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Drug Dealer Simulator – Review

Dealing with drugs is sadly common and in most countries, illegal. Drug Dealer Simulator is a simulator game that takes the POV of a drug dealer and shows how the urban world of drug dealers works. It’s up to you as a digital drug dealer to prevent being caught and choose if you’d rather take the route of high risk, high reward. We hope that this port will be as good as the PC version, as it is done by Ultimate Games, a publisher that doesn’t always have the most spotless track record when it comes to their ports. Story The story starts with you waking up in a crappy apartment. The narrator explains what is happening and what you have to do, and he even asks the question whose story it is: his or yours. This sounds like you have more control over everything that will unfold. It is a unique way of explaining what is happening in the game. You then get a phone call from Eddy, who tells you he is the only guy you know who has a connection to the cartel. After this, you start your first run of dealing drugs. For the rest of the game, it is just you going around selling and buying drugs. There isn’t a linear story that is easy to follow, and it’s more an experience that you shape yourself. Graphics The graphics in Drug Dealer Simulator appear cheap for a PlayStation 5 title, but somewhat decent nonetheless. We notice that some props don’t look smooth. The layout for ordering drugs resembles a Discord knockoff, which is amusing. Our hands look like cheap plastic, but it’s clear that some effort was put into the assets themselves. Games like these often suffer from ugly assets from an asset pack, and everything tends to look awful as a result. The HUD looks good and functional. Sound The sounds used for the sound effects are on the cheaper side, but it is functional. The music is in theme and emits the right vibe. The atmosphere is set by the heavy bass and upbeat tempo that we would associate with a club setting. We wouldn’t immediately be able to pinpoint an exact genre here, as the music seems to have some EDM, techno, and hip hop influences. The music only plays at some houses and not throughout the entire gameplay. The voice acting is decent, and most characters sound like they come from a stereotypical ‘hood’ setting. The narrator sounds like some dude who tries to explain it to you but doesn’t care if you can follow him. Gameplay Drug Dealer Simulator may not be the most visually appealing game, but its general gameplay loop is interesting. As the name implies, Drug Dealer Simulator is a title in which you’ll be delving into the ‘career’ of a digital drug dealer. You’ll be purchasing drugs, which you’ll need to flip. Getting the drugs or selling them after dark is risky, but you get more profit this way. This adds a risk-reward scenario that proves to be entertaining. The tutorial is easy to follow, but some elements could be explained better, like the workstation. We, for example, struggled to find a way to divide 12 grams of weed into bags of 4 grams. We’ll delve into the workstation further below. The order system feels realistic as you have to go to a drop point and get your freshly prepared drugs. If you wait too long to pick up your order, it will disappear. The delivery of the drugs can be interesting. Each client asks for a specific drug and their general condition. If those conditions aren’t met, you will not be able to make a deal. Be sure to have them divided before taking on a client. Once delivered, you actually carry the cash. As the narrator said, you will pocket the money, and it will not magically disappear because some god is storing it for you. This makes the experience a tad more realistic, and there are more risks bound to running around with so much cash. Our house in the game is a safe spot. Here, we can store and work on our drugs with tools like a workstation. The workstation was a hassle to understand at first. The narrator told us to just use the in-menu explanation. Dividing drugs was a bit complicated at first, but we eventually figured it out. The mixing and other functions were easier to understand. The house is also used to save your progress. Entering your house will allow you to autosave and manually save. Nighttime is when the cops are more active. You have to watch out for them or their dogs. If you do jobs at night, you get more respect. Respect is the game’s version of experience. It is used to unlock more sections of the city where you can deal. Spraying your logo around your turf also earns you respect. The graffiti looks fine and did remind us a little of GTA San Andreas, where you could also spray over the other gangs’ logos. For an Ultimate Games port, this one was handled with care. As a result, the controls feel intuitive and the button mapping is great. Unlike other ports of Ultimate Games, we weren’t bound to a mouse cursor for many of the in-game actions. Everything had a button shortcut or could be selected with the stick. The controls were intuitive and felt as if the developers really put in an effort to please console gamers. Conclusion Drug Dealer Simulator does a good job of simulating the life of a drug dealer. The general gameplay loop was engaging and exciting, and it proved to be an original addition to the simulator genre. Visually, the game didn’t manage to blow us away, but the soundtrack stood rather tall by itself. Many gameplay design choices made sense and upped the realism factor, making the game interesting as a result. While the story was a bit shallow, we loved the overall freedom. All in all, Drug Dealer Simulator provided us with a good time.