Hotel Giant
{{Short description|2002 video game}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox video game
|title= Hotel Giant
|image= Maximum Capacity Hotel Giant cover.jpg
|caption= North American cover art
|developer= Enlight Software
|publisher= JoWooD Productions
|designer= Trevor Chan
|engine=
|released={{vgrelease|NA|17 May 2002|EU|2002}}
|genre= Business simulation game
|modes= Single-player, multiplayer
|platforms=Windows
}}
Hotel Giant ({{zh|s=模拟饭店|t=模擬飯店|p=Mó Nǐ Fàn Diàn}}), known in North America as Maximum Capacity: Hotel Giant, is a business simulation game developed by Enlight Software and published by JoWooD Productions for Windows.
Gameplay
The play of the game involves developing and managing a hotel. The user starts with a pre-made building to which they add rooms, place useful and decorative objects in the rooms, and set up hotel details such as advertising. Once this has happened, the user opens up the hotel to the public and starts to run it as if it were a real business. It is similar to the "Tycoon" style of game (Railroad Tycoon, RollerCoaster Tycoon, Zoo Tycoon, etc.), in which the player creates a system or establishment and then runs it.{{Cite web |url=http://www.mobygames.com/game/hotel-giant |title=Hotel Giant at Moby Games |access-date=17 January 2009 |archive-date=19 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319083128/https://www.mobygames.com/game/hotel-giant |url-status=live }} Hotel Giant 2 offers improved graphics, more features and a new campaign.
Versions
There are currently three versions of Hotel Giant. These are:
- Hotel Giant, released 14 May 2002
- Hotel Giant 2, released in UK on 21 November 2008{{Cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/hotelgiantii/index.html |title=Hotel Giant 2 at GameSpot |access-date=14 February 2010 |archive-date=22 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100222121755/http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/hotelgiantii/index.html |url-status=live }}
- Hotel Giant DS
Reception
{{Video game reviews
| MC = 59/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/maximum-capacity-hotel-giant/critic-reviews/?platform=pc|title=Maximum Capacity: Hotel Giant for PC Reviews|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=26 October 2020|archive-date=5 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101105105850/http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/maximum-capacity-hotel-giant/critic-reviews|url-status=live}}
| CGM = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite magazine|title=Restaurant Empire|magazine=Computer Games Magazine|publisher=theGlobe.com|issue=144 |date=November 2002|page=83}}
| CGW = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine|title=Restaurant Empire|magazine=Computer Gaming World|publisher=Ziff Davis|issue=227|date=October 2002|page=110}}
| GSpy = 79{{cite web|author=Walker, Allen|date=3 June 2002|url=http://archive.gamespy.com/reviews/june02/hotelgiant/|title=GameSpy: Restaurant Empire|website=GameSpy|publisher=IGN Entertainment|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050217153113/http://archive.gamespy.com/reviews/june02/hotelgiant/|access-date=26 October 2020|archive-date=17 February 2005}}
}}
Hotel Giant received a "Gold" sales award from the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA),{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090319031650/http://www.elspa.com/?i=3943 |url=http://www.elspa.com:80/?i=3943 |title=ELSPA Sales Awards: Gold |work=Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association |archive-date=19 March 2009 |url-status=dead }} indicating sales of at least 200,000 copies in the United Kingdom.{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918063107/https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/112220/ELSPA_Wii_Fit_Mario_Kart_Reach_Diamond_Status_In_UK.php |url=https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/112220/ELSPA_Wii_Fit_Mario_Kart_Reach_Diamond_Status_In_UK.php |title=ELSPA: Wii Fit, Mario Kart Reach Diamond Status in UK | author=Caoili, Eric | date=26 November 2008 |work=Gamasutra |archive-date=18 September 2017 |url-status=dead }}
The game received a fairly poor reception, with a Metacritic average of 54%. D+PAD said that any pros were "outweighed by some of the cons, most notably the repetitive and non-engaging nature of the gameplay."http://www.dpadmagazine.com/2009/02/10/hotel-giant-2 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313014802/http://www.dpadmagazine.com/2009/02/10/hotel-giant-2/ |date=13 March 2012 }} D+PAD IT Reviews commented that the game "wasn't much fun" and there would be "more amusement with an old, second hand copy of Sim Tower".{{cite web |url=http://www.itreviews.co.uk/games/g543.htm |title=Nobilis Hotel Giant 2 review – IT Reviews |access-date=2009-11-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090328120723/http://www.itreviews.co.uk/games/g543.htm |archive-date=28 March 2009 }} IT Reviews
References
External links
- {{moby game|id=/hotel-giant|name=Maximum Capacity: Hotel Giant}}
{{Enlight}}
Category:Business simulation games
Category:Enlight Software games
Category:JoWooD Entertainment games
Category:Single-player video games
Category:Video games developed in China