Box Office Tycoon - Idle Game

Normally don’t leave reviews. However, if you’re looking for a game to play for when you are avoiding work or not getting enough attention from someone in your house, this is the game for you! Avoiding the boss? Go to the corner and play. Your s/o is playing games? You can too! For maybe at most a ten minute interval though. The game play is short, which is why I like it so much. There isn’t any thinking involved. Just finishing up each quest really. Gems are pretty easy to get from them. It can keep my mind thinking it is having fun briefly during a boring work day. The game can be slow, especially at the beginning of each theater but hey I mean. It’s an idle game? What did you expect? Play that tap tap chicken game if you want a more fast pace. It’s idle, fun, and like I said, a game to keep you occupied during your most boring times. I will add, that if you actually want to play this game you will need to watch the ads to move further into the game. Better chance at getting more money in a shorter amount of time. Don’t mind it though. I’ve seen the hotel idle ad probably more times than I can count and have it by extreme memory, but if it means I can get level 7 seating for sunset cinema, hey! I’ll do it. It’s an idle game, it’s the point.

I’m giving this game 5 star because it is so much fun. BUT! I do not play anymore because after I finished completely updated my first theater and moved onto the second theater it feels like I start from scratch. If this was a good or proper game my money would move between theaters. It is SO annoying that I have millions of dollars at the first theater with no purpose and I have no where to spend it. If I could use the money I have earned and continue to earn from the first theater and use it for the second and so forth this would be the best game Business or tycoon game. I have played basically every business/management game in the App Store and this game could be the best with that one change.

So overall this is a really fun game. One I’d happily pay for *but* it needs some changes, also I’m including some recommendations for the games developers. -1. *Most Important* I understand that a lot of work goes into creating games/apps, but honestly the prices for buying features in the game are WAY too high. I mean, $20 just to skip ads? Or $15-20 plus to add other features that’s a crazy high price for a simulation game on my phone that I would never pay. Prices closer to $10 & below & you’d probably make more in sales. -2. Toggling between theaters/venues would be a huge help/time saver instead of having to zoom out & tap every time you want to change rooms -3. Better quality graphics -4. New/changing music, the same background music gets old after awhile -5. More skins/faces for managers so it’s easier to tell them apart -6. The ability to name your theatre’s, name your managers etc -7. Adding more add-ons like bars, restaurants, bowling alleys, laser tag etc just some ideas. Overall you’ve done a great job. The main two issues I have are A) The high prices for in app purchases & B) Adding the ability to toggle/click over to the next Theater/room etc. If you can ever lower your prices I’ll be happy to purchase the game. Thanks!

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As the title says, even if you decide to purchase the permanent upgrades, the game crawls along and STILL tries to wring as much money as they can from you. I’ve played many games like this (try Codigames, they’re much much better at this - thats what you get for my $20, Hothead, an ad for a competitor) and when you make any In-App Purchases, you are essentially given “god mode” and get to enjoy it without any hurdles. Not the case with this piece of crap. And I’m nowhere close to finishing the first theater - according to other reviews, this gets much worse as you progress. So I’m deleting it. I won’t try to get a refund, it’s not worth the hassle since I see from other reviews that they’re not having luck anyway. I’ll just repeat what I’ve said - avoid this game and it’s developer like the plague. They have zero integrity and just want your money. Codigames has more polished tycoon games, and they also want your money but they at least have the sense to back off once you’ve GIVEN THEM MONEY. Get bent, Hothead Games.

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I’ve been playing for about a week now and unlocked the second movie theater, and unlocked a bunch of stuff in it last night. After the update however, the first theater now says I have only competed 70 goals out of 72, and now I can no longer access my second theater. When I click the goals nothing appears. Update: Deleted game and redownloaded to see if that would fix the issue because support was taking too long to respond, and ended up losing not only all my progress but the features I paid for as well. The only response I got from support was “try connected to Facebook to restore your progress and if you didn’t already connect before hand your progress can’t be restored.” Then he proceeded to end the chat before I can even respond. So they basically said they can care less that I spent money on the game and lost the features.