The first thing that can be said about Cruise Ship Tycoon’s gameplay is that it can seem very confusing at the beginning. Not the Friendliest Interface to New Users In general, it’s a really cool effect and makes the game feel a bit like The Sims. The same goes for the characters they’ll mumble, burp, groan, snore and make any other noise that matches up with their current activity. You won’t hear anything but the background music while you’re zoomed out, but as you get closer, the muzak will give way to different sounds that tend to fit whatever area the camera is focused on.įor example, a nightclub will blast techno music, whereas a restroom will feature the sounds of flushing toilets and running sinks. Meanwhile, the sound effects are used to much better effect. It fits the setting like a glove in that regard, though, and that’s all that anyone should expect in this kind of game. It contains the typical beats of muzak you would expect to hear on a pleasure cruise or similar tourist trap. The music is pretty forgettable on the whole. They move around like ants, sit at tables, eat, drink, socialize and best of all, get injured. A lot of fun can be had in the game just by watching people. There’s a good variety of models, from little children to overweight tourists to seniors with walkers, and they are all animated with remarkable fluidity. Speaking of characters, they hold up surprisingly well on close inspection. You can go so far out that you’ll get a wide view of your entire ship, or so close you can count all the individual characters wandering around its hull. Few games today can boast the incredible range of distance you can zoom in and out of whilst playing Cruise Ship Tycoon. However, looks can be deceiving, which is something you will quickly find out once you start to take control of the camera. Nothing about the visuals is immediately eye-catching. The graphics are colorful and everything looks as it should, but they’re still very simplistic. Despite that, however, this tycoon simulator can’t help but feel a little lackadaisical at times.Īt first glance, Cruise Ship Tycoon does not look like much. With Cruise Ship Tycoon, you won’t necessarily be going on vacation, but you will be running a popular choice for one. So much so that even the wealthiest business magnate has to take a vacation at some point in time. If the tycoon genre has taught us anything, it’s that running a business can be hard work. Somehow, he managed to find a way to combine the two passions. Dave Galvin is a freelance writer and avid gamer.
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