Weed Shop 3

Honestly, this game is pretty grindy. Between growing plants and rolling joints, you spend a lot of time doing monotonous tasks but you also see your revenue storage, plant matter storage, and the level of pull your samples have improve, with having to rely less on doobies off the street. Overall I've had a lot of fun, as an avid stoner named weedgrandpa lol, it's been a fun addition to my library. I wish there was more guidance around hiring employees, and what employees can do; I wish I could just set it up to have one of them growing these seeds with these supplements until they run out and then go back to sales. There have been portions of time where my employees just stood outside yelling about how they can't sell nothing, but then no elaboration about how to get them to do the assigned job. Maybe I'm just not far enough along yet :P

It has its jank, but it's a pretty decent shop simulator. I definitely feel like I got more than $20 worth of entertainment out of it at this point. If you're someone who gets addicted to the grind of these kinds of games, I highly recommend it. Anyone who is considering trying it but is put off by the negative reviews - apparently the dev's new game (Weed Shop 4, a WIP) uses AI, and they failed to report it in the steam listing. As of writing this, however, they do have that disclosure, and it also mentions AI content can be toggled off. Dev goofed, they fixed it. That being said, this isn't a review for WS4 - haven't played it. I'll try it when it's closer to being finished. Weed Shop 3: As mentioned, it has jank but is also very fun. It's goofy, it looks like scheisse, but there is a sufficiently deep (for $20) gameplay loop. It consistently introduces new upgrades and gameplay mechanics that helps you grow better weed and expand your shop, and in-turn, grow your profits. One example: [spoiler] I spent the first few hours assuming the boardwalk was the extent of the map. It is actually much larger. Along with other properties to purchase, you eventually get delivery RC cars that you use to deliver large quantities around the city for faster money (this is very chaotic and somewhat challenging if trying to speed run). You can also run around there, fight junkies and gang members for XP, and collect random loot to sell. There is more to do in the city, but I haven't gotten to that point yet - I have only seen videos where others are doing things I haven't seen yet. [/spoiler] I would like to be clear, this is only one example - the game has more content than it has any right to. The dev (or his buddy, idk) made a guide that Includes content that I assumed was trolling, because I did not expect it, given what I had experienced at that point, but does become available as you progress. For a small dev team, I think they did a great job making an engaging shop simulator that has more content than other games of its caliber and pricing. This game is a treat for work simulator addicts. Also, I haven't experienced any crashes in roughly 50 hours which is wild considering the absolute ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ this game is. 5/7 -IGN