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portwineboy · 10-26-2006, 11:22 AM

I can't recommend this game to any Railroad Tycoon fan.

I was really excited by Sid's take on one of my favorite genres, but like Sim City Rome, I feel like the game was dumbed down way too much.

The maps seem small, the stock market is way too simplistic, you can't (or I can't figure out how to) buy natural resources, only production facilities. For all the reviews touting the ease of laying rail lines I'd kill for a RRT3 style toolbar to do it with. I wound up with junky looking rails way too easily. To lay double rails you need to first lay a single rail and they wind up looking funky. Trains don't break down, no water or sand requirements for steam engines...bleh. I could probably go on but I know I'm being picky.

If you are looking for a quick and easily accessible railroad management game this is for you...if you enjoyed the depth of RRT I'd say try the demo first.

I remember working on municipal labor contracts for the City of Philadelphia back in the 1990s. I worked pretty often with the mayor and his chief of staff, preparing materials about city management...basically to show why the unions were asking for more than the city could pay. Time and time again I sat there thinking, holy shit, this was covered in SimCity! I loved that level of detail...

Sid, I hope Spore is better!!!

10-26-2006, 11:22 AM	#1 (permalink)
portwineboy Master of No Domains Location: WEEhawken, New Joisey	Sid Meier's Railroads! I can't recommend this game to any Railroad Tycoon fan. I was really excited by Sid's take on one of my favorite genres, but like Sim City Rome, I feel like the game was dumbed down way too much. The maps seem small, the stock market is way too simplistic, you can't (or I can't figure out how to) buy natural resources, only production facilities. For all the reviews touting the ease of laying rail lines I'd kill for a RRT3 style toolbar to do it with. I wound up with junky looking rails way too easily. To lay double rails you need to first lay a single rail and they wind up looking funky. Trains don't break down, no water or sand requirements for steam engines...bleh. I could probably go on but I know I'm being picky. If you are looking for a quick and easily accessible railroad management game this is for you...if you enjoyed the depth of RRT I'd say try the demo first. I remember working on municipal labor contracts for the City of Philadelphia back in the 1990s. I worked pretty often with the mayor and his chief of staff, preparing materials about city management...basically to show why the unions were asking for more than the city could pay. Time and time again I sat there thinking, holy shit, this was covered in SimCity! I loved that level of detail... Sid, I hope Spore is better!!! __________________ If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you can read this in English, thank a veteran.