Drill Deal – Oil Tycoon is a method simulation recreation revealed by Final Video games. You handle a small oil rig enterprise, rising it as giant as potential. The aim is to maintain your staff joyful and secure, make a revenue, construct a great fame, and, in the end, handle a profitable oil rig. However does this title stand out towards different enterprise tycoons?
The sport begins with an interactive tutorial, which I appreciated. Some enterprise administration video games have many transferring items, jobs to juggle, and buttons to be taught. Drill Deal – Oil Tycoon is not any totally different. You don’t construct an oil rig after which sit again and watch the cash stream in. No, this recreation actually put the “handle” in “enterprise administration.”
In Drill Deal – Oil Tycoon, you’ll have to construct your oil rig from scratch. In fact, you’ll want staff to handle the oil rig, sort things after they’re damaged, and extra. However the staff must be joyful, wholesome, and secure. So, you’ll additionally have to construct kitchens, bedrooms, and the like. I discovered conserving the workers joyful essentially the most troublesome half. They don’t like working in noisy areas, however they’re on an oil rig in the midst of the ocean; it’s noisy by default. Every constructing you place causes a certain quantity of noise, so when you place a bed room close to it, for instance, the workers will get unhappy. Thus, they gained’t carry out properly.
There are eight missions to finish, every one getting progressively extra difficult. For instance, one mission is to construct a profitable oil rig in pirate waters. Sure, there are pirates, krakens, and climate points to be cautious of. To be sincere, I felt these points weren’t as unhealthy as conserving the workers joyful sufficient to proceed working. I restarted my first mission 4 occasions as a result of all my staff stop. At that time, the sport was extra irritating than enjoyable.
The controls aren’t a stroll within the park, both. The sport’s interface is inside one round menu with submenus that it’s worthwhile to navigate. Even after taking part in by way of the tutorial, there are such a lot of buildings and different gadgets to construct I had a troublesome time remembering the place every part was. Fortunately, you’ll be able to change the sport’s velocity, so I used to be in a position to pause my oil rig whereas I scrolled by way of the large menu to search out what I wanted. However then I’d understand I wouldn’t have the sources or supplies to construct what I wanted. I felt like I used to be at all times a step behind the place the sport needed me to be.
As well as, if you’re in a position to construct one thing, putting it on the oil rig might be tough. The digital camera isn’t nice, and relying on what number of different buildings you may have on the rig, it may be troublesome to see precisely the place you’re putting the brand new constructing. In fact, you’ll want cash to create new buildings. As with most enterprise simulation video games, this may be tough to do early on. You want cash to earn money, and the sport doesn’t provide you with a lot to begin.
The missions in Drill Deal – Oil Tycoon aren’t essentially troublesome. I largely discovered navigating the gameplay, managing my staff, and guaranteeing I had sufficient cash to do what I wanted essentially the most troublesome components. As an example, every mission has three components to it. After finishing two out of the three components, the following mission unlocks. I discovered this to be annoying as a result of I typically felt caught. I didn’t wish to really feel caught in a enterprise administration recreation; I wish to really feel wealthy. There’s a sandbox mode, which did add to the enjoyable. Nevertheless, when you’ve been battling the buttons or navigating the sport for some time, then the sandbox isn’t as nice as a result of lack of path. I felt like there was no joyful medium with this recreation.
I had enjoyable with Drill Deal – Oil Tycoon to start with. Nevertheless, the extra I performed it, the extra aggravated I bought. It wasn’t as intuitive as I hoped it’d be. As with every tycoon recreation, I needed my principal mission to be wealthy and profitable. I didn’t care in regards to the different missions, solely to be rewarded with having to construct a brand-new oil rig from scratch. If you happen to get pleasure from enterprise sims and are searching for a problem, this recreation could possibly be up your alley. However for me, I believe I’ll follow different tycoon video games.