AdvertCity

Just not good or engaging enough to deserve a $20 pricetag, this was a waste of money for me.

[h1][b]It has much more to offer than it looks[/b][/h1] Playing this is illuminating. At least now you will know what all the cryptic lyrics really means from that [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUO55a1bwZU]Neon Dominion[/url] and why the [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XcGSJ6Of9g]L.A. of the future[/url] looks so materialistic. It is up to you to become the master of the puppet master, the corporations that masters all the people to buy their futuristic gadgets. Someone gotta keep this world [strike]consuming[/strike] spinning. I just believe this game deserves more attention. As the gameplay is too simple for schemes, you may judge it as somewhat bland. But it is a management war viciously fast paced, in a blink of an eye you can doom your entire gameplay. Like a 300 pages long algorithm that can fall with a single wrong number, you get mad by tracking and correcting it while the clock ticks. All the fun lies on that. Your company must start marketing campaigns for clients which may or may not appreciate it, so go tactical, they are supposed to have their own interests. People seems to ditch the game before knowing about it, so [b]Remember, remember[/b] before you go: [b][h1]1[/h1][/b] If you're slow to react or easily broken when under pressure, stay away from that game. [b][h1]2[/h1][/b] You should make friends but don't bother keeping them, you're here [u]to take over them all[/u]. [b][h1]3[/h1][/b] Don't even try to find beauty, aesthetics should NEVER be your priorities. [b][h1]4[/h1][/b] Placing an outdoor from company X next/over company Y doesn't always sounds stupid as one may naturally think. [b][h1]5[/h1][/b] Don't just focus on buying buildings and hiring new personnel. Don't underestimate the power of Cyberspace. (where the gameplay can become a little bland) [b][h1]6[/h1][/b] It is easier to fall when you're bigger. Packing all big and fast won't guarantee. [b][h1]7[/h1][/b] The fifth of November. Your greed will make enemies and those enemies will make your deals harder. [h1][b]Why is this even three dee?[/b][/h1] [b]It may be just to bother you with clicking and screen edges.[/b] It don't get why you got this 3D city with low res textures instead of 2D scrolling, like SimCity 2 or 3000. It just harder to be created (in theory) as if the game is trying to impress you with something he hasn't, graphic fidelity. Put video or neon advertisements on a building and it will look just as the static one. It is supposed to be a cyberpunk future where flying cars does exists, but nothing is displayed only this static looking 3D mass of square buildings and mountains on the meat-space. The cyberspace doesn't look animated neither, but the music changes on a perfect sync when you do. The devs are creative, but if you're indie just embrace it the way you are. [h1][b]The Sim City burning syndrome[/b][/h1] At first it goes easier than most management games, until the perpetual difficulty pushes you against the wall. The debt you have is right under your earnings just to remind you what ''account in the red" invoice really is, it grows exponentially no matter what you do and how good you're performing. [u]Be too far away from that debt growth and it is game over for you.[/u] This crash and burn system reminds me a lot about Sim City 4, the first game in the Sims series that bothered in teaching you how to make some money before dooming yourself on a inevitable bankruptcy catastrophe. The music on Adverticity also reminds me a little about [url=https://youtu.be/gMOlZsCXL0A?t=688]Utopia: Creation of a Nation[/url], just thinking out loud while I write here, but the musics are nice just nothing new or outstanding, worthy of buying separately that is. [h1][b]Backgrounds, cards and emoticons[/b][/h1] Backgrounds are both worthless. Not a single one has anything special, and the [url=https://steamcommunity.com/market/listings/753/365800-Blimpy%20Bros%20%28Profile%20Background%29?filter=adverticity]Blimp Bros[/url] is self entitled ''rare'' for some reason. Cards just looks generic. Except for the [url=https://steamcommunity.com/market/listings/753/365800-The%20Transhumanic%20League%20%28Trading%20Card%29?filter=adverticity]Transhumanic league[/url] that has this retro-look, 80s Metal Hurlant-esque design, they're all cheap anyway so prefer to convert your pile to gems instead of trying to sell it if you're not using them. Emoticons are okay I guess, not wasting much opportunities. The [url=https://steamcommunity.com/market/listings/753/365800-%3Ahackskull%3A?filter=adverticity]Hack Skull [/url]would look nicer if bigger or if it was a background, I don't get why it is just an emoji. The [url=https://steamcommunity.com/market/listings/753/365800-%3Afaceclick%3A?filter=adverticity]Face Clicker[/url] is a funny pun over Facebook and serves you as the only cool emoticon, but also as a very useful badge. If you have the ''collector'' problem on your Steam profile, (or if you're actually the collector) it sends them the message.