Fun but can feel defeating – Paradise Island 2: Resort Sim Review

I really enjoy playing this game for the most part. The graphics are good, I haven’t run into any bugs I’ve noticed after playing for several weeks, and I don’t have to spend a lot of my own money to enjoy it. It includes several mini games and I just love that one is a memory game. However, there’s a specific aspect of the game that can make you feel like you’re completely wasting your time, it really ruins me experience whenever I run into it. You have to spin a wheel for each building, and it gives it a rating, the higher the rating the more money the building earns. This wheel is rigged to make sure you get a 2 out of 5 most of the time. You can save up, it takes a week or more per building to save enough coins, then attempt to upgrade these ratings, but it’s still rigged so usually you just lose the coins you spent a week or more saving. I’m not really sure how this is supposed to improve the user experience, given how frustrated it makes me, while again the rest of the game is outstanding. This tiny little part just has an outsize influence on how much I enjoy an otherwise fantastic game. Maybe if they could just make it so those little silver coins aren’t so scarce, it wouldn’t feel like you’re losing weeks of savings each time you spin...
Review by mer2406 on Paradise Island 2: Resort Sim.