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- Platform: Windows XP / Vista
- Media: DVD-ROM
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Show your technical and managerial skills in this high-quality simulation by the developers of 'Farming Simulator' (about 1,000,000 units sold internationally since October 2010), Giants. Manage, maintain and expand your own mountains and villages in the 'Ski Region Simulator 2012' to bring your ski resort to success. Starting with a single lift and a short trail, the player has to attract guests by tending his resorts and keeping the visitors excited. The 4 km2 large ski region can be explored by foot and ...
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By Pipi
Fun:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Ski Region Simulator. Sounds boring, doesn't it? You'd be wrong. Seriously wrong. GIANTS has again excelled themselves in making a realistic and fun simulation.
You start off with two ski lifts, one slope and one vehicle. To begin with, you have to "Groom" the slopes, using a Snow Groomer. This is not actually as boring as it sounds, and a well groomed slope is more likely to make more revenue!
When you have finished grooming the first slope, (or even in the middle of doing so) you may see (unless you have switched it off) a mission appear. To complete this mission, you must first (if you have not already) buy a snowmobile and the two types of transport sled. (Object Transport and Passenger Transport) When you have done this, you must then hook up your sled to your snowmobile, drive to the place where you pick up the object or person, then drive to either the destination highlighted with a green circle on the map, or drive to the Rescue Centre (In the case of a person).
Overall, this game is very well made. Here are some Pros and Cons.
Pros:
Large & Detailed Map
Realistic Vehicles
Mini-games to keep you busy
Loads of Mods (Modifications)
Realistic People
"Synchronizing" Times Improved (Multiplayer)
Very Difficult to crash
Cons:
Shadows only generated a certain way ahead of you
Mini-games are all the same (but still fun)
Not enough Fuel Stops
Some Multiplayer Bugs (Being fixed in patches)
So, overall, I think that this game DOES deserve its five star rating. Although it can be tedious sometimes, it'll keep you busy for hours on end.
You start off with two ski lifts, one slope and one vehicle. To begin with, you have to "Groom" the slopes, using a Snow Groomer. This is not actually as boring as it sounds, and a well groomed slope is more likely to make more revenue!
When you have finished grooming the first slope, (or even in the middle of doing so) you may see (unless you have switched it off) a mission appear. To complete this mission, you must first (if you have not already) buy a snowmobile and the two types of transport sled. (Object Transport and Passenger Transport) When you have done this, you must then hook up your sled to your snowmobile, drive to the place where you pick up the object or person, then drive to either the destination highlighted with a green circle on the map, or drive to the Rescue Centre (In the case of a person).
Overall, this game is very well made. Here are some Pros and Cons.
Pros:
Large & Detailed Map
Realistic Vehicles
Mini-games to keep you busy
Loads of Mods (Modifications)
Realistic People
"Synchronizing" Times Improved (Multiplayer)
Very Difficult to crash
Cons:
Shadows only generated a certain way ahead of you
Mini-games are all the same (but still fun)
Not enough Fuel Stops
Some Multiplayer Bugs (Being fixed in patches)
So, overall, I think that this game DOES deserve its five star rating. Although it can be tedious sometimes, it'll keep you busy for hours on end.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Amazon Verified Purchase
Fun:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Product was purchased for my simulator mad 8 year old son, however, I like to sneak a quick go on it when I can.
If you are familiar with any of the other excellent Giants simulator products (Farming Simulator, Crane Simulator, etc.), then this is another outing for the graphics engine found in Farming Simulator 2011. I love the skiers flying by, but collision detection should be better if you slam one of your clients off the side of your piste basher!
As before, my son loves the mods (additional vehicles, maps, objects, etc.), that people create and I have to say there are some very talented people creating mods for the whole series of games. I like it because it subtly teaches him economics and work ethic, whilst he is still having fun.
If you like simulators and you like mountains, then get the software... enough said.
If you are familiar with any of the other excellent Giants simulator products (Farming Simulator, Crane Simulator, etc.), then this is another outing for the graphics engine found in Farming Simulator 2011. I love the skiers flying by, but collision detection should be better if you slam one of your clients off the side of your piste basher!
As before, my son loves the mods (additional vehicles, maps, objects, etc.), that people create and I have to say there are some very talented people creating mods for the whole series of games. I like it because it subtly teaches him economics and work ethic, whilst he is still having fun.
If you like simulators and you like mountains, then get the software... enough said.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By James
Fun:
5.0 out of 5 stars
the game is about being a ski resort 'manager' (but you do most of the work ) its basically the same as farming simulator 2011 , you look after your slopes and earn money from keeping them in good shape, you can use all sorts of accessories such as snow cannons. the game is well worth the buy giving endless hours of fun if your into these types of games.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Janet
Fun:
5.0 out of 5 stars
i feel this game is a brlliant simulation of the switzerland alpes, i also like how its moddable for the ls-uk community
[...] as i have recently just made a farming simulator tractor, ski region compatibe, im happy :)
[...] as i have recently just made a farming simulator tractor, ski region compatibe, im happy :)
Amazon Verified Purchase
this is an all round good game with plenty of things to keep you ocupied for days.
there is a lot of unofficial modifications which you can install to enhance in game experiance and feel like extra vehicles trailers and more
there is a lot of unofficial modifications which you can install to enhance in game experiance and feel like extra vehicles trailers and more
1 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By Cyber Queen
Amazon Verified Purchase
I bought this but have not been able to run it. I have widows 7 and 4 gig a ram and 80gig hard drive and a nivinda GeForce 7300 SE/72GS. i keep getting an error message saying that GIANTS game engine has stopped working. Then asks if I want window to resove the problem! Which it dose not. I have also tried it on my laptop but it says I need to install 3d effects on my video card. So I am unable to play the game which to me is a waist of money!!!!
0 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By Mr. Js Moon
Amazon Verified Purchase
Fun:
2.0 out of 5 stars
this game is by the same people as farming sim but that's as far as it goes leserns have not been learnt from farm sim people do not want a huge map which one cannot possibly complete or work on unless your on it 24 7 with farm sim modelers used there own imagination to bring the maps to life and to concentrate on the beauty which surrounds the interstrusture in ski region the need to look after some 21 ski slopes is beyond anyone and the worst part of the whole game is the so called swiss ski village with 20 hotels and various shops and yet the village is like a dead duck more like a town with no atmospheric i would wait till the downloads start coming through if any before spending a penny on this slow dreary game
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