So, a pretty long while ago when I first found out about this game I instantly wanted it.
Yet I’m a Windows 7 user, so I installed VMWare with a windows 8 installation to emulate and play the demo, where after I bought the game and had some fun with it, but I found it hard since it was almost completely random.
Now that the Steam version got released and I’m eager to add it to my library collection for another shot, I found out we can only get the key inside the game. I now have my very own built game PC and sold my laptop, so I don’t have the VMware anymore.
Now I was wondering, do you think the update is worth it? Explain with some reasons 
If I get convinced I’ll just skip the emulating part and buy an other copy through steam or this site with a steam key attached 
Yes, 1.4 is worth it, it has a bunch of new stuff that the old Game Dev Tycoon didn’t have. Get it anyways, because the devs will force you to get it when your submitting bug reports to them.
Any details on what makes it so much better or the old version didnt have?
And what do you mean with that last sentence? If it’s worth it I’d just buy it again on Steam to support the devs for this nice game 
Here’s the Change-Log for 1.4.2:
- New: ‘Game reports’ mechanic allowing you to gain insights from released games.
- New: ‘Multi-Platform’ development and engine option (mid-game unlock).
- New: Development hints which were gained through game reports are shown in the UI.
- New: Increased the importance of topic choice when judging development decisions.
- New: Extended story and added/adjusted consoles. Normal game now runs for 35 years.
- New: Allow editing game name in the release screen.
- New: More random events.
- New: More bailout options when game is almost ready.
- New: Steam Cloud storage support and Steam achievements.
- New: Zombie topic.
- New: Completely new artwork for the second office.
- New: Training options now show hints if used more than once.
- New: Engine parts: Game tutorials and Better user experience (replaces previous controller parts).
- New: Game window will now remember the window state (windowed/fullscreen).
- Changed: Rebalanced all topics.
- Changed: Rebalanced the Strategy genre.
- Changed: Rebalanced all platforms.
- Changed: Slightly decreased bailout payback amount.
- Changed: Instead of upgrading computers the entire second office is now renovated.
- Changed: Allowing longer game names.
- Changed: Adjusted the release time of the TES 64 and Game Sphere.
- Changed: Removed sudden spikes of difficulty for some play styles.
- Changed: Reduced the influence of a very large fan base on sales.
- Changed: UI improvement on the game definition screen.
- Changed: Removed the Startups topic. Any occurrences will be replaced with the Business topic.
- Changed: Overworked staff are now more likely to generate bugs.
- Changed: Adjusted XP Bonus combos for new release screen.
- Changed: Reduced game memory usage.
- Changed: Research point generation is now more dynamic based on team size and current research points.
- Changed: It’s now slightly easier to get a clean score of 10 (all those insults to All Games on social media took their toll) but a hidden achievement was added for extraordinary games.
- Changed: The order of topics is now completely randomized when starting a new game (before, the first eight topics were always the same).
- Changed: Game contracts are now slightly easier.
- Changed: Unlock timings for new offices no longer affected by the game length setting.
- Changed: Lifted the maximum level of staff and engine parts.
- Fixed: Several typos.
- Fixed: Settings window does not reflect actual settings when first shown.
- Fixed: Several UI fixed in preparation for translations.
- Fixed: A white pixel is sometimes visible to the top and left of characters.
- Fixed: When platform retires the information about how many games were sold are incorrect.
- Fixed: Potential issue when calculating sales anomalies for games.
- Fixed: In rare cases an interview event would occur just after a game is released, resulting in an error.
- Fixed: Misc. typos.
- Changed: Re-balanced Virtual Pet topic.
Totally worth it !
Learning curve has improved tremendously, because of the game feedback reports.
Remembering topic/genre combos and slider settings for 50+ games was hard enough.
I’ll say yes and no. At the plus side, the learning curve is much improved and the new research feature makes it a lot more easier. There is also updated systems and plenty of other things that makes the game better.
On the negative side, I found that it was TOO easy and that it didn’t have much of a challenge. Maybe instead of achievements, they could add little challenges that pops up every now and then for extra XP or a new research part or something. But other than that, I think it’s a fairly good update, which improves on a lot of things, but there should be more challenge.
I knew they were updating the game but I didn’t realise it would fix so much, have to go play it now!
Best update ever. It feels like the same game, except better.
wait why do you need the VMware? this game runs on windows 7 fine >_>. or is it that you have windows 8?
The game is… well, i’m just gonna say yes, yes, and no. The new updates are nice and the tutorials are a bit more in-depth. But the game is kinda. and i said KIND OF harder. So… 2/3 recommendation from me.
If you had read my post a bit better, I said I have Windows 7 but when I found out about this game it was a Windows 8 Only title. So I bought it there, a few weeks after however the Win7 title was released.