You can filter what messages are sent to you. So you can filter out the "out of raw materials" messages if you like

This was a review? ;)

Really? :O

Anyway... You can speed up the game if it's going to slow, put it in fast forward. I always played at a slower pace, because it's what I like, very relaxing game to play. I played this game when I was really young, I didn't have any trouble figuring out what to do after I played it a few times. This isn't a game where you can just jump in with a gun and shoot everything with clicking the mouse over and over again, you have to run a business, as well as your own life, and possibly ruining the lives of others if you wanted to be a bad guy. It's good to pause the game and issue orders when you need to do more than one thing at once.

It's a game that rewards those who give it time to learn how to play and how things work. A game with a lot of depth, and great replay value.