I like it to a degree for a simulator. Its very limited, TCG does it way better. You get a second employee at level 20, so thats probably about 15 hours of gameplay, and its a slog. Its incredibly repetitive, either you checkout or you handle returns, while you have your first employee doing the other job. So I cant focus on curating my movies, or designing the store, etc. because Im forced to perform incredibly repetitive tasks for sooo long. I understand if the other employees are locaked behind levels like 5 or 10, but 20??
The features are really limited, you cant set your own price for snacks, movie rentals, movie purchases, etc. There are no stats to display how popular the store is or if adding decorations even does anything. Having the ability to "sell" movies isnt really fleshed out either because you cant control the price, and the "rarity" boxes dont make much sense either; are they in higher demand? I know they cost more if a customer buys them but what about rentals? Theres a black market feature to buy specific movies but it has this janky SKU system where you have to find the movie you want to buy from a shelf, and repeatedly look at the 8 digit random number and type that into the computer to buy it; you cant even reference the catalog of movies you have and buy them that way, you have to go out on the floor and sift through them to find the one you want.
Overall for a sim I love the idea of your own blockbuster, and I do see potential, but its not there yet. Its waaaay too much of slog and repetitive work that needs to be done. If you want a sim store go for TCG over this.
