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BUYER'S BEWARE!!!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 11 / 18
Date: October 25, 2003
Author: Amazon User

THIS GAME WOULD NOT INSTALL ON MY COMPUTER AND TECH SUPPORT STATED THEY'VE RECEIVED NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS AND ARE UNWILLING TO REFUND. MY COMPUTER IS BRAND NEW AND MATCHED THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS AND I SPENT HOURS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS WRONG AND IT TURNS OUT THAT THE GAME HAS SOME COMPATABILITY ERRORS. SO I SPENT $30 AND CAN NOT RETURN OR PLAY THE GAME.

Never able to install

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 21
Date: December 31, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I was never able to install this software. I have a new computer, running WinXP. I contacted their tech support and went to their online message boards. No one was able to help me install this software. What a waste of money!!!

Great game but serious bugs

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: August 02, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I downloaded the demo for this game and was hooked! Some of the best graphics I've ever seen for a game. I couldn't wait to go out and buy it. I got the game home and could not install it. I checked all the system requirements. It took some time for Tech Support to call me. After about a week, I found out the copy protection program is not compatiable with my computer. Since that time, I've found that MANY other people are having the same problems and our only options are to mail the game to the company in HONG KONG to receive the disk that will work as the stores will not refund our money for an opened game. The game itself is GREAT and one of the best simulation games I've seen...however, it's got some serious bugs. It may or may not work on your computer. You'll just have to take a chance!

Did not work on my PC

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: June 19, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I was so excited when i got this game b.c. i own every other tycoon game that exists. Although I have a pretty new computer with tons of space and great audio .. I did not have the required video card that is needed for this game to work :(

I ended up installing this game in a neighbors house just to try it out. The gameplay was quick and all, but the game got quite old after a while. There are not a ton of furniture and menu choices. Also, you cannot customize your own entrees -- you have to pick from selected choices;rather than buying this game, I would recommend Fast Food Tycoon (the first version, not the second!)

A let down

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: September 21, 2003
Author: Amazon User

After playing Resturant Empire I found it to be confusing and a bit of a let down. Form the box itself it looks amazing. However, after playing it was anything but that. The graphics are ok but not spectacular, and i have to say the game is a little boring. after setting up your menu you just sit there and watch people eat. all and all i would not rank this game very highly.

I had so much trouble with this game!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 9
Date: January 13, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Granted, I didn't find many people with the same issues, and now that I have a new video card I might not have the same problems. But when I first bought this game, I had a great deal of trouble installing the game. Normally this would not deter me, as I've experienced this problem before. However....

Once installed, this game would start what can only be described as a screen flutter. The screen would flutter throughout the gameplay, and there was nothing I could do to stop it. This would continue to the point that certain parts of the screen would not show any text at all, and would run very very slow (if at all). Numerous requests for tech support with the manufacturer of the game came to nothing, as they claimed to never have heard of the problem before.

I'm sure this is a great game, but after having to fight with screen flutters, I gave up. Perhaps when I'm finished with Sims2, I'll try this one again.

I've Played Better & I've Played Worse

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: June 28, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Being a huge fan of the tycoon game genre, I was thrilled when I saw a game that wasn't another theme park sim! The concept behind Restaurant Empire is somewhat original but I'm inclined to throw this one into the category of low-budget software titles just the same.

The graphics aren't as sharp as Roller Coaster Tycoon, Zoo Tycoon, or The Sims but I can't say that I haven't seen worse. It was a facet of the game that I could overlook if only the rest of the game made up for it.

When you get down to it, the game replay value just isn't there for me. While the first few scenarios were interesting, after a couple of hours, it just got pretty boring. Here I thought I would be in control of so much more than what I actually got from the game and whether or not you play with scenarios or in sandbox mode, it all looks the same after a while.

This game sucks

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 19
Date: August 17, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I played this game and the graphics aren't very good. It froze a lot too.

Bad

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 23
Date: July 21, 2003
Author: Amazon User

It looks like it was made for an older people, however older people usualy don't play these kinds of games. I think it should be designed for teens or kids because those are the people who will buy this game.

restaurant empire computer game

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 16, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I got this game as I love the tycoon games like zoo tycoon, roller coaster tycoon, etc. also diner dash and that type. It loaded quickly but even after watching the tutorial I couldnt figure out how to play it.
I got to the first place you added stuff to the restaurant wall, and was stuck. I seen no way to figure it out, so I ended up unloading it. The graphics were okay. They werent cartoonlike they were more realistic and you could watch the restaurant from different angles and inside and outside. Supposedly you can build other restaurants but since I couldnt get past the first one, I guess I never will. Definitely would not recommend it for kids.

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