Industry Empire

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No score yet - based on 2 Critic Reviews

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  2. Mixed: 1 out of 2
  3. Negative: 1 out of 2
  1. Riot Pixels
    Sep 26, 2014
    50
    I would have liked to write anything positive about this game, maybe mention untapped potential or hope for a better sequel, but Industry Empire is impossible to either love or hate. It produces zero emotions except for a hint of somewhat pleasant boredom.

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2.0

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 7 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 6 out of 7
  1. MadManuel
    Jul 31, 2014
    0
    Don't buy this.
    I'm out $25... learn from my mistake.
    First, the interface is about as counter intuitive as it gets. After literal decades    Don't buy this.
    I'm out $25... learn from my mistake.

    First, the interface is about as counter intuitive as it gets. After literal decades of city building games, we have been taught the value of the right click menu. To intiate a build task, you must activate the tool with a hard to find button.. then, use the tool itself, in a myriad of ways that don't actually accomplish what you're trying to do.. So you attempt to do your task, then you realize you can't actually do it until (even though you have the tool active) you go to a secondary screen and 'commit' the change.

    Building a road for example.. the system forces the road to be a straight line regardless of obstacles in the way..

    It's like this game was designed by people who knew what SimCity was by the screen shots alone.. and then tried to make the game based upon interfering how the game played without actually playing it.

    The inventory system is convoluted, the skill system makes no sense.. There's an accomplishment system that forces you into building industries you don't want to build in the first place in order to get enough 'skill points' to pursue industries you do want to build..

    The supply chain system has no easy mechanisms for distribution of goods.. you can only move goods from production areas to distribution areas with an active order in place..

    The economics of the game seem designed around the idea that you must grind your way through the production side to get to more complex industries.. You want to build a steel mill and make machine parts? **** you. You have to ship 50,000 units of wheat first.. On wheat farms that produce 12 wheat per game day..

    This game is horrible. Avoid at all costs.
    Steam, I've played the game 30 minutes.. I want my money back.    … Full Review »
  2. avacon
    Jul 30, 2014
    0
    Don't buy this. It doesn't run on all systems. I found many comments from others who got had by the game, but unfortunately I didn't getDon't buy this. It doesn't run on all systems. I found many comments from others who got had by the game, but unfortunately I didn't get access to those comments until after I was out $25. Learn from my stupidity, don't buy this game.… Full Review »
  3. Voyou
    May 25, 2021
    0
    Game is text-heavy, as you would expect. Yet game doesn't offer any means to increase text size until it becomes readable. That basic failureGame is text-heavy, as you would expect. Yet game doesn't offer any means to increase text size until it becomes readable. That basic failure requires so low an intelligence that you would wonder why the game maker even tried to make a strategy game. Anyway, it cannot physically be played, so the intrinsic value of the software is simply zero.… Full Review »
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