Empire TV Tycoon

It's amazing how many times over the years I've come back to this simple little sim. I keep wishing for a sequel to push the idea even further, but it's still well worth the price.

Цель: Сделать свой телеканал самым популярным и выжить среди трёх конкурентов, которые буквально сидят у тебя на хвосте. Казалось бы, всё просто: развивай контент, получай деньги и зрителей. Но на самом деле это адская гонка, где каждый выбор может стать последним. Зрительский рейтинг прыгает так, что ты начинаешь думать, что это не твой телеканал, а какой-то странный телевизионный аттракцион. Никаких подсказок, никаких гайдов — ты просто протираешь глаза и начинаешь с нуля, когда конкуренты набирают популярность быстрее, чем ты успеваешь запустить свой новый сериал. Если вдруг хочешь быть лучшим, то будь готов к тому, что первые несколько часов будут совсем не весёлыми. Через пару недель ты просто проиграешь, и это нормально. Тебе нужно угодить всем: гикам, детям, старикам, домохозяйкам, спортсменам... Но вот в чём фишка: они могут любить что-то одно, но при этом не брезговать другими вещами. Например, гики готовы смотреть твои фантастические фильмы, но если ты им покажешь старый чёрно-белый боевик — они даже не заметят. Но только если ты полностью угадаешь их предпочтения, сможешь набрать максимальный зрительский рейтинг, чтобы не сгореть в долг и не просить у друзей денег на рекламу. Реклама — это не просто зло, это СУПЕРЗЛО. Универсальные рекламные кампании работают на все группы, но вот, например, рекламировать новую операционную систему для гиков… Домохозяйки могут и не оценить. Поэтому, если не угадал с рекламой — приготовься платить штраф за несоответствие аудитории. Штрафы и долги — это неизбежная часть этого шоу-бизнеса. Тебе нужно угадать и стать мастером маркетинга, чтобы заработать больше. Но учти, всё будет зависеть от количества зрителей. Если их мало, то твоя реклама даже не дойдёт до нужной аудитории. В 2D-пиксельном мире ты буквально прокачиваешь свою студию, как RPG, но как только ты создашь идеальное шоу, об этом забудет аудитория, и тебе придётся заново догонять тренды. Пара часов и ты уже хочешь расплакаться от избытка ненависти к этим рекламным кампаниям и зрителям. 6 рекламных провалов из 10. Невозможно остановиться, когда ты угадал интересы аудитории.

The game tried to expand on MAD TV but it just made it worse. You have to cater to specific viewers and you only see a few hours ahead. *On top of that the ads are targeted at specific groups and there's a chance you will fail a campaign just because the next day you won't get specific viewers or the news to reel them in. *And the interface is lacking, previous production disappear from the list so if you make a new movie you probably have to look up a guide online or take your own notes. *Sometimes things disappear from list when sorting them, like I had movies in my library that would just disappear when sorted by rating but were there if I went through the list manually, that's unacceptable on a game where you operate on those lists all the time *The pirated movies seem to just be a joke about how pirating is bad, but the mechanic probably baited a lot of players into trying it *Unlike MTV the incentive to sell movies and buy new ones daily isn't there, rather you should stick to the ones you have * There is no time pressure, you won't find yourself in situation where you went to do something and didn't rush back in time to change the ad. In fact the game speed up buttons speed up the time flow but not the speed of your character, and you won't care about it. * No interaction with rivals. No sending them terrorists or messing with the elevator. You just make a best effort with programming and then you maybe get a reward or maybe not. It could've been a good game. But most of my time play looked like this: wait a minute, switch to a guide to lookup who likes what, then go to scriptwriter to see if they randomly generated a good script. From time to time go to studio and setup next production, copying from guide because while the game has you guess the values for production it doesn't show the values you already used (you can lookup movies from archives but the items from that list disappear randomly). It would've been much less of a chore if I could just programme the whole day in one go.

[h1] The 2D TV Industry Experience [/h1] [b] The Positive's [/b] + Workshop + Fun Gameplay Mechanics + Multiple Gamemodes [b] The Negative's [/b] - Stale Soundtrack - Repetitive Dialogue Choices [b] The Aspect Of The Game [/b] [i] You are one of three channel directors in charge of maintaining and growing your channel competing against the other rival channels working in the same building with you. [/i] [b] My Two Cent Review [/b] [i] This is a short little TV studio simulator game that I have been playing on and off and will most likely continue to be playing on and off again. I love the little 2D art style they used when making the game and the mechanics to play the game are very straight forward. There is even a workshop that allows you to import real tv shows and movies into the game world as well as actors. There are multiple modes you can play around with if you don't want the game to end or wanna set a goal for yourself to reach. While maintaining your channel each day you also have the option to either buy different shows/movies or create them yourselves which is a much cheaper option in the long term. To make money you take out ad contracts which rewards you for getting a certain viewers attention during a certain channel block. There are also optional side quests you will be given throughout the day which if you fulfill will also earn you a little bit of money on the side. The more popular you become the more upgrades you unlock and better choice of actors to pick from when casting tv shows or movies. One thing I don't like is when you are in the production phase of a movie or tv show you will often get halted by about 10 possible scenarios which are always the same outcomes sadly which are interesting at first but get repetitive to read when you are constantly making shows or movies like I have been doing which of course could be fixed with workshop additions. There are also random event's throughout the week that you have option to participate in that can boost your viewership if done correctly which is fun little side work. The music of the game has only two different music tracks which get stale very fast if you play the game long enough.[/i] [b] The Value of The Game [/b] [i] While there isn't a whole lot you can really do in this game I believe for the content is worth picking it up when it goes on sale. [/i] [h1] Final Score 74/100 Ranking C Tier [/h1]

Es un juego donde eres dueno de una cadena de television donde compras peliculas pones noticias deportes y series lindo

One of the classic tycoon game. Good For Nostalgia !

Si quieres acción y te interesa la interfaz... da la vuelta. Este no es un juego de ese tipo, no, este es para pensar. Toma las películas existentes, crea tus propias películas, ve tu audiencia y domínala a base de estudiar qué prefieren y en qué horarios se conectan. Un juego casual que se vuelve adictivo.

Keyifli bir oyun. Yılda 1 indirip 3-5 saat gayet eğlenceli vakit geçirebilirsiniz. Topluluklarda da güzel şeyler var oyunu daha da renkli kılıyor. Tavsiye ederim.

I wanted to like this so much! I love the visual style, the little blocks and things, the way you can schedule and re-arrange your schedule - all of that feels great. I like moving up and down the building and the cute nods to various characters from movies / tv shows. But... this just doesn't feel like a sim game to me. The viewers are random, you can't influence it other than rejecting a few each day. The advertising system is arcane, I could barely figure it out. It was difficult to see much cause -> effect like you see in most sim games. Unfortunately I feel like this could have been so much more.

It’s truly unique, like... literally, I haven’t come across anything like it on Steam. The gameplay is super addictive and perfectly captures how a TV tycoon should feel. I also really appreciate the Steam Workshop support and the fact that Russian is available right out of the box (even if its not completed). I’m keeping my fingers crossed for the Empire TV Tycoon continued growth