Airline Director 2 - Tycoon Game

So there were a lot of negative reviews before I got this game, but I remained optimistic and I bought it anyway. The game, in my opinion, is pretty good. For a $5 game, I'm actually impressed. It is a simple strategy/simulation game where you own an airline and you simply create flights between destinations that are in demand and try to make a profit. You choose between a bunch of airplanes to service your routes and you can also choose the quality of your flights, which is based on meals, crew size, and quality of the seats. The tutorial could have been better because it didn't tell me what any of the symbols that describe the airplanes specs mean, but it's pretty simple to figure out, from left to right: seats on the plane, cruising speed of the plane, maximum distance the plane can travel, and fuel consumption. All of these things along with meals, crew size, and quality of seats determine a routes "flight rating." Passengers tend to fly with the airline that has a higher "flight rating" and there are three other airlines that you have to compete with to try to have higher "flight ratings" in order to try to get as many passengers to fly with your airline. You start the game in 1960 and I think it goes on to 2009 (I say this because the game crashed for me at the end of 2009, and I'm not sure if that is suppose to signify the end or not). Again, for a $5 game, this is a good simulation/strategy game. I don't know what the other reviewers expected out of this game and how most of them came up with a review with less than an hour of gameplay, but I enjoyed it. It took me about 14 hours of playing time to go from 1960 to 2009.

This game is one of the best games i have hever played. :)

In this "business" game, money means nothing.... You don't need money to buy aircrafts, rent airport slots, set routes.... All you need is "moves" that assign to you 5 per-turn , whether you use it or not in your last turn.,. And the money is nothing but outcome. you earn or lose money... and no effects except the number shown to you.... The game could be much more playable if you do things by using money rather than "moves" (maybe a celling moves as well, since is turn-based). IF DEVS FIX THIS, I'LL RECOMMEND IT. The control, UI, database ect.. seems fine to me though.

不希望大家被其他的差评所影响，也不要因为不会玩就给差评。这是一款很好的策略游戏，玩几次就上手了，而且比较耐玩

It entertained me for a while. It's a couple small steps from being a great game... Worth getting if it is on sale.

Its sad Steam sells this type of crap. Its a good idea, even a good interface but its about half done and crashes. Steam should not let these type of games come to market, they are blatently selling you a fraud.

It is generally a good game but needs more work, especially on the tutorial and stats.

Not really an airline mangement. All you do is choose air routes and then try to match a right size plane to it. It looks fun but for an afternoon or at most a couple of days. But not a lasting game. So considering the price, it is ok.

I must admit I am a fan of spread-sheet games. I like getting into the information and numbers and figuring out how to make things work. Having played some spread-sheet games in the past with a similar look to Airline Director 2, I thought that was what I was getting. Not the case. This is more of a clicker-style game. Just set up new routes and let them make/lose money. You don't have much to do beyond that & I quickly lost interest. That being said, I do see a nucleus of possibilities within the game. I don't recommend it at the moment, but will be keeping an eye on it to see if its potential can be realized.