Posted March 07, 2009
After about 20 minutes of playing Capitalism Plus for the first time, I almost uninstalled it and gave up on it. Thank god I perservered. Once you get past the learning cliff, the game will grab you and won't let you go. You'll spend hours running your company, usually running it into the ground, then clicking 'New Game' to try a new strategy.
Two caveats: One, the game is hard, very hard. If you're like me, and know nothing about running a business, you will probably go broke, even on Very Easy. Out of my first 15 games, I probably went broke within 3 years on 12 of them. Heck, I'm still going broke. And you'll be asking questions, like 'How are my competitors selling their products so cheaply?' 'Why is my store not making money?' Why isn't my ad campaign working?' Rest assured, there are answers to all those questions, and finding out the answers is a big part of the fun of the game, and very satisfying once everything 'clicks' and you're raking in millions.
Two, there are no graphics to speak of, and no animations. The only thing that moves are the cargos going in and out of your factories and stores, and the pie charts showing market share. Once again, once you start to understand what's going on under the hood, you'll be looking at those displays with rapt attention, as you try to figure out why cookie sales this year are down from last year. It's amazing that such an ugly game can generate such addiction, but it does.
Final verdict: easily worth the 6 bucks, assuming you don't give up on it right away. Go through all the tutorials. I actually went back to some of the tutorials after losing a few games. Give it a chance. If Capitalism Plus gets its hooks into you, you'll get hours of gaming pleasure from it.
Yes, even as you go broke for the 5th time.
Two caveats: One, the game is hard, very hard. If you're like me, and know nothing about running a business, you will probably go broke, even on Very Easy. Out of my first 15 games, I probably went broke within 3 years on 12 of them. Heck, I'm still going broke. And you'll be asking questions, like 'How are my competitors selling their products so cheaply?' 'Why is my store not making money?' Why isn't my ad campaign working?' Rest assured, there are answers to all those questions, and finding out the answers is a big part of the fun of the game, and very satisfying once everything 'clicks' and you're raking in millions.
Two, there are no graphics to speak of, and no animations. The only thing that moves are the cargos going in and out of your factories and stores, and the pie charts showing market share. Once again, once you start to understand what's going on under the hood, you'll be looking at those displays with rapt attention, as you try to figure out why cookie sales this year are down from last year. It's amazing that such an ugly game can generate such addiction, but it does.
Final verdict: easily worth the 6 bucks, assuming you don't give up on it right away. Go through all the tutorials. I actually went back to some of the tutorials after losing a few games. Give it a chance. If Capitalism Plus gets its hooks into you, you'll get hours of gaming pleasure from it.
Yes, even as you go broke for the 5th time.