By Todd Russell
This is not an April Fool’s Day article. It’s a bit of a shame it’s important to start articles with this disclaimer, but this is a day throughout history known for tomfoolery.
A treat of sorts came across as recommendation on Steam for a new sim game called Schedule 1 (https://store.steampowered.com/app/3164500/Schedule_I/)
Yes, there are vandals in Schedule 1. You can also pick up garbage and make in game ca$h. Speaking of cash, some stores only take credit/debit so you need to deposit cash through the various ATMs available throughout the city.
I spent all of the (NO) Blue Monday show yesterday playing this game and, when the 6.5 hour stream was over, played another few hours. This game is a very engaging sim that has great progression. It just sucks you in. There is a ton to do, but it’s linear enough that you don’t feel like everything is spiraling out of control (too much, lol).
After completing a short tutorial prologue, you are dumped into a city that is only partially unlocked. You have no money, no car and no place to live. Your uncle, now in prison, points you in the right direction via pay phone. Now, you have to work the drug trade, everything from growing, processing, cutting and dealing on the street, building up your income. The more money you make, the more customers you gain, the better equipment you’ll earn as well as getting dealers to work for you.
You sure do accumulate a lot of trash while making all these drugs. Some might be put off by all the drugs in this game, but I found it all pretty funny.
There is a mandatory curfew at 9pm every night.
This game is worth every bit of the $20 USD, for those that enjoy sims and maybe some that event don’t like sims that much. I will be playing more.