Good Company, by developer Chasing Carrots and publisher The Irregular Corporation, is an in-depth management simulator where you run a new tech corporation. You play as the brand new CEO of your very own company getting to design your very own logo and name. It is your job to bring these startup locations to life with technology and success with the most efficiency possible. You are in charge of every aspect of this company, from layout, to hiring and logistics, to assembly and production. Can you handle juggling all that is needed to run a successful tech business?
When starting the game, you get to name your new company and design your logo as well as customize your character. After that, in campaign mode, you go through different levels where you have to achieve goals in order to progress to the next location. Once finishing the main task for each level, you can move on, but you can also stay and earn more trophies by completing more tasks. In the first level, you are taught the basics of production, tinker tables to make components and assembly tables to make actual products. You are also shown how the courier pallets work in item delivery as well as storage and selling items. The second level gets quickly into logistics and more in depth aspects of this sim. You have to designate work areas and hire logistics managers to make sure the company runs smoothly especially as the work area gets bigger and more crowded. There is also a freeplay mode where you can simply work on expanding and growing one area rather than going through multiple levels, but I do recommend going through at least some of the campaign as it does well at teaching you the mechanics. The game itself plays like most tycoon management games, WASD moves the camera, as well as right clicking and dragging the camera around. Scrolling to zooming in and out and there are hot keys tied to certain mechanics like pausing time or making it go faster. Overall this is a very fun and in depth game for people who enjoy challenging management sims.
There are only a few issues I found with Good Company, and the devs are very helpful and seem on top of fixing bugs and issues found in the game. Other than some frame rate and lag issues at certain points in the game, I did not run into any bugs or glitches. The only legitimate thing I had a hard time adjusting to was the difficulty. Going from the basics to full on logistics was a difficult jump and though the tutorial was helpful, it can be hard to follow at times. On top of that, it can get chaotic quickly if you don’t know or understand what exactly you are doing. That being said, the difficulty is not a bad thing, just something that can take time to get used to how in-depth this game can get. Whether or not you enjoy the difficulty of the game really depends on how much time you want to spend learning all the nuances and mechanics.
Good Company is a fun and complex simulator game that involves you managing your own tech company. The game is very enjoyable and in depth, but make sure you pay attention to all the mechanics to ensure your company runs at maximum efficiency. While the game itself can be a bit complicated, it is a fun and satisfying kind of challenge overall. I am giving Good Company a 9 out of 10 because I had a lot of fun playing although the complexity is a bit hard to get used to.
Good Company is available via the Epic Games Store, Steam, and GOG.
For more information, please visit https://www.goodcompanygame.com
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