Landlord's Super

Absolutely love the 1.0 release. It let me get ALL the way to building the starter home (which takes multiple hours of grinding btw) and moving in my first tenant before the save decided to just brick itself and break the LANDLORD bit of a game called "LANDLORD super". What this means is my tenant had an issue yet the dialogue option to let me into the house and fix the issue wouldn't appear and my tenant refused to pay the rent unless I fixed the issue, yet wouldn't let me in the house to do so and I couldn't evict him, locking me out of the other 5 tenants the game had to offer and thus 80% of the game's content. So in short the entire premise of the game doesn't work whatsoever aaaand to top it all off nicely the game is abandonware and hasn't been updated in over 2 years. Job's a goodun!

It's a great idea. However, is terribly buggy, There are plenty of bugs extremely annoying, for example, not being able to apply motar on top of the windows frame. You can have objects disappearing, or jumping into the air. Some mechanics can be a pain like using the forklift or setting scaffolding. The game looks unpolished or poor quality control. It is a same because this could be a great game.

Ah waited till after ah’d done up t’bungalow an’ built a proper decent-sized house from nowt before passin’ judgement on t’full game, like. Game’s proper deep, an’ wi’ t’buildin’ system, finally gettin’ summat together feels dead satisfyin’ after havin’ to work out all t’ratios, mix every bit o’ concrete, mortar, an’ that other concrete stuff, hammerin’ every nail, screwin’ in every bloody screw an’ all that. If buildin’ summat proper wi’out game holdin’ yer hand is what yer after, then aye, there’s a reet good job in it. An’ once it’s all done, yer can shove a lout in there an’ let it tick along... an’ that’s pretty much it. There’s only one plot, an’ if somebody’s livin’ in it, there’s bugger all else ter do except kip in caravan or patch up t’town wall for t’30th bleedin’ time. Map’s tiny an’ all, so don’t go expectin’ loads o’ explorin’. Yer just end up pickin’ up endlessly respawnin’ rubbish while t’whole place still feels empty an’ half-finished despite how small it is. Outside o’ t’buildin’ system, whole thing’s like t’town itself — a bit of a grim, hollow shell o’ what it could’ve been. Even then, sometimes t’buildin’ system feels like yer scrappin’ wi’ it just ter get stuff placed where yer want it lookin’ how yer pictured. As it stands, it just needs loads more stuff in it ter feel complete. Full release? Nah, shouldn’t be callin’ itself that in state it’s in. Get it on sale when it’s five quid or less, if at all, unfortunately. [spoiler]Ah really wanna like t’game, it just needs a bit more substance there, like.[/spoiler]

On its face, Landlord's Super is an examination of 1980's Thatcherist policy in the UK and for what its worth I found that pretty interesting and learned a bit about British history I did not previously know about. What is not interesting is how a game ostensibly about being a self-made landlord living in a RV and trying to mix the cheapest possible cement turns into functionally a gambling simulator very quickly. I have reached the point at about day 24 where I have sold all the scrap, done all the odd jobs multiple times and rebuilt the first house completely sans furniture. My literal only goal right now is to fit the house with a kitchen, bedroom and living room and my only source of income is to select between unemployment at about £4 / day plus gambling on the fruit machine in the pub or to work the dish washer job at £1.5 / hour and then gamble on the fruit machine. The fine for being caught signed on to benefits while doing that awful paying dish washing job is £150, also known as "just start the game over money" because I'd have to salvage 75 stumps or 100 broken sinks to make that money back. Frankly: I'm bored. There is nothing to do in this game but renovate and now that the renovations are done and I need to furnish the house I literally spend all day every day pushing the reels on the fruit machine in the pub because its the only way to make meaningful money. I get that the lack of opportunity is tied in the examination of the policy at the time but at some point the dev seems to have forgotten they were also making a game that players are expected to play. Final thoughts: I didn't sign up for a gambling game. If I wanted to play the slots there are literally infinite Balatro gambling clones on steam right now and that's just not what I wanted. I wanted to build a house, even poorly, with low grade cement and mortar I hand mixed by vibes and instead I'm just gambling every day because all other options are awful. This isn't a game about finding reward in a job well done, its about avoiding punishment for a job poorly done and the ultimate move is to just avoid the game completely. Do not recommend

The game can barely run due to the bugs. I don't recommend getting it till they do some major updates.

I really don't know how to feel about this one. I kinda like it... but I expected more? I was hoping to buy up plots around town and rent 'em out... but instead, it's the one ♥♥♥♥♥♥ plot and you sell houses away, I guess, on the back of a flatbed to the council, just to build another on the same crappy plot. There are fields around the place that I envisioned building houses on... but they simply exist to accumulate junk to sell each season. Feels like there was going to be more to this title, but the devs gave up? I don't know. I got it for 90% off, so I certainly got my money's worth, but I am still left feeling dissapointed. I can only recommend this if it's on sale.

Went to the pub, had 6 pints, a pie, 3 packs of pork scratchings, 2 shots of rum, was sick on my self then went to the slot machine to gamble, won some money then pissed myself and wasn't allowed to be served so stumbled home to sleep in my caravan. Then I loaded up Landlord Super. Honestly didn't start working on the house till about 4 hours in and by that point I'd been arrested twice for pissing on people and benefits fraud. Yes the game is buggy and not fully finished I'd say BUT the vibe and atmosphere this game gives off is brilliant and unique, building and decorating is fun and just living in the world is enjoyable. Can't say I would recommend paying full price due to the bugs and lack of some finishing touches. Great soundtrack and characters and a treat of a game to immerse yourself in.