In the battle between Game Dev Story and Game Dev Tycoon, I think GDT comes out on top. They're fairly similar and both very simple. However, GDT's absurd amount of topics to choose from when making a game really helps it feel like your choice matters there, and the use of sliders over choosing an individual employee for each stage of production aids in making you feel more like a studio of workers and less like you're just picking the guys with the best stats every time (even though you still kind of do? I didn't and was successful, but my friend did and he beat my score by 20 million points so...).

There are some areas where the game falls flat. Only six genres feels a little lacking, although you do eventually gain the ability to double-up on genres which opens for a bit more experimentation. Not having a yearly Game Awards to judge how you're doing against other developers was a bit disappointing, as gunning for GOTY in GDS was always my favorite part. GDS also created a more filled out world, as silly as it sounds. Having news reports of crazy characters to hire like a pro wrestler or a bear was really fun. GDT has none of that, and the only pop-ups you get are for new consoles or for Game Hero to tell you your game was ass when everyone else gave it 10s.

Game Dev Tycoon is definitely a step in the right direction for a game dev simulator, but I'd be lying if I said anything other than "5/10. Looking forward to the sequel!"