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They are both pretty good!Īt launch, it may have been a draw for both games. Both offer a lot of options for designing your airport, and also allow you to zone areas for specific uses. So both games use a foundation system, with builders who place each wall and object.

Terminal Interior Construction – Sim Airport Overall, neither is really that more or less restrictive than the other.ģ. For gameplay/progression, ACEO is a bit better.

Would have been nice to have even more airport variations, which I discussed in an earlier blog post.įor customization and design, SA is better. It reminds me of building a small, simple convenience store in Another Brick in the Mall, and adding more complex stores as time goes on, rather than starting with the biggest. These give the airport a much greater sense of progression, and allow you to build a simple grass airport on the cheap before moving on. With the one way roads, you can also build roundabouts, and add decorations in the middle! Decorations is something that SA has plenty of, which is what would give SA the lead.īut then, ACEO also gives you varying taxiways and runways, such as the grass ones. This would put ACEO at the top however, you can get around this in SA by zoning a drop off point away from the main road, painting it to look like the concrete bus stop like in ACEO, and drawing two one-way roads next to each other in opposite directions to make your own 2-way roads. You can even place these at the start without any slow research! There’s also service roads and service gates, a nice addition for the behind the scenes areas. I like the addition of bus stops, construction drop off, parking, and 2-way roads that can be placed pretty much anywhere in ACEO as actual props. Terminal Exterior Construction – Complicated Draw Both have regular updates, devblogs, forum interaction, and even the odd vlog.Ģ. Minus the issue I have with the walls of text and massive paragraphs that are in the Airport CEO devblogs, both developers do offer good communication with their buyers. This isn’t like a comparison between Planet Coaster and Rollercoaster Tycoon World! The choice may come down to nitpicking more than anything. Sim Airport has been in development for a further 6 months than Airport CEO, so keep that in mind as well.Īlso, note that both games have very similar goals and design choices, and neither is really that much less quality than the other. They allow you to build and manage an airport, are in early access, and are being developed by two small indie studios.īecause both games are in early access, it is important to take that into consideration when determining the “value” of each game. The niche war that 10 people have been waiting to hear about!īoth are recent airport simulation/tycoon games that are vaguely inspired by Prison Architect.

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