follow each other closely down the taxiways. No problem, but then all of the sudden every plane will suddenly stop because there is 1 plane on the taxiway on the other side of the map! Why? It has already been shown planes can pass through each other! When that plane reaches a certain point, everything starts moving again normally, but your flight schedule is trashed with delays, delays, delays.

I have seen a similar issue with people, but it generally doesn't affect game play. 100 people will get off an airplane and head for the exit, but 1 guy will stand there, mad, because he can't find the exit, or the bathroom, or the check-in desk.

The worst part is looking at the update history for this game. There have been a lot of updates, including one just days before this review was posted, but this problem has not been fixed. The developer puts out DLC, but won't fix a fundamental issue with the game? This developer will be put on my "Do Not Buy' list.

A typical Microsoft game. It doesn't work on Windows. I bought the game. The initial download is from Steam and is only a small portion of the game, basically a launcher. When you start the game then it begins downloading the 150 gb from Microsoft servers. That is if the game doesn't crash! Each time I tried to run the game it would crash with absolutely no indication of the cause. I tried every suggestion I could find on the Internet, but nothing worked.

I then noted that every time I tried to launch the program it counted as Steam "play time" and I had accumulated 1 hour and 53 minutes. I was able to refund the game before it became non-refundable. I had a similar issues some time back with Win 7 updater not being able to update Win 7 successfully, but not giving an indication that it was failing. Also Zoo Tycoon doesn't recognize how much memory your system has. The only reason I use Windows at all is because there is not much of a choice if you want to play games.

I watched the trailer and passed on this game, then someone told me how funny and expansive it was. It's not just a run around shooting everything game. There is lots of shooting to be had for sure, but there are other activities to do to, flying, driving, playing in traffic to defraud insurance, car surfing, streaking, buying different clothes, weapons, tattoos, ect.

It's a lot like Grand Theft Auto, but not so serious. Take a break and work on a challenge. Kill people people dressed as various mascots. Steal cars, customize them, and add them to your fleet. Maybe do some windshield topedo by crashing into something and launching yourself through the windshield. Carjack a vehicle and take the passengers on a wild hostage ride.

Good graphics, good physics, and good dialog. A lot of entertainment for the money. After playing this I went back to GTA 4 and I much prefer SR 3. The graphics are better, more vibrant. The controls are better. Controlling cars with power slides is much easier making driving recklessly at breakneck speeds that much more satisifying when you have better control.

I see people complaining that it's too hard. Yeah it's not easy and sometimes circumstances are against you, but that creates a challenge. This is a survival builder and it takes patience, planning, and sometimes luck.

It's real easy to build yourself into a no win situation. I've done that many times. I just need a guy to finish building a food pad, but everyone is too hungry to do any work. Is that too hard, bad AI logic, or just your poor management and planning skills?

It's a good, little game, but it's not easy.