Imagine Resort Owner
By Mark Raby,
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Hotel management sim is challenging but a tad monotonous.
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What’s It About?
IMAGINE RESORT OWNER is about a young, capable entrepreneur who opens up a resort hotel on a tropical island and works to build it up to become the most extravagant vacation destination possible. The game has only a light storyline to introduce players to the new resort, but beyond that it is really more of an interactive, open-ended experience. Players earn money by attracting guests, ensuring they have a good time, and upgrading the resort to make it even more enticing. The goal of the game is to do a consistently good job at managing time and organizing tasks to earn recognition as a 4-star resort owner.
Is It Any Good?
Imagine Resort Owner is a good game for anyone with a young, budding spirit for business. It takes the key concepts of running a successful business - time management, resource management, and customer satisfaction - and bundles it into an intuitive, fun game. The concept may be a bit difficult for very young players to understand, but its difficulty should not be a deterrent for any gamer who has the ability to solve puzzles and multi-task. Because the core concept of the game revolves around mastering and organizing a specific process, it may seem monotonous to some at times, but it tries to eliminate this problem by introducing new challenges and mini-games along the way. It is a fun, casual game that encourages players to think and do something productive.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Parents can talk about whether or not games can teaches real-world business skills. What did this game teach you about running a business?
What are some other issues that hotel or resort owners need to be prepared for?
If you owned your own business, how would you take care of it on a daily basis?
Game Details
- Platform: Nintendo DS
- Available online?: Not available online
- Publisher: UbiSoft
- Release date: October 26, 2010
- Genre: Simulation
- ESRB rating: E for Comic Mischief
- Last updated: August 30, 2016
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