Love but has issues

I absolutely love this game and play it on the daily. There’s so much you can do and the profession of your airport doesn’t necessarily get harder as you go. It’s a steady progression as you build your airport. However I have issues with the gameplay which makes me not want to play as much. First off, even if you have very upgraded taxi-ways and runways and all, and you continue to regularly repair them, no matter what you’ll still get poor apron conditions when you log back in. Another issue is that the airport cannot handle more than 5 airlines at a time even though as of now you can have more than that set up. If you have too many planes at once, no matter what you do your objectives won’t be met, your timeliness is off and won’t fix itself. You can have fully upgraded buildings and vehicles and still have them running late and cause issues with airlines. What’s the point of the air traffic control tower if it doesn’t help with schedule speed and you can’t even interact with the building. Also you can’t see which objectives weren’t met, how to fix it, etc. This game is incredibly fun but has a few issues that need to be fixed and updated. I was hoping the last update would fix the bug or something but honestly it only made it worse.

Fun Game, But Buggy

It’s a fun game. Not too many money grabbing tactics, but there are still some that prevent you from going too far before you need to fork over cash. There needs to be a way to earn things like airline coins in the app (not just 10 at a time when 500+ are needed to unlock things). The fuel station needs to constantly be refilled. There needs to be a way to automate this. I have a job and kids, I can’t spend 6 hours a day doing medial tasks like that. Same with repairing the tarmac. Allow us to automate things so we don’t have to open the app every few hours. The app is buggy, but playable. The biggest bug I’ve noticed is passengers will get stuck and miss flights. I had an Outback flight that missed all 90 PAX because they just didn’t board. The were past security, but none of them got on the plane. The other flights for that contract had no problem. And you can see them just walking in place. Sometimes there are 10+ PAX just walking in place. Killing the app temporarily fixes it, but it starts doing it again immediately. And there’s no way of knowing if it’ll glitch out when you aren’t playing it. Honestly, I have a feeling I’ll delete this game after about 2 weeks because I’ll be stuck and paying money for something this buggy isn’t worth it. So far it feels like just another money-grab game that’ll let me waste time for a few weeks before I move on to the next one.

4/5

Nice game overall, but crashes happen occasionally. It takes a long time making the money spent on upgrading ground services and other features, so there isn’t much to do once the 5× 180-minute free time skips are used. The time skips don’t help much either, since they only fast forward 1–2 days while contracts last 2–3 in game weeks. My biggest concern is why the in game currency 💵 and any partnership airline can’t be used at new airports I unlock. This is really disappointing. I just unlocked my second airport after playing on Faro for a while, and I even bought a couple more bundles to get a head start only to find out I can’t use any of all that in game currency I just purchased and all partnerships airline Ive already maxed out can be used at my new airport and now I have to rebuy them with airline coin and it charge again. Plus it’s already a pay to start game in my opinion, I’m sure a lot of other players have that in mind too. Low profit from the start and also mid game unless you put irl money in. I’ve already spent somewhat over $100 dollar from the buying bundles and coins for airline partnerships, but with all that the cash flow’s still slow, low, and never exceeded 10 million. Was going to give it a 5/5 star, but not anymore.

Good visuals, aggravating and intrusive tutorial

Firstly, I really wanted to like this game, despite the numerous indications from the reviews that it was a pay to play game. Upon entering the game you are required to agree to the Privacy Policy which includes a “Behavioral Remarketing” section to release certain data for analytics for research and marketing. I would much rather pay for a game upfront than to give metrics about how and when I use the game. That being said, the tutorial is very irresponsive to user input. As I followed the tutorial, which is very much “on rails” without ability to skip, it shows these “in game” characters that “guide” you through an orientation, but these characters are just unnecessary and don’t add value. Touch response seems to be limited and seem to not allow the user to click through all the numerous sub menus as it seems to slow you down. The number of buttons and various sound effects on these menu panels is way too much. Why do you have to click on “collect” buttons anyway? Shouldn’t this just be automatic? It’s an unnecessary step that just tries to divert attention. I would prompt the user to display a small (skippable) tutorial as they open panels for the first time instead of presenting all tutorials for everything up front before actual gameplay starts. Hide all the sub menu functions upon first play until they become relevant for the user to need them.

Fare game

I play this game or I use too I use too play it daily until it got overwhelming with want and needs in witch forces me to spend real money for certain perks or upgrades because you don’t earn enough in game bucks to upgrade,add or expand fleets unless you play around the clock even still then it would take days or even weeks to earn anything well some people have lives to still live , sleep and work and have a family to take care of. And by time you do find time to play for a little bit the game had reset or launched a new update witch resets game play and when it Launches to play I haven’t really earned anything an I’m back to where I left off. I’ve just lost interest not a bad game just needs lot of upgrades, perks and earning for in-game bucks if you make a game totally free to play you should make it where it’s free in all aspects I understand developers have to make some money on the game but you say free to play should be free in all aspects of the game an earn a lot more in game bucks to do upgrades, add on’s and expand fleets. It’s hard for seasonal players like myself that has a life an limited time to play to keep playing a game that has no big rewards I’ve been playing this game for quite sometime an really haven’t advanced in the game due lack of in game bucks an I spend to much of real money to continue

Not enough explanation

The game is well done, but I find myself spending more time focusing on the interior decorating way more than the exterior because I honestly don’t really understand much about how a lot of the exterior buildings work. There’s not enough details given about the features like the fueling stations. When I try to move the buildings, the banner shows “This equipment is not closed”. I have no idea what that means because there’s no explanation about what that means. I don’t know how to “unclose” it because again, there’s no explanation. I’m also trying to find the help button, but I’m not seeing any anywhere. This game needs more tutorials. As detailed as possible. Same with the Airline Fleet feature. I had to navigate through it alone, and I still don’t really get what it is. Is it like a trophy case where the planes are like badges that you earn as you play or do you style them and use your chosen plane to fly your PAXs? I don’t think it’s the latter but that’s honestly what I thought it was for. Just needs more details. Also think it’ll be helpful to give tips about how to plan flights and contracts. I was just putting contracts wherever at first, and it affected my relationships, and I got confused at first why that was.

More Fixes

I started playing this game not too long ago and I enjoy it very much. However, there are some things that I’ve noticed, #1 why is there no save or pause option? You always have to play this game to keep from going negative, etc. I shouldn’t have to check this game first thing in the morning to make sure my aprons don’t go below 95% causing me to miss objectives. I should be able to save or pause and come back days later to where I left off. #2 please fix the sleep walkers aka the walking dead!! These people are always last to arrive for boarding causing my flights to leave not fully boarded. Either speed them up or remove them entirely. #3 why does using the skip time feature cause my flight to be cancelled when it was already at the gate waiting to be boarded !!? #4 lower the prices to upgrade and purchase things! This wouldn’t be an issue if there was a save feature which would save me from losing money when im not playing the game. It’s crazy to create a million dollars and then come back a day or 2 later to discover you’re in the negative and have to start building your account all over again. Like I said I like playing this game but I don’t like being forced to play it!

Not enough data

This point is idiotic seeing how they force you to agree to meta data about yourself but they don’t seem to give you enough data about your airport and contracts. All info is in separate places and nothing is labeled. It’s very difficult to understand the data that is displayed and it’s impossible to see clear correlation between them when they’re in different places. Flights will be canceled and there’s no indication as to why. Planning is a big part of the game and there’s no one interface for coordinating you services such as data or fuel. How am I supposed to know if and when there’s a high demand for fuel and I don’t have enough trucks to deliver on time? The price of vehicles is kind of insane 300k+ for a single fuel truck not including upgrades. The game is very grindy. Last but not least is seems as though I’ve hit a pay wall. I need to have at least 4 builder people to construct various building that I see as vital to the game. I am only given 3. I must purchase the builders or wait for the game tutorial to proc and give the buildings to me. I hate freemium content. Make the game paid, get rid of meta analytics (literally no one likes that), and make the ui more intuitive and useful.

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