I have 684 hours in House Flipper 1.
I have 418 hours in House Flipper 2.

I play this game after work. It is the game I use to de-stress after solving problems and making critical decisions all day long. I like that I do not have to think and I can just zone out and decorate some houses. At this time, I feel like writing this review due to the progress of House Flipper 2 (HF2).

House Flipper 1 has many superior features than HF2. The second version of the game does not have a mini-map to show you where you are in the game. It does not have room descriptions. It does not have detailed descriptions of what buyers are looking for or buyer's feedback. The houses also seem to be locked in a certain monetary range. For example, I can completely destroy a $50,000 lot, rebuild it with 13 rooms and 3 stories and I'll still only make $20k profit - this completely destroys that awe factor of House Flipper 1 where you could make a 700-800k profit on a house you spend 2 weeks remodeling.

Something so small such as a mini-map does not seem like it would make a difference but it does. The mini-map feels like an essential feature when you are trying to plan out bedrooms and construct houses from scratch. It is a big oversight in my opinion. Additionally, not having buyer's feedback in HF2 removes a sense of accomplishment / direction in what you want to build. I also do not care for the fact that HF2 does not have room descriptions as the original - You have no idea what you are building or if it fulfills room requirements.

As far as graphics, they are the main difference from House Flipper 1 - they are great. But given the above factors and also the fact that there are such little decorating options (from paint to furniture) or garden mode, as it stands now, I would say you will enjoy House Flipper 1 way more at this time. I hope they will address these things but it has been almost a year with little progress and I am disappointed because this is a great series and there is endless potential.

I really enjoyed this game UNTIL it deleted all my progress - twice.
So - I played in sandbox and some of my saves disappeared again and again.

I have still played but it is waste of time to start again knowing my efforts could be gone once I SAVE and exit.
I WOULD NOT recommend for that reason what otherwise would be an cool game.

still fun, losing hours to scrubbing a house and then making it look terrible while everyone praises me