A Great Story With Some Pages Missing

Game Dev Story is one of the few games I lost sleep on... In the good way. I spent an entire night creating and developing games for my first playthrough of the game.

The gameplay is simple; decide on your console, game genre, and game theme and youre good to go. That being said, its difficult to release excellent games... at first. Eventually, youll find combinations that work very well together (i.e., Shooter genre and Robot theme). And if you dont have the money to make a game (it can be very expensive), you can take on contracts. Contracts are little side missions that grant you extra cash and some Research Points if you complete them.

Speaking of which, Research Points allow you to level up your employees and/or improve your current game or project. These are earned through the previously-mentioned Contracts, developing games, and randomly. These are key to create not only some excellent games, but excellent employees as well.

For the beginning of the game, your employees and potential employees are... mediocre at best. As you move up and improve, so too do the hiring opportunities. You can eventually hire some reference-based employees such as Walt Sidney.

Overall, the game was (and still is) fun to play. I just wish it had one or two extra genres (Fighting, for instance) and an extra theme (Science-Fiction). Its an excellent tale, and I hope the developer keeps expanding on it.

necrontyr47 about Game Dev Story, v2.02