Industry Empire
- July 30, 2014
- Actalogic
- 32h median play time
Get on Steam"Industry Empire" is a business simulation game where players build and manage their industrial empire, controlling the production chain from raw material extraction to finished goods distribution. The game features dynamic urban growth, extensive research opportunities, and the ability to purchase and customize land for factory sites. With over 160 products to produce and sell, players can expand their business and enjoy the fruits of their labor. Additional features include luxurious home furnishing options.
PC
Windows
Reviews
- The game features a rich set of goods to process and sell, offering a complex production chain.
- It provides a rewarding challenge for players who enjoy micromanagement and economic simulation.
- The leveling system allows for gradual progression, unlocking new products and buildings as you advance.
- The game suffers from frequent crashes and poor optimization, making it difficult to play for extended periods.
- Micromanagement is tedious, with a lack of automation for selling products, leading to repetitive gameplay.
- The user interface is clunky and outdated, making navigation and land management frustrating.
- graphics28 mentions
- 11 % positive mentions
- 68 % neutral mentions
- 21 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game have received largely negative feedback, with many users describing them as laggy, outdated, and poorly optimized, leading to crashes and performance issues even on capable systems. While some players find the visuals serviceable for a simulation game, the overall consensus is that the graphics detract significantly from the gameplay experience. Users recommend considering other titles if graphics are a priority, as this game falls short in that aspect.
“The graphics are clean enough when zoomed in - but this is a view you will be rarely using.”
“The graphics are nothing to write home about, but they are serviceable and get the job done.”
“The graphics are ok (it's a sim game after all) but there is one major feature that gets the game almost unplayable.”
“Graphics are terrible, laggy, and I have a good PC. Buggy and annoying, I must say it's a big no-no, even on sale. Don't buy it.”
“Let's mention optimization: your fan will work overtime, mine goes crazy. I can play the big titles with no problems, but this game has terrible graphics in-game, yet your fan will think it's playing the latest top-end game.”
“Sadly, they got some good features, but the graphics are mediocre. It becomes totally boring within beyond 1 hour.”
- grinding24 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The grinding aspect of the game is heavily criticized for its tedious micromanagement, particularly during the selling phase where automation is lacking, leading to hours of repetitive tasks. While some players appreciate the automation options available during production, many find the overall experience to be overly burdensome and not user-friendly, comparing it unfavorably to similar titles like Farming Giant. Despite these frustrations, some players still find enjoyment in the game's economic simulation elements.
“You have to fulfill the orders which takes endless hours and may be just too tedious for the average player to stomach.”
“Otherwise it's a good little economic sim, although too much micromanagement in my opinion with minimal automation possible and thus can be quite tedious.”
“Broken and tedious with a clunky interface.”
- gameplay22 mentions
- 14 % positive mentions
- 73 % neutral mentions
- 14 % negative mentions
The gameplay of this title has been widely criticized for its frustrating micromanagement and poor design, leading to a lack of enjoyment and hope for improvements. While it offers detailed mechanics and an extensive tutorial, many players find it lacking compared to competitors like SimCity, citing issues such as lag and sluggishness. Overall, the gameplay experience is seen as deeply flawed, overshadowing any potential enjoyment.
“Ie offers an extensive tutorial that will introduce you to its mechanics.”
“This game seems to be very detailed and nuanced in terms of its gameplay mechanics.”
“It looks like the game has two gameplay modes: freeplay and scenarios.”
“Frustrating, mega-micromanagement, and no hope for fixes to the basic mechanics of the game. Next time I buy the hammer, you should spend your money elsewhere.”
“I have never seen such a bad game design... it's like the CEO of the company, who has a degree in economics and never played a business simulation game before, decided: 'Oh, what the hell... how hard can it be to design gameplay?' Very f*cking hard it seems because if I wanted to pay for working, I would at least work in a uranium mine so my suffering would end sooner.”
“Some folks have been reporting lag spikes and sluggish gameplay.”
- story8 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 63 % neutral mentions
- 38 % negative mentions
The story aspect of the game is criticized for its lack of engaging missions and goals, which are common in titles like Tropico, Anno, and SimCity. Players find the mechanics, such as truck routes and land acquisition, cumbersome and unintuitive, detracting from the overall narrative experience. The need to memorize building footprints adds to the frustration, making planning and resource management feel awkward.
“With Tropico, Anno, and SimCity, you are given missions and goals that will continuously pop up throughout a game.”
“One minor issue I have run into is the awkwardness of knowing how big the next plot you're going to buy needs to be in order to accommodate a given building.”
“Right now, you have to go into the buildings menu, select the building, and look at its footprint; then you have to click on the land menu and draw out the plot based on your memory of said footprint.”
- optimization8 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The game's optimization is widely criticized, with users reporting severe performance issues, including sluggishness, frequent crashes, and the ability to render their PCs unusable. Despite being able to run other demanding titles like GTA V on high settings, players find this game poorly optimized and lacking in essential AI functionality.
“I can play GTA V on high settings, but this game constantly turns my PC into an unusable brick; that's how bad it is optimized.”
“Keeps crashing constantly; sluggish performance.”
“First off, the game runs slowly on my rig.”
- stability8 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The stability of the game is widely criticized, with users reporting significant bugs, laggy graphics, and overall poor performance even on capable PCs. Many reviewers advise against purchasing the game, citing it as overpriced and reminiscent of low-quality mobile titles.
“Graphics are terrible, laggy, and I have a good PC. It's buggy and annoying. I must say it's a big no-no, even on sale. Don't buy it.”
“A few names should always be remembered and avoided: Excalibur, Rondomedia, etc. They are all hand in hand and only produce these very overpriced, rehashed, and buggy games that would not be out of place on Facebook or mobile.”
“It is buggy on modern operating systems.”
- replayability2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The consensus among users is that the game has no replayability, with multiple reviews stating it as "zero."
“Replayability = zero.”
“Replayability = zero.”
