Prison Architect can only be described in one word – frustrating. As someone who is a fan of simulators, I prefer the instructions to be easy to grasp, but that isn't the case with Prison Architect .

This port of the popular PC prison-building game has been nicely executed to deliver a deep and compelling experience on consoles. Its complex menus and mechanics present a fairly steep learning curve, even with the game's effective tutorials, but once you get over it, Prison Architect is a...

A great simulation game that works impressively well on consoles. Although at times it almost feels like a psychology study of the player rather than the inmates.

Extremely detailed simulation, with a huge number of interconnected systems and superb joypad controls; The way your attitude and play style evolves over time is fascinating

The graphics are awful, both technically, artistically, and tonally; Unavoidably steep learning curve and some minor bugs

Strategy and management games on consoles come around every now and again, and most the time we unfortunately find ourselves having to say something about the controls. " It's a great game, but it just hasn't been thought out for console properly ", is the kind of thing that seems to get said again...

Variety in gameplay; Surprisingly deep; Decent sized text; Well thought through controls

Occasional odd AI moments; Panning across large areas can be clunky; Loading icon pops up in front of text box in story mode; Some rooms are a bit fiddlier to create

resolution is bad for console games.

It's a great game tons of details hopefully they have more executions and death row characters plus even more prisoner stories would be sweet thank u for making this game great job

Breaking out.

So many options help to keep you interested; Prison Stories are surprisingly emotive and personable; So many outcomes

A lot to get used to; Observing large complexes can be awkward to do

Emerging from Early Access lean and focused, Prison Architect is one of the best management games in a long time.