Locomotion AkA Transport Tycoon 2?

[Joseph]

July 2004 issue of Computer Games reports that Locomotion by Chris Sawyer which is his newest version of Transport Tycoon will be release in the Fall of 2004. The publisher is Atari. You will find the story on page 43.

There are two pictures of the game and the story said there will be 40 scenarios and seven AI opponents. Also the story said there will be hundred and hundred of vehicles on screen at once. Start of the game year will be 1920.

The graphics in the picture look like SC 3 quality. So they may not be today graphics but still look really nice.

[Joseph]

Originally posted by Comrade Tassadar
Atari? You mean Infogrames, right?

If Liz can be married 7 to 10 time, can't they change their name every month or two?

[asleepathewheel]

I would be worried of buying any atari product upon release, even with sawyer's name attached. Sid's name certainly didn't help...

[Joseph]

Originally posted by asleepathewheel
I would be worried of buying any atari product upon release, even with sawyer's name attached. Sid's name certainly didn't help...

If they leave him alone and let him do his job, we will have a great game. When he work for Sid and Co. at MicroProse his game required very few patches.

[Apocalypse]

Any one know if he's going to be using the same god damn ****ing disk button like he has since he did his own version of Elite?

[DRoseDARs]

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/cslocomotion/news_6092788.html

Gamespot article POSTED: 04/02/04 02:05PM wtf?

Expected 9.9.04 sooo Spring 2006 probably

[DRoseDARs]

From the pictures they have:
I see double-tracks in a single tile; lightrails placed on streets; potentially easier placement of rails through a city without razing everything in sight; new architectural style

Can't wait to see more...

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by Apocalypse
Any one know if he's going to be using the same god damn ****ing disk button like he has since he did his own version of Elite?

Atari.

[DRoseDARs]

Can someone post a picture of this "god damn ****ing disk button" that I might loathe its existance as well?

[Adagio]

Re: Locomotion AkA Transport Tycoon 2?

Originally posted by Joseph
The graphics in the picture look like SC 3 quality. So they may not be today graphics but still look really nice.

SC3? SimCity 3?
Those graphics looks like RCT to me...


I like the fact that the graphics are not up-to-date, since this means they probably spent more time on the gameplay

Can't say that I expect much about this game anyway, since I've never played Transport Tycoon

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by DRoseDARs
Can someone post a picture of this "god damn ****ing disk button" that I might loathe its existance as well?

Just look in the screenshots for TT2.


I believe he is talking about the icon in the top left, second in.

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by DRoseDARs
From the pictures they have:
I see double-tracks in a single tile; lightrails placed on streets; potentially easier placement of rails through a city without razing everything in sight; new architectural style

Can't wait to see more...

There also seems to be street cars that use rail built into the street.

[Grumbold]

The graphics look poor at this stage but then again they could easily be placeholders. I also hope the finished article doesn't have runways ending next to tall buildings. I still want to buy it though, provided there is a straightforward open mode where you build across a big map against the competition. Smaller scenario challenges are fine for a while but they make it much harder to play again after a reinstsall if you have to go through the first fifteen you already did before getting something new.

[DrSpike]

Well there are usually ways to extract the data needed to import your saved profile or mission history after the reinstall.

[Grumbold]

I don't tend to keep old save files for years just in case I play a game again. If it gets taken off the HDD, I erase everything.