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Emergency Tycoon

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79%Game Brain Score
graphics, story
optimization, stability
79% User Score Based on 409 reviews

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Emergency Tycoon is a single player casual strategy game. It was developed by stillalive studios and was released on May 28, 2019. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

In this multifaceted tycoon you stand up for the safety and health of the citizens in your city. The challenge? To organize and manage a station of three emergency departments!

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79%
Audience ScoreBased on 409 reviews
graphics11 positive mentions
stability7 negative mentions
  • Engaging tycoon gameplay that combines management of fire, police, and medical emergency services with base building and staff management.
  • Enjoyable and addictive with smooth controls, intuitive interfaces, and well-organized menus that make it easy to build and manage the HQ.
  • Appealing low-poly art style with a unique diorama feel, complemented by good voice acting and a fitting soundtrack.
  • The game becomes repetitive and shallow after completing initial scenarios with very limited breadth and replay value.
  • Serious bugs and technical issues, including broken endless and sandbox modes, crashes, and poor optimization leading to lag and freezes.
  • Developer abandonment resulting in lack of updates, no fixes for critical issues, and incomplete or missing features such as a true sandbox mode.
  • graphics
    40 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's graphics feature a distinctive low-poly, polygonal art style that creates a charming diorama-like or dollhouse effect, praised for its simplicity and nostalgic appeal. While generally seen as pleasant and fitting well with the gameplay, some users find the visuals basic and occasionally underutilized or inconsistent, with minor graphical bugs noted. Overall, the graphics are considered adequate for the genre, offering good performance without demanding high-end hardware.

    • “The graphics make the game look like a moving diorama, which is a unique art-style.”
    • “The graphics use a low-poly three-dimensional art style that makes the models look intentionally boxy and pointy.”
    • “It looks good and is attractively colorful and despite its low-poly visuals manages to be incredibly detailed.”
    • “There are bugs, and the graphics and animations are really basic.”
    • “With a map built occupying around 75% of available space, I have had to adjust the graphics to low... yes, low!”
    • “For as basic as the graphics are, it should run easily on those minimum specs but it doesn't; it struggles on an i5 4-core.”
  • story
    39 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The story mode offers a surprisingly engaging and enjoyable experience with a variety of missions and gradual progression, enhanced by character-driven quest delivery. However, the mission variety is limited and becomes repetitive or unbalanced over time, leading to a lack of long-term motivation once the main story concludes. Post-story content, including the endless mode, is viewed as underdeveloped and repetitive, diminishing the overall narrative appeal.

    • “There is a story present in this title and it is actually surprisingly good.”
    • “He is the one who will give you tasks and grant you additional facilities, staff and goodies when you successfully complete these missions.”
    • “Oh yeah, I like how the missions gradually increase in what you need depending on what you’ve unlocked.”
    • “You do the first mission and that's it; you've done everything, which isn't a great motivator to continue with the rest of the game.”
    • “The game falls apart when you complete the main mode and all the story missions.”
    • “After 4 to 5 weeks (in game time), the missions start to become impossible.”
  • gameplay
    30 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay offers an enjoyable and addictive experience with simple yet engaging mechanics focused on emergency management and tycoon-style building. While it provides a decent amount of content and challenge, some users find it lacking depth, overly stretched with tedious tasks, or not sustainable for long-term play. Minor annoyances and occasional glitches are noted, but overall the gameplay loop remains fun and rewarding for both casual and more dedicated players.

    • “The gameplay is great and focuses on saving people in emergencies while also making money through police duties and medical care.”
    • “The gameplay is really well balanced between challenge and fun.”
    • “The game-play is simple yet had enough mechanics implemented, keeping the user entertained continuously.”
    • “Steam refused my refund request after I was trying to figure out if the gameplay of this game is really as terrible as I suspected. I think the developers of this game knew what they were doing by dragging out the playtime to build a non-functional base in sandbox mode so you would not be able to refund after you figured out the objectives are impossible to complete.”
    • “Game mechanics are way off even for easy and gameplay seems not very thought out.”
    • “This is probably meant to be a very kid friendly game, but the strange setting and heavy price tag predetermines it for a more "hardcore" playerbase, but struggles to justify it with lackluster gameplay, in comparison to "Rescue: Everyday Heroes" or "Emergency 4/911: First Responders".”
  • optimization
    8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game is widely criticized for poor optimization, with frequent performance issues and lag reported by users. Despite liking the game, many find the Unity engine contributes to lower performance compared to other titles. Overall, optimization is considered the game's biggest flaw.

    • “That has better graphics, better animations, better sound, more depth, and is better optimized in terms of performance.”
    • “⚙ Performance ⚙”
    • “I like the game but the biggest flaw is performance.”
    • “This is likely due to the fact that it uses Unity as an engine, which has been known to have lower performance than other game engines.”
    • “It is the worst optimized game I've had the misfortune of dealing with in a while.”
    • “Game is extremely unoptimized.”
  • stability
    7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game currently suffers from multiple bugs, including incorrect text and vehicle descriptions, graphical inconsistencies, and occasional glitches, leading to a generally unstable experience. While no game-breaking issues were reported, performance problems and lag are common, and developer support appears to rely heavily on modding for fixes.

    • “The game is a buggy, laggy mess at the moment, and the only developer responses I am seeing imply (or state explicitly) that they expect most problems to be solved by modding.”
    • “This is a fun game but still buggy - some text descriptions are placeholders, some vehicle descriptions are plain wrong (wrong kit) and graphically some items don't quite fit.”
    • “The game is very buggy and overall pretty boring.”
  • music
    7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's music is widely praised for its upbeat, funky, and energetic soundtrack that enhances the gameplay experience. While some find it highly enjoyable and memorable, a few users feel it can become repetitive over time. Overall, the music stands out as a strong and engaging aspect of the game.

    • “Good polygon graphics and an absolute cracker of a soundtrack (if they played that type of music at the local hospital, police and fire stations, I’d want a job there straight away - let me tell you, these are funky dudes!).”
    • “The music in Rescue HQ is upbeat, groovy, energetic, and keeps you in the action.”
    • “Plus, the music is really great in the game too.”
    • “Is quite fun to play for a while but can get quite boring after a while; the music could be better.”
  • replayability
    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The replayability of the game is mixed, with some users finding it low due to repetitive scenarios and limited variety, while others appreciate its charm, content, and engaging gameplay that provide decent replay value. Overall, it may appeal more to players seeking a lighter experience rather than complex, in-depth challenges.

    • “The graphics are pleasant to look at for a long period of time, which is good because there is a lot of replayability and content in this game.”
    • “If you're looking for something a little more complex and with big number crunching, this might be on the simpler side for you but it still has enough charm and replayability to hook anyone in if you're in the right mood.”
    • “Game is a lot of fun, but not sure about the replayability once everything gets unlocked.”
    • “There's no replayability value.”
    • “Replay value is low; it has several scenarios, but it's just repeats of the same stuff with some skins.”
    • “If you're looking for something a little more complex and with big number crunching, this might be on the simpler side for you.”
  • humor
    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The humor in the game is generally well-received, being described as funny, interesting, and well-balanced. While some find the humor slightly off, it does not detract from the overall enjoyable and engaging experience.

    • “Funny, interesting, well-balanced.”
    • “I must say that I was totally hooked with this game - it’s challenging and funny!”
    • “Love the humor!”
  • grinding
    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Grinding in the game is well-balanced, offering engaging micro-management without becoming tedious or overly complex. While the day-to-day tasks and precinct design remain addictive and fun, some aspects like dispatching staff on missions can feel repetitive and box-ticking. Overall, the grinding avoids dull number-crunching, focusing instead on enjoyable operational activities.

    • “After all, when I sit down to game, it's to have fun and not complete some tedious or mundane numbers keeping or spreadsheet tracking.”
    • “Sending out your staff on missions becomes a bit tedious; you've either got the kit or you haven't, and there's not a lot you can do about it if you don't, so for the most part you're ticking boxes and hitting dispatch.”
    • “Rescue HQ is exactly the rare kind of tycoon management title that I can get into, free of the boring, tedious number crunching and statistics of the real world and focusing mostly on the addictive daily activities and roles that keep your important services running for the people in need.”
  • monetization
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The monetization is criticized for offering redundant DLC content, such as the coast guard expansion, which adds little new gameplay and feels repetitive.

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Emergency Tycoon is a casual strategy game.

Emergency Tycoon is available on PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Windows and others.

On average players spend around 12 hours playing Emergency Tycoon.

Emergency Tycoon was released on May 28, 2019.

Emergency Tycoon was developed by stillalive studios.

Emergency Tycoon has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked this game for its graphics but disliked it for its optimization.

Emergency Tycoon is a single player game.

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