Crossroads Inn Anniversary Edition

No one would blame you for hitting that refund button on this one, it was pushed out way too early, and the lack of QA shows. It’s a bad start for a promising developer—that is to say, I like the game, and I’ve had some novel fun with it so far. But there are fundamental problems that detract from the overall experience. If you like the look of this game, check back in on it in a couple months, hopefully by then the major issues have been worked out. I really do hope they fix this one, because it has a lot potential, but in it’s current state I can’t recommend it.

We live in the age of games with "potential", endless early access and DLC before delivering the core game. I bought the game and the first DLC only to find it is still riddled with various bugs and inconsistencies. Shame they can't be bothered to first finish the product, thoroughly test it for bugs, typos and proper English translation(at least). Examples I found today: unlocking the +5 transport bonus in Prologue doesn't carry over the bonus in the next mission, so just skip Prologue; some bard songs subtitled in polish(I think) The new content is nice, but it introduces new bugs on top of the existing ones. I will be back to this game after they released all content and probably multiple "final" patches

Despite overall low scores, I picked this up in a sale...mistakes were made. While the attempts at plot are appreciated, they do little to comfort when the tutorial can't be completed thanks to bugs. My repeated example was early in the tutorial where you put down a job board and then view the jobs. Job board went down, but then I couldn't view the jobs, so I couldn't progress the tutorial...how fun. Sadly, I've passed the limit within which I'm entitled to a refund, but save yourself some money and give this one a miss. There are infinitely better management games out there.

This game has a lot of potential, but overall playing it is a frustrating experience. First your feeling is: what a cool and complex inn sim! Then things do not go smoothly and you don't really know why. You figure out that this is because you don't manage this or that aspect of the game. But then, even if you try to micromanage every detail, things go wrong, as AI/automation of your employees is broken. Everything is super-complex and does not work at the same time. And then you realise that this game is a waste of time.

I can't even get past the tutorial as it crashes every time. I have never had a worse experience with a game, especially one I paid money for!