Airport CEO

I really wanted to like Airport CEO. After 270 hours, I feel like I've given it more than enough of a chance. I've built small airports, large airports, restarted countless times, experimented with different layouts, and tried to engage with every major mechanic the game has to offer. Unfortunately, the more I played, the more obvious it became that this game feels unfinished. The biggest issue is that the simulation starts falling apart as your airport becomes more complex. Pathfinding is unreliable, especially when you have multiple secure zones or more advanced terminal layouts. Passengers and staff frequently make illogical decisions, get stuck, or fail to reach their destinations despite what appears to be a perfectly valid setup. Instead of designing efficient airports, you end up designing around the AI's limitations. Many systems feel shallow or only partially implemented. The game gives the impression that you're managing a realistic airport, but in reality, you're constantly fighting against bugs, strange AI behavior, and mechanics that don't interact with each other as well as they should. Once you move beyond a simple airport, the cracks become impossible to ignore. Performance also deteriorates significantly with larger airports. The simulation slows down, and many issues become more frequent as passenger numbers increase. A management game like this should become more rewarding as you scale up, not less stable. Development appears to have been paused while the developers moved on to their next project which is understandable. The foundation is genuinely good. The idea is excellent, and there are moments where you can see the potential, but if you want a game to build big airports I can't recommend it in its current state. It feels less like a finished airport management simulator and more like a first major project that never received the refinement needed to fulfill its ambitions.

Decent Game, but Frustrating for Achievement Hunters ⭐⭐⭐ Don't let the basic graphics fool you into thinking this is a lightweight game. While it looks simple on the surface, Airport CEO suffers from poor optimization and becomes incredibly CPU-demanding as your airport expands, leading to significant performance drops. Because of this intense CPU load, your cooling fans will be blasting at maximum speed, making your PC loud and creating a genuinely unpleasant experience while trying to grind for the achievements. It is just not worth putting your hardware through that stress. Ultimately, it is a good management simulator at its core, but it is definitely not recommended for achievement hunting.

very in depth and confusing i dont understand what im doing but im vibing to the music while doing it and having "fun"

Airport CEO is one of the best games I have ever seen! The Visuals are great, you will never not know what you are looking at! The AI path finding has some work to be done, but it's not that bad. This game is very relaxing when you get the hang of it and get set up, but occasionally you need to get out of your comfort zone (AKA upgrading something). When you make a major upgrade to the airport it will probably be stressful, (i Example:) You have to tear down a boarding desk so you can replace it with a better one, You will need to turn of the desk and cancel all scheduled flights associated with the desk, then wait a painfully long time for it to be built.(You can speed up the game so it doesn't feel horrible). Regardless of the downsides, this is amazing, it is impressive for an indie game!

7 hour review: Right now I'm just trying to figure out how to "connect-the-dots" to make a commercial flight work. The game feels rewarding when 1 or 2 of the 4 red alerts turns to green, but also very confusing trying to figure out what exactly the game is complaining about that still needs to be fulfilled before a flight is 100% ready to go. Locked Stands: There's a condition where an airplane stand can't be turned off, because there's an airplane assigned to it, and when the airplane goes to leave an incoming airplane IMMEDIATELY ties up the stand. So if the stand was set up for noncommercial flights and you want to switch it to commercial, it's a pain. Ideally the game would let you "disable immediately after current customer leaves" but there's no such feature, so it is relatively annoying, and certainly not fun - it's just a stupid bug the developer didn't think of, or the developer likes to punish the players with this as a "feature". I have to say, just as soon as I saw people landing at the airport, leaving their plane and walking through the hallways, or people arriving in their cars and checking in for their flights, I was very stoked! This game is hugely satisfying! 2 Hour review: Very enjoyable game! All I needed to do to "get in" was to watch about 30 minutes of tutorials on youtube, which told me all I needed (at least for playing the first 2 hours - there's a LOT more content I haven't covered yet). The videos also filled in some of the gaps that are missing in the game's built-in tutorials. The tutorials aren't great in the game, so I recommend finding videos. Although you might be able to figure it out, if you're determined enough. I've gotten as far at the 2 hour mark to build a simple airport for small planes and lear-jets, where they can refuel. Eventually I'll be adding a terminal for commercial flights. I'm quite happy I bought this game! It's a lot of fun to watch the flights coming in and departing! Also if I pause the game while a plane was taking off - I can scroll the map around and see that the plane's location in the sky is 3D! That's so cool! There is a lot of detailed flavor like the hot jet exhaust distorting the air too. I think there are quite a lot of negative reviews because the game is clunky in places - but if you like the concept and can get over the learning curve there's some enjoyment to be had here, and right away after setting up my current layout I'm already thinking of ways I'd like to improve it to make things more efficient. Maybe I saw this description somewhere else, but it seems to fit: the game is a lot like Dwarf Fortress only for airports instead of dwarves.

Задумка на 1000% из 100%, но к сожалению игру забросили. Очень хотели бы фикса багов и продолжение игры!

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Very fun an enjoyable - both in sandbox and normal modes. The community mods also are very enjoyable to use. Can't ask for much more!