Ship, Inc.

On paper, I should have loved this. And I did, initially; but as the game went on, it became far more of a slog. I enjoy the idea behind it, the item variety and presentation but honestly... so much of the game was simply annoying. Pros: - quite a few items. Good to be able to have more items as you 'level up' vendors - nice and colourful - music is calming... Cons: - ...but there is only like... 1 track? You can buy an 'upgrade' to change the tune of it, but honestly it's then all the same - while colourful and the items varied, the backgrounds leave MUCH to be desired, as do some of the animations. Reminds me of a flash game from the mid-2000's - full of annoying bugs; items getting stuck together or reacting strangely to each other, items randomly vanishing from the fence's box - separate point for the absolutely stupid physics at play here; barely anywhere to leave items on the bench half the time because no overlap is allowed, and the physics interactions mean you have to leave items about 2 metres apart - the 'end goal' appears to be buying the house. Why? Who knows! What happens afterwards? Also who knows! What comes next? Literally nothing! - the tutorial/instructions are woefully lacking. Explains the most very basics but - how to restock? Why to restock? What are half the labels that you have access to about a month before they're needed? - some other functions are loosely explained and then never happen? Like the 'reporting' function for sketchy orders - the literal first time I saw this required was 9.5 hours in? - SO much grinding, SO LONG after everything has been unlocked, so it gets very stale - typos, achievements not lining up, other QoL basics overlooked - what are the trading cards? They literally don't match anything in the game? I just... it could be so much better. I've been spoiled by things like Unpacking and ReStory, and other high polish indies of a similar nature, that I think this kind of quality frustrates me more than it should. Not bad, but not good enough to recommend.

Great game, plays fine, but has a harry potter reference. Shame I only found it after two hours had past, would have refunded it immediately.

MInha avaliação será positiva porque é um jogo que entrega o que promete, apesar de ser algo extremamente simples. Sabe aqueles jogos dos anos 2000 de arrastar coisas de um lado pro outro sem nenhuma lógica ou história por trás? Ship, Inc. é exatamente isso. Você passa o dia embalando as entregas e nada mais além disso. É relaxante para se jogar um pouquinho diariamente enquanto escuta algo: maratonei vários episódios do podcast da Lorelay Fox ──★ ˙🍓 ̟ !! Apesar da nota positiva por cumprir o que promete, dava para ter muitas coisas legais, como mais opções de customizações, no mínimo... tipo caixas diferentes, brindes para enviar para os clientes etc. Enfim, se você está na dúvida, considere que é um jogo legalzinho para passar o tempo, mas não tem nenhum objetivo ou história, além das conquistas da Steam. Minha nota é 3 de 5 :)

This is a mid game. First, it's a lot of drag-and-drop; you can navigate most of the game this way and it's the only way to pack boxes and apply packing materials to ship them correctly. Playing this game WILL give you hand strain because of all the clicking. After you save and quit, you are automatically started in the next day when you reopen the game without the opportunity for powerups you would otherwise be able to purchase-- even if you purchased them for that day before quitting. Item upgrades are restricted to quantity, but you still have to buy half of them in counts of one so more clicking. If you have experience playing management sims, it's easy to get the endgame objective and afterward playing for the achievements doesn't feel worth it. It honestly just feels like a lot of labor and not enough reward. I only have the hours in it that I do because I *am* close to getting the last two known achievements. Once I get those, I will probably never play this again. ETA: I HATE how the game gives you rush orders on the first order and don't receive your product until after printing the ticket so you spend half the packing time looking for the items before you can begin to pack the order.

Very simple and easy to play. It's actually more of a Zen game. I play this while being in a meeting/call.

Committed to play for achievements but totes not worth it felt like a slog to get to 500 orders and 90 day,

👍 Recommended Me: "This looks like a relaxing packing game." 5 minutes later: WHY DOES THIS SAUSAGE NEED 10 LAYERS OF BUBBLE WRAP?! My customers expect their package to survive re-entry from space. 10/10. Bubble wrap is now my religion.