Big Oil: Build an Oil Empire PC
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  • Summary: Big Oil leads you into times of the oil industry pioneers. Start your career in one of the historical scenarios or face the challenge of modern times. Found your very own company and lead it to the biggest oil imperium on earth. Whether in single player or multiplayer, demonstrate your strategic ability to become the next "Anaconda" Rockefeller of the BIG OIL world. Build an oil empire. Turn crude to cash. Seventeen historical and modern scenarios from the beginning of the 20th Century until today. Challenging game modes such as historical scenarios, easy or advanced mode, single-player or multiplayer up to 6 players. Extra class graphics with the 3D-Oxygene-Engine. Over 300 different buildings and vehicles out of 3 centuries. Exact historical events such as earthquakes, wars and other catastrophes with direct influence on your company. Complex simulation of real cities like Los Angeles with job market, infrastructure and schools. [Tri Synergy]… Expand

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  1. Positive: 0 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 8 out of 8
  1. 1UP
    40
    If your fetish for black gold is such that none of these problems dissuade you from getting one of the few games ever made on the oil business, you'll find a decent selection of scenarios, a free play mode, and even multiplayer. The rest of us should simply avoid the title and use the savings for gas money.
  2. Computer Games Magazine
    40
    It’s an overly straightforward and dull simulation with enough downtime for you to ponder the greater fun you’ll be having playing “Railroads!” in a couple of months. [Dec. 2006, p.78]
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  3. IGN
    33
    I'd still love to see a game that actually dealt with the complex issues oil companies have faced in the last 100 years, but Big Oil definitely isn't it.
  4. GameSpot
    30
    Big Oil is poorly designed all around, with frustrating bugs, a practically unworkable interface, and tiresome gameplay.

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  3. Negative: 1 out of 3
  1. justme
    10
    I liked that game very much !! hopefuly they will redo this game with less bugs.
  2. www
    7
    It's allright. It's just not done. They were on there way to make a good game, but published it to soon.
  3. PeterU.
    0
    I'm amazed it got a 30% score. The game 'Big Rigs' got the lowest score ever. It was so bad that it was funny. But this game isn't even funny. It's nothing. It only takes up space.… Expand

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