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Here's your chance to make it big in the Big Apple. New York
City, the city that never sleeps. Go for broke building your
own Manhattan empire, creating and customising over 100 types
of major businesses: run a hot nightclub, oversee a media
conglomerate, open a lucrative Broadway theatre - the choices
are endless. As your success grows, so will your reputation
- your face on TV reports, your name in lights, and the city
at your feet. With world-renowned landmarks, true-to-life
neighbourhoods, and spectacular New York events, you're constantly
in the thick of the action, becoming a major mogul in America's
most exciting metropolis. High-profile industries, real-world
brands, and a bustling 24-hour city give every player the
chance to make it big...
In
Tycoon City: New York, the aim of the game is to become
a mogul by constructing and customising hundreds of businesses
anywhere and any way you want in a bustling simulation of
New York City.
You
must create and improve your businesses to outclass the competition
and become richer and more famous than anyone else in New
York City. You start from humble beginnings as a budding entrepreneur
and build a Manhattan empire by creating, upgrading, and customising
more than 100 types of major businesses based on the needs
of New Yorkers in the game. Challenges include running a nightclub,
owning a hot new restaurant chain, and opening a Broadway
theatre. High-profile industries, real-world brands, and a
bustling round-the-clock lifestyle give every player the chance
to make it. All of these challenges take place in authentic
New York neighbourhoods like the East Village, Chelsea and
Greenwich Village.
To
be honest though, unless you've actually been to the Big Apple,
there's very little excitement to be experienced in the game's
realistic settings. This might as well be a fictional city
for all the difference it would make to most gamers.
This
is one of the best looking management games on the market.
New
York City is recreated in 3D and features famous landmarks
including the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building,
and Times Square. There are over two dozen in-game partners,
including TIME Magazine, Toys'R'Us, Virgin Megastore, Staples,
Olympus, Marquee, Nokia, Tag Heuer, and D'Agostino's, to "lend
the game added realism" as the press release states.
Personally I just saw it as a way for the game's developers
to ensure that they had some hefty sponsorship before this
title even hit the shelves.
What
would have made this game more interesting would have been
more of a competitive gameplay. While you are competing to
become the richest and most famous person in the city, you
don't actually ever have to fear that your empire will come
crashing down around your ears. This makes it a little too
cutesy-poos for my liking. Why couldn't the competition be
more ruthless, and attempt to destroy you so that they can
take over your businesses?
To
be honest, it's this that is the main sticking point of the
game. You never really feel under pressure when you are building
your empire. And, ultimately, this makes what could have been
a fantastic game into just a quite good one.
Nick
Smithson
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