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Game Information
- Platform: Windows XP
- PEGI Rating: Ages 3 and Over
- Media: Video Game
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Product Features
- Real-time action lay track, route the trains, and the world comes to life
- Easy to get started laying track is as easy as clicking and dragging
- It's all about the trains! over 30 trains to use, from the primitive 0-4-0 Planet to the Super powerful 4-6-6-4 Challenger
- LocoBuilder design your own steam engine from the ground up
- We've got the goods over 20 different goods to harvest, produce, and sell
- Something for everyone build your dream train layout in train table mode
- Multiplayer Ruthless real-time LAN and Internet play
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Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review:
In a nutshell:
Railroad Tycoon returns in all but name as Sid Meier reinvents the series and business sims in general with completely real-time gameplay and surprisingly impressive graphics.
Railroad Tycoon returns in all but name as Sid Meier reinvents the series and business sims in general with completely real-time gameplay and surprisingly impressive graphics.
The lowdown:
This may be the latest in a long line of Railroad Tycoon games but it actually plays very differently from the slow paced turn-based games of old. Everything occurs in real-time as you race to compete one of the preset objectives from around the world and from the 19th century onwards. Starting with a single train depot in the middle of nowhere you have to build up your rail network until you control not just transport but all the industries connected to it. This becomes particularly important when you’re playing online against real players as you all compete to service the biggest cities and be first to take advantage of new technology. The premise may sound dull but the game itself will make a trainspotter of anyone.
Most exciting moment:
As complex as the game may sound what makes it popular with ordinary gamers is that it’s actually extremely easy to play. Despite the influence you have on cities and factories you only ever actually lay down tracks and stations and the computer handles the rest automatically. It also helps that the graphics are really good for what initially sounds like a dull strategy game.
Since you ask:
Sid Meier, the man behind Civilization, pretty much invented the business simulator with the original Railroad Tycoon in 1990. Developer Frixais, which Sid help to found, is now owned by publisher Take-Two who also own the rights to the Railroad Tycoon name. Oddly the company decided not to reuse it for this revamp.
The bottom line:
Sid Meier returns to the age of steam with the biggest train set ever made.-HARRISON DENT
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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Fun:
Well, I was nearly put off by these reviews. I'm glad i wasn't.
I've played all the Railroad Tycoon series, frankly i'm not a diehard gamer, i like to play for fun, not to beat competition. Quite frankly the depth of previous versions I never used.
If you ever wanted the perfect train set, beautifully done - this is it.
not the sort of train set involved in the minutiae of schedules, this is more iconic.
There are enough trains here to fill the gameplay, The graphics are gorgeous, and there just wouldn't be time to fit in any further depth to the game, even so, it often happens that you've just caught up with replacing your fleet with the newest engine and a new locomotive is released.
All in all the game is finely judged, all the elements fairly blended.
And there are two patches available to fix and upgrade the game - plus an extra scenario.
I've played all the Railroad Tycoon series, frankly i'm not a diehard gamer, i like to play for fun, not to beat competition. Quite frankly the depth of previous versions I never used.
If you ever wanted the perfect train set, beautifully done - this is it.
not the sort of train set involved in the minutiae of schedules, this is more iconic.
There are enough trains here to fill the gameplay, The graphics are gorgeous, and there just wouldn't be time to fit in any further depth to the game, even so, it often happens that you've just caught up with replacing your fleet with the newest engine and a new locomotive is released.
All in all the game is finely judged, all the elements fairly blended.
And there are two patches available to fix and upgrade the game - plus an extra scenario.
40 of 42 people found the following review helpful
Fun:
This is NOT Railroad Tycoon 4. The rating (age 3+), and the avoidance by the publishers or creators of putting 'Tycoon' in the title should warn fans of the RRT franchise off this game. If you're expecting a game with the depth of previous versions of Railroad Tycoon, you're going to be very disappointed.
This is "Railroad Tycoon Lite". No sophisticated stock market, (no opportunities to buy long or short), simple 'supply chain' for freight (no need to take iron AND coal somewhere to make steel).
But by stripping away all the complexity of previous Railroad Tycoons, what's left is a fun game to play. Great for kids, not much here for strategy game lovers.
This is "Railroad Tycoon Lite". No sophisticated stock market, (no opportunities to buy long or short), simple 'supply chain' for freight (no need to take iron AND coal somewhere to make steel).
But by stripping away all the complexity of previous Railroad Tycoons, what's left is a fun game to play. Great for kids, not much here for strategy game lovers.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Fun:
Expected much more from this game. Average graphics, buggy and basic gameplay.
Someone tell the developers that half the fun of building a train layout is putting junctions and signals where you like. This is simply not possible in this game. Transport Tycoon got this element right years ago.
Someone tell the developers that half the fun of building a train layout is putting junctions and signals where you like. This is simply not possible in this game. Transport Tycoon got this element right years ago.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Good Game But Flawed
Great game in itself. but don't think of buying it if you run Windows 7 or Windows Vista. Game keeps crashing on both these operating systems and the games makers aren't doing... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Andrew C
Cannot even complete the tutorial
I'd like to review this game but unfortunately a game-stopping bug struck about 10 minutes into the tutorial. Read more
Published 9 months ago by schlockhorror
I Love Sid Meier's Railroads!
I have played all of the Sid Meier civilization and railroad tycoon games (from the very beginning) and I have to say that this is one of the best. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Derfel C
Brilliant !
OK, so not as "serious" as Railroad Tycoon 3...but if you want something light & enjoyable to pass a few hours, buy it. 1 star knocked off for the occasional game crashes.
Published 18 months ago by Bob James
Fun game, stability issues
In short this game is very fun. For the 'uber' serious railway simulator who likes 100% realism this is probably not for you. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Patrick
Where is the realism?
I have to say I miss the realism of Railroad Tycoon. I have a hard time buying into the game when there are bridges which just would never happen in real life. Read more
Published on 22 May 2010 by Kim Leonard Smouter
Brilliant but the manual is RUBBISH!
This is a very good game in itself, but you have to get used to saving every few seconds, in case it comes up with an error (which it does very frequently). Read more
Published on 12 Mar 2010
Not bad.
Although this game isn't serious I really enjoy it. The graphics are great and the audio is excellent too. But one downside is that the maps are smaller than Railroad Tycoon 3. Read more
Published on 2 Jan 2010 by S. Walker
Great expectations gone with the wind
I've read many reviews of SMRailroads!, most of them pointing to the superb graphics in contradiction to the lack of many features already existing in previous SM releases. Read more
Published on 16 Oct 2009 by P. Chondropoulos
best bloody game out there.....
well one of them any way i spend hours on this but u do need an up to date computer as mine does crash after a load of info is being feed from diffrent areas but i restart and play... Read more
Published on 24 Aug 2009 by Mr. Paul J. Teviotdale
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