Sid Meiers Railroad

[Adagio]

I played Pirates for more than a week, Railroads didn't last that long

[dannubis]

well it is a bit fast paced for my taste but i like it. replayability is relatively high i think

[conmcb25]

Hmmmmmm

Any other opinions????

[Willem]

Originally posted by Adagio
I played Pirates for more than a week, Railroads didn't last that long

It didn't quite cut with me either; it's a bit too simplistic for my liking. Hell, you don't even have control over your signal towers! Too bad, I had high hopes that Sid and crew could make it as appealing for me as the very first one was. I guess there's no improving on a classic.

[Grandpa Troll]

Back Playing again

I hope for an Editor to come,as I do love scenario making.

I wish, *WISH* we could do Bigger Maps

Oh well

Still fun and still learning it


Gramps

[Willem]

I'm not sure of anyone's aware or not, but there's a new patch in the works. It's supposed to be released sometime this month. One of the big things in it for me is a terrain editor. Maybe I can finally reduce the size of those gargantuan resources on the map. Sorry Grandpa, it doesn't sound like a full blown scenario editor, but at least it's a start. There's also going to be bigger maps available, and depots will be able to have up to 4 tracks.
Here's a link with the changelog from Firaxis:

http://www.hookedforums.com/a/viewtopic.php?t=985

[DrSpike]

I think they are too late - anyone still playing this?

[John-SJ]

To me, it wouldn't matter if they increased the number of tracks to 10 rather than 4. If you can't pick the track a train runs on, more tracks perstation is pointless!

[Willem]

Originally posted by DrSpike
I think they are too late - anyone still playing this?

I haven't played it for quite some time now myself. This terrain editor, if it allows me to resize things, and the larger maps might breath some new life in it for me, but I don't see myself really getting into it until we have control over the signal towers.

[Adagio]

Originally posted by DrSpike
I think they are too late - anyone still playing this?

Well... maybe it would be worth to start the game again, when the patch gets released

[Grandpa Troll]

Originally posted by John-SJ
To me, it wouldn't matter if they increased the number of tracks to 10 rather than 4. If you can't pick the track a train runs on, more tracks perstation is pointless!

Q F T!!!

[El_Cid]

well the main thing about this game is it made me go look up the classic games in this genre.

So should i get Railroad Tycoon 2 or 3? or maybe another game? Whats the best in this genre(sadly i take it this game isnt it)?

[Standup]

Well 1 is probably the best if you don't mind the graphics - there's a thread somewhere about a free XP download.

2 is similar to one but with better graphics - think locked off 16bit isometric but I think they work. It does lose a few of the fun things from one though such as tunnels, rate wars. The platinum edition is pretty complete and cheap.

3 is a bit of a mixed bag. 3D graphics which for me make track laying and building tricky. I also found it much harder to get a grip on industries, the economy and where your money is coming from. On the plus it is more advanced economy and goods move on their own. It also suffered a bit from a lack of support. There are a few patches but I think it needed more. I'd probably describe it as interesting rather than good but I'm not a huge fan of 3D so element of reviewer bias there.

Other options are Locomotion (annoying interface and limited economics), Industry Giant 2 (bit dry and spreadsheet like) or even something like Trade Empires which just about has trains in it eventually and I quite like.

[Willem]

Originally posted by El_Cid
Whats the best in this genre(sadly i take it this game isnt it)?

Number 1 is by far, aside from the graphics. None of the other sequels have been able to recapture the appeal that one did. I don't understand why they don't just go back to that basic model, it worked.

PS: I haven't given up hope for this one though. It needs some work, but it has potential. This next patch sounds like it might be interesting, though it still doesn't go far enough. I don't understand why they won't give us control over signal towers. I think it's a must if you want to have a Railroad game.

[Willem]

The patch is now available:

http://www.2kgames.com/index.php?p=support&product=245%2C3%2CSid+Meier%27s+Railroads%21%2CPC%2C2K_Games%2Crailroads&section=patches

Talk about a convoluted web address. Can't those guys just keep them simple?