#HOUSE FLIPPER LUXURY DLC RELEASE PC#

You start out with few talents, a meager sum of money, and an office that is also your home (?) but could very easily be called a hovel.

House Flipper allows for a certain amount of autonomy, but lacks balance in it. There are other ways to do the same thing, but I also found in my playthrough that sometimes these button presses didn’t work even when directly prompted. Other times, you’ll select a tool only to have it completely not work. Frequently, it’ll yo-yo right over your selection. It doesn’t run that great on the Switch either, unfortunately.

#HOUSE FLIPPER LUXURY DLC RELEASE PC#

I was hoping a little more time would improve this, but by and large, the game looks the same now on Switch as it did on PC two years ago. It’s somewhere in the uncanny valley with its art style–some things look weirdly realistic, like a paint roller swelling with paint, while others, like the background textures and even the main attraction, the houses, feel more like a low poly PlayStation 1 aesthetic. As far as style goes, House Flipper just isn’t particularly pretty to look at. Where I think House Flipper falls flat is all three of those things.

When repetition isn’t rewarded properly and feels like a slog it becomes tedious, and tedium is never fun. I guess it boils down to style, mechanics and rewards. Sometimes, repetition is okay and even addictive, where other times it’s a grind. One of the games I haven’t been able to put down since release, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, is actually mostly a list of to-dos.

To be fair, there are lots of games I enjoy that involve a fair amount of repetition. In fact, a lot of what I wanted was the opportunity to really dig in and take my time making a house exactly the way I want it before I put it on the market and make bank. What I take from that is it’s looking more for realism than the silly hijinks of games with similar task oriented goals that aren’t sims, like Overcooked or even something like VR The Diner Duo. House Flipper is described as a simulation or “sim” game. There’s something about the Switch that can take a mediocre game for PC or other consoles and sort of add something to it–whether it’s strictly just the option to play it idly while on public transit or vacation or the addition of motion controls–I’ll usually give a game I thought had some potential another spin if it gets to Switch. That is, until I heard it was coming to Nintendo Switch. The game has since added more DLC (Including an HGTV branded pack) and more customization choices, but I never felt the urge to pick it up again. Unfortunately, I found its gameplay and limited choices frustrating and ended up shelving it for other things. So naturally, when I found out about House Flipper back in 2018, I thought my ship had come in, and I immediately got it for myself on Steam. It inspires me and makes me want to try my own hand. I don’t really care about the hosts necessarily, or even the circumstances surrounding the house hunt or flip.What I love to see is the before and after. One of my guilty pleasures is HGTV–more specifically, shows about flipping houses, or hunting for them.

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