Big Ambitions

I'm so obsessed with this game that I created a whole excel workbook with multiple spreadsheets to better track the inventory / purchasing I needed to do per week. And then they updated it to improve the in-game tracking, making my workbook obsolete. 10/10 would waste another 72 hours coding again.

I want to start this off by saying the game is great so far and I only have 6 hours. I don't commonly review games and decided to review this one because I really appreciate the vision of the game and believe it can be really good. The Good: The loop is clear to understand for the game and the first few hours have been very enjoyable. There is a very easy time setting the goal of becoming rich and progressively increasing the amount of money The Bad: There are common tedious processes such as getting food that seemingly have no way to resolve. I have a playable character which is very cool for a game like this but my body is essentially a useless vessel, there is no way to improve my characters skills or appreciate the life-sim aspect of the game which could be completely amazing if expanded. I have seen a lot of comments referring to a similar feeling of wanting this game to be great but eventually feeling that the loop is too simple and that there is nothing to do with your character. I think the simple loop would be great if there were more social things to do with your character such as improving skills, or starting a family. I believe this is a spoiler but eventually your character can die, it would be cool to have a similar system to CK3 (Crusader Kings 3), where there is family and you eventually transfer your character to your child and proceed with the business, it would provide a lot of aspects for players to work for and if skills/stats are added alongside this system that can be lightly manipulated (sending children to school to increase stats and prepare for your death, children that are innately bad at certain stat aspects etc.) I have also seen that there was a potential idea to add crime to the game, this could meld in with the legacy/family idea very well. Overall I see a huge amount of dedication put into the game and I hope for it to improve and for my review to be received as constructive criticism. I will continue to play the game in my free time but I wanted to write this since I feel the patterns begin to form for this game right now (at around 6 hours), and see issues that seemingly have no solution. If there is not more expanse to the life-sim aspect of the game, I suggest potentially removing it and making it more of a 'god-sim' business management game so it doesn't frustrate players. I gravitate towards life-sim/rpg games more and the life-sim aspect feels bare bones to the point where it is somewhat frustrating that I have a character.

The game shows how difficult it is to find parking spots and parallel park on the streets of NYC; I recommend it.

Big Ambitions is easily one of the most addictive business sims I’ve played. Starting with almost nothing and gradually building a network of successful businesses feels incredibly rewarding. The mix of hands-on gameplay, management, and steady progression keeps me coming back for “just one more task.” If you enjoy tycoon and management games, this is absolutely worth checking out.

Bom, é um jogo que procura há algum tempo. É divertido, o ínicio é bem dificil mesmo, recomendo começar na parte central da cidade e ir investindo as poucos, va sempre trabalhando, o importante é ter um bom fluxo de caixa (mesmo que pequeno). Faça um empréstimo de 40k (só depois descobri que há como reduzir o valor das parcelas). Quite ele e ja vá no Vantander e contrate um acima de 100k e invista em cosias que dão retorno alto e comece a alugar prédios acimad e 30 de capacidade de cliente, menos que isso é prejuizo e so serve para escritórios. Ah e não se esqueça do leão viu, no jogo ele existe e é voráz, a pancada é grande quando ele quer fazer parte dos seus lucros kkkkkkkk.

i think i saw a review say its like "sims on steroids" And yes it is. its a very systems heavy enterprise management sim so to be expected. The level of detail make this game so intricate and challenging with becoming stale. Two Thumbs up worth a try

Overall fun Business sim. It does exactly what the game describes, starts you off homeless/jobless & quickly pushes you towards owning multiple businesses before you start competing with other rivals. A year is about 60 days, but this is changed in the settings. You can open open stores like grocery stores to jewelry & law firms. Overall the different opportunities in the game makes it very rich & fun to play. I recommend it.

[h1]Big Ambitions: 406 horas después[/h1] Compré Big Ambitions en early access en marzo de 2023, y desde entonces he acumulado 406 horas repartidas en varias partidas distintas. [h2]Lo mejor[/h2] Lo que más engancha no es tanto [i]hacerte rico[/i] como el proceso de escalar y automatizar: pasar de llevar tú la caja registradora a tener una cadena de negocios funcionando prácticamente sola. El mejor momento que recuerdo en todas estas horas fue [b]derrotar a todos los rivales[/b] del modo de juego, más satisfactorio que cualquier cifra en la cuenta bancaria. [hr][/hr] [h2]Lo que no convence[/h2] Hay dos cosas que llevan sin convencerme desde hace tiempo: el [b]real estate no compensa[/b] (las propiedades cuestan millones y el alquiler que dan es mínimo, aunque hay mods que lo mitigan), y el [b]sistema de bolsa es todo o nada[/b], no permite vender parcialmente, así que si necesitas 100.000€ de liquidez pero tienes acciones por 10 millones, te ves obligado a venderlo todo. Fuera de eso no puedo hablar de bugs porque juego de forma casual y no los busco activamente. Un punto a favor: la dificultad escala con la competencia real, y los devs llevan desde 2023 actualizando el juego de forma constante. [hr][/hr] [h2]Precio[/h2] Sobre el precio: lo compré a 22,99€, ahora está a 25,99€, y me parece [b]totalmente justificado[/b] para las horas que da y lo mucho que se sigue actualizando. [h2]¿A quién se lo recomiendo?[/h2] A quien le guste el género de empezar de la nada y construir un imperio, con paciencia: esto no es un juego de 10-12 horas, llegar a ser el número uno lleva su tiempo. Si buscas algo rápido, probablemente te frustre. [i]En una frase: es un juego al que me gusta volver de vez en cuando, ya sea para empezar de cero o continuar la partida activa, y esa capacidad de "llamarme de vuelta" después de 3 años dice más que cualquier nota con estrellas.[/i]

Very enjoyable simulation, mechanics can be a little getting used to and the online information is great to shorten the learning curve. 120 days in and have a very nice little empire building.

Many possibilities, everything seems to be working, progression is interesting and scales well, and a seemingly deep economy simulation, I like this game very much. Here are some negative points: - NPCs changing lanes are insane - some QOL for the management is missing - in my first run on medium it seems impossible to fail/ too easy But I always want to play and grow everything so those minor things don't matter too much. Also 1.0 is coming up.