I really tried to like this game, but it gave me a seriously hard time. I like tycoon games, always did. Never a fan of those dumbed down mobile to pc ports of these days. I like a challenge, i like complexity... but this is beyond that.

The first mistake i did was to play with a german translation, and boy was it bad. Machine translation at its finest, but i kinda rolled with it. Turns out to be a bad decision, as the savegames are language locked... you cannot return to english anymore.
After investigating why that is i was a bit shocked to see that all language strings are saved inside the savegame... oh well. I somehow went on..
Why are a metric ton of pictures stored in the save game file? That just makes it unnessecarily large...

The sales model is... weird. To say the least... it feels very unintuitive.
I first started out by making sedans - company obviously failed. Tried coupes - failed. Tried compacts - failed. Tried phaetons - oh it suddendly worked out somehow. Yet those phaetons were consistently more expensive they sold better than even the sedans. It lacks flexibility, i would personally assume that a buyer in 1901 would have chosen a sedan over a phaeton for the same price and performance.

The feedback the game delivers is non existant. Did i do something good? Something bad? My car does not sell, but why? Type rating is higher, price is lower.
Way later i fould the vehicle class market share - which barely helps as it shows total sold cars... kinda helps but not.

I designed popular car shapes, they didnt sell. How large is my target market? I don't know!

I lost 200 sales last month, but in the following month i sell 150 cars less. I thought the 200 lost sales are in backorder and would catch up?

Eventually i did have a company going until 1915, then it fell apart because god knows why. I also kept wondering how the AI can make a car half as expensive with a better type rating.

I did like the micro management of the territory map, but the city map takes it to a whole different level. It stops to be fun, and starts to be monotonous work, as it feels very very repetetive and mundane - you just plaster every large city with a Branch, figure out manufacturing and done.
I also never had the feeling that i did something good or right. Even when i managed to sell 1200 Phaetons in one month, i did not grasp why. I later had a car on the market with a better type rating, for a lower price and guess what - it sold worse. Why? No idea. It is not relayed to me as a CEO nor as a player who is every role in this company.

The car designer feels arbitrary and not good either... especialyl the fact that you design a car and... how good is it? Type Rating of 42. Is it average in the current market or in comparison to my competitors, sub-average or exceeding?

I would also like a "Hide engine" button from the designer. I do not really need X, H or anything at some point.


Maybe at some point the dev will iron out things, make this game better, more accessible. But for now? I cannot recommend.

I really tried to like this game, but it gave me a seriously hard time. I like tycoon games, always did. Never a fan of those dumbed down mobile to pc ports of these days. I like a challenge, i like complexity... but this is beyond that. The first mistake i did was to play with a german translation, and boy was it bad. Machine translation at its finest, but i kinda rolled with it. Turns out to be a bad decision, as the savegames are language locked... you cannot return to english anymore. After investigating why that is i was a bit shocked to see that all language strings are saved inside the savegame... oh well. I somehow went on.. Why are a metric ton of pictures stored in the save game file? That just makes it unnessecarily large... The sales model is... weird. To say the least... it feels very unintuitive. I first started out by making sedans - company obviously failed. Tried coupes - failed. Tried compacts - failed. Tried phaetons - oh it suddendly worked out somehow. Yet those phaetons were consistently more expensive they sold better than even the sedans. It lacks flexibility, i would personally assume that a buyer in 1901 would have chosen a sedan over a phaeton for the same price and performance. The feedback the game delivers is non existant. Did i do something good? Something bad? My car does not sell, but why? Type rating is higher, price is lower. Way later i fould the vehicle class market share - which barely helps as it shows total sold cars... kinda helps but not. I designed popular car shapes, they didnt sell. How large is my target market? I don't know! I lost 200 sales last month, but in the following month i sell 150 cars less. I thought the 200 lost sales are in backorder and would catch up? Eventually i did have a company going until 1915, then it fell apart because god knows why. I also kept wondering how the AI can make a car half as expensive with a better type rating. I did like the micro management of the territory map, but the city map takes it to a whole different level. It stops to be fun, and starts to be monotonous work, as it feels very very repetetive and mundane - you just plaster every large city with a Branch, figure out manufacturing and done. I also never had the feeling that i did something good or right. Even when i managed to sell 1200 Phaetons in one month, i did not grasp why. I later had a car on the market with a better type rating, for a lower price and guess what - it sold worse. Why? No idea. It is not relayed to me as a CEO nor as a player who is every role in this company. The car designer feels arbitrary and not good either... especialyl the fact that you design a car and... how good is it? Type Rating of 42. Is it average in the current market or in comparison to my competitors, sub-average or exceeding? I would also like a "Hide engine" button from the designer. I do not really need X, H or anything at some point. Maybe at some point the dev will iron out things, make this game better, more accessible. But for now? I cannot recommend.