The shiny marble floors, the check-in desks, the restaurant all of this is the interface. Instead of an ugly UI, you have the navigable airport. Hidden behind the airport doors are the menus. Could you imagine Football Manager making you walk around the training ground and getting the bus to matches? You’d certainly spend a lot of time watching things as opposed to actually managing your club. The fact a 3D recreation of a cartoon airport is even there is an interesting choice. It’s all very tongue in cheek, especially considering the developer’s choice of modelling the airports after real world examples.Įxploration fans may cry disappointment, but it’s important to remember that this is Airline Tycoon 2, not Tourist Tycoon 2.
Look at the cute gift shop! Marvel at the huge lines of people waiting for your airline. The other is a virtual recreation of an airport. One side to the game offers a ridiculous amount of detail for tinkering with the logistics of air travel. You only have to look at Theme Hospital to realise how gaming can turn the administration of a depressing place into something of glory.Īnyway, to the destination at hand: Airline Tycoon 2. That said, anorak-style simulation is not something to be scoffed at Football Manager, Railworks, Sim City – these franchises show just how popular simulation within reality can be. Yes, the narrative of airports is one of happiness long lost reunions escape from the bustle of life, but as already explained travelling through them isn’t close to peace of mind, (rather giving the staff a piece of your mind is more common). Fantasy castles, the imaginative worlds of an Italian plumber, Lord of the Rings-style plains – these are all places we can’t experience in reality, but an airport? You want to spend your spare time managing one of the most depressing places of modern society? Here’s a number for a physiatrist. Games are known for serving the player a healthy dose of escapism. That’s why Airline Tycoon 2 is a peculiar concept. The mantras ‘get through as quickly as possible to enjoy the beach for the next two weeks’ is common.
Everyone feels the same, even the unlucky souls that have to work in them. Airports are horrid places: long queues at check in, wandering hands when you go through security, the prospect of being grounded in a foreign place for days on end – they’re hardly environments conducive to a relaxing holiday.
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