Big Ambitions

Some mechanics in this game can be a little frustrating at times, such as e.g. needing to sleep for a week straight to build up the funds for something, and every other way of doing so being even more tedious than just sleeping for a week. Also, this game reeeeeeaaaaaalllly needs improvements to the music system. It's such an integral part of the game, but there are only a few tracks in the game (that get repetitive very quickly) and the custom-mp3 radio functionality doesn't allow me to skip tracks (you just select local files and then that's it) and doesn't allow subfolders where I could split by genre. So you either choose between the same 20 tracks on repeat (but you can choose the genre), or your full personal library of mp3s, but you can't skip songs or choose genres. Besides the above two points however, it's an awesome game and I fully recommend it. I'm having a lot of fun overall, and it feels like a "micromanagement empire building"-type game which is my favourite genre. If you want to try something that feels fresh and different from other games and is a mix of management-sim, economy-sim, and sim-city-like, then this is for you. Update: After playing for another 15h I have one more criticism I feel needs voicing ---> This game is going to give me carpal tunnel syndrome with the sheer amount of clicking needed to do everything that is utterly unnecessary. Even the most basic things take 10+ clicks to set, such as asking a recruiter agency to find me some employees. Also, why do menus always reset? E.g. if I want to see the preview of all possible layouts in a interior design office, rather than clicking through them, I have to instead completely reenter all info of the building size and type just to see another layout variant. There are tons of QoL issues like that in the game, which don't prevent it from being a great game, but do make it much much more of a tedious experience than it could be.

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Began this with high hopes, got a massive loan from the bank and built my burger store and things were looking good so i bought a lot of cigs and liquor. I have to train my employee so the rest of my money goes to that. Tax man knocks at my door that night and my money is gone. The mf i just trained quits on me the next day cause " I aint gettin enough shifts boss" And i cant even afford the burgers for the grill, Will be spending lots of time playing this game...most of it door dashing. Just please add the ability to drink liquor and smoke the cigs

When I started playing Big Ambitions, I told the community manager that I'd post a review when the game came out of early access and I had 1,000 hours of playtime. Well, here it is, David. It's a great game with great developers and a great community. None of those are perfect, but they're all great. I've played since the 0.3 version in EA and seen the growing pains. The roadmap for future developments looks terrific and I have no fear that the game will be abandoned for their next title. The randomization of starting conditions and custom gameplay settings offer LOTS of replayability and there are many methods to conquer the business world of NYC. The happiness mechanic gets a bit grindy, but having some mechanic that's a grind is almost a trope in this genre, right? The developers are a great bunch of people that listen to players and really try to incorporate suggestions. (Thanks for finally getting rid of Negative Interest, but did you have to kill my Tactical Homelessness strategy?) Updates are regular and the devs are quick to address bugs and questions, especially on their Discord. I would be remiss if I didn't mention the community around the game. Fan created tools to help you build your empire, blueprints for your businesses so you don't have to figure out optimal floorplans on your own, helpful players that are always ready to lend a hand or answer a question, and now MODS to give you even more options. And I can't forget the good-natured b*ll-busters and memesters on the Discord. Yeah, I'm looking at you, shark-bait. ;) Overall, "It's okay I guess." XD

has about 10 hours actual unique content and then endless hours of boring filler, fetch quests, etc.

Not much to do, and not very hard. If they had removed the "POV" and focused on the business part it might have been funnier, now youre just sitting and waiting for the day to pass. Also not much of a business simulator, missing a lot of spreadsheet. But fun for the first 10 hours.

This is a great business/tycoon simulation game, with amazing potential for growth. I highly recommend this to anyone looking for a builder-type game that is immersive and challenging.