Maximum Capacity: Hotel Giant

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Product Details

• Our recommended age: 12 - 20 years
• Manufacturer recommended age: 0 months and up
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000069CEB
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: June 26, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #21,340 in Video Games (See Bestsellers in Video Games)

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• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

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You now have the opportunity to prove your managerial and planning skills in the hotel industry. Keep paying guests happy and success will be the reward. From a small, family-owned bed-and-breakfast to a large, secluded megahotel for the stars, the hotels that you can manage come in all shapes and styles.

You are at the forefront of the tourism industry, owning and managing a hotel. Starting out small with a hotel for business travelers, your challenge is to build a successful business, overcoming all obstacles that the exciting world of business management can provide. With over 20 detailed complexes in more than 20 vastly different cities to choose from, Maximum Capacity: Hotel Giant allows you to create a tailor-made hotel that exactly meets your needs and those of your virtual guests.

You have the opportunity to place the hotel in virtually any location and have total control over the look and atmosphere of your foyer, guest rooms, and all the other components that go into making a top hotel. Success or failure is only a holiday season away.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Give Hotel Giant a break! This game is wonderful!, December 27, 2002

By	Brittney (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews

I have spent many happy nights playing this game. It doesn't get old and new situations are always entertaining you. But, as the reviews for this game have proved, not ALL people enjoy this game.
It is one of those games that people either love or hate.
But if you read the reviews customers have given this game, you can see most bad reviews were based upon the game not working on their computer
My number one advice to you? CHECK OUT THE COMPUTER REQUIREMENTS BEFORE PURCHASING. This game has some odd requirements that your computer may or may not have.

However, if this game does work on your computer, you probably won't be disappointed--I sure wasn't.
It is great fun building the hotel with the furniture and building designs and watching your costumers. Improving your hotel never gets boring.
SO now, I am going to chart it out very simply for you-

**WHY YOU SHOULD BUY THIS GAME**

*Graphics are fairly good
*It never gets boring and is always fun to build the hotel with the various options it has and furniture it offers.
*Watching the people interact in the hotel environment is fascinating.
*There are several levels that give you a goal to complete.

**WHY YOU SHOULDN'T BUY THIS GAME**

*It doesn't work on everyone's computer, but if you are smart enough to check out the system requirements, chances are, it will work on your computer.

*You are not into simulation games...If you like the sims, you'll probably like this game as well. It is almost like "THE SIMS" except you are fulfilling goals, building a hotel, and magaging it..

To conclude, if it works on your computer and you like simulation games, BUY THIS GAME. You won't be disappointed!

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not like The Sims...not supposed to be, August 17, 2003

By	sweetvenus (Tennessee) - See all my reviews

Being a huge fan of simulation games, I picked up a used copy of Hotel Giant with low expectations. I used to play Sim Tower years ago, and expected this game to be sort of like that, but with just the hotel elements (and better graphics, of course).

My used copy didn't come with a manual, so I installed and ran the game, hoping I could figure everything out. The tutorial to the game was excellent. I learned everything I needed to know about building my hotel quickly with a hands-on approach and without having to read a drawn-out manual.

After the tutorial, I played a few of the scenarios and met my goals easily. Then I decided to go on my own and build in a hotel of my choice. Designing the guest rooms in the hotel is the best part of the game, in my opinion. You can create one room and then use it over and over, or you can make every room different. You can look up what kind of rooms your potential guests are looking for and cater to their needs in order to get more people into your hotel. And if a guest staying in your hotel thinks they aren't getting their money's worth, they will tell you what they think needs improving.

One aspect of the game that I really enjoy is the different camera-angles you can view your hotel in. You can follow your guests around, seeing the hotel from their own eyes, or you can view it from a more Sims-like perspective.

While this game will keep you entertained for hours on end, I think that there is some room for improvement, or at least, expansion. You don't get to interact with the staff very much, other than managing their salary and choosing what their uniforms look like. There's no housekeeping or room service, and I think that a gift shop would also make a nice addition, as well as help you make more money (which I am finally doing after building my third hotel).

While many people like to compare this to the Sims, I do not. The two games have completely different objectives. In the Sims, you mainly control the lives of people. In Hotel Giant, the focus is on designing and maintaining a hotel that is profitable. Overall, I do highly recommend this game to people who love simulation games, as I do.

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Tycoon Game!, July 20, 2002

By	"john266" (Stuarts Draft, Virginia United States) - See all my reviews

This game is awesome, you can build your own hotels of any sort (B&B, Resort, Urban, Suburban, etc.) to your special needs. You can make any type of hotel ammenity you can think of from pools, to computer rooms. The best part is you can spy on your guests, find out their needs and compliaints, and fulfill them to your own desire. This is definitely like the Sims in many ways, but different too. You will not get bored with this game, it constantly keeps you occupied with new challenges. A recommended game to all consumers, young and old.