Posted on: August 20, 2022
Weyen
Verified ownerGames: 2329 Reviews: 12
Great idea, shaky execution
This is a tough one to review... pretty much any score that anyone gives this game, I could not and go "yeah, I understand that." It's a pretty great idea for a game, in my opinion: you run a business where you manage an arcade, and playing the arcade games improves your business. The arcade cabinets are mostly knock-off versions of classic arcade games (Pac-man, Space Invaders, Frogger, etc.) and the other chores around the business, like doing laundry or picking up trash, are all presented in a similar retro video game style. The problem is the execution, which has two main issues. First, the game is technically a bit of a buggy mess, with crashes, objectives not being tracked correctly, control glitches, hit box problems, etc. etc. Second, there's also a lot of very frustrating design decisions, like the lack of save slots (you get one) or inability to skip cutscenes. Probably the most frustrating design decision, though, is the constant pressure to do the most boring tasks in the game: the laundromat work. This gets better in the endgame, but for most of your playtime, you'll be getting constant nagging every 30 seconds or so to check on the laundry and do more laundry and process the laundry and did I mention the laundry do the laundry laundry LAUNDRY. I just want to play some bootleg bomberman, but the game blocks half the screen with alerts for this stuff, it's really frustrating. You can (and probably should) ignore most of the laundry stuff, but the game isn't super clear about that, and once you do figure out that it's OK to ignore it, you still have to deal with the alerts blocking your view of the game you're trying to play. So, yeah. I had a lot of fun with it, I definitely hope to see more patches / DLC / sequels. But, on the other hand, I can definitely see why some people are frustrated with the game.
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