Only other Kairosoft game I've played before was Game Dev Story, which I enjoyed immensely. This is clearly the same formula, albeit a tad more unforgiving. And since you need to overcome certain milestones to progress, this feels more gated and less laid back as Game Dev did. Still, once you realize how certain things work, it gets much easier to make get somewhere. Overall, I enjoyed my roughly 12 hours with this and definitely got my money's worth.