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Posted on: May 14, 2018
Myrth1
Games: 140 Reviews: 21
Not exactly a linear improvement
While 3rd game introduced certain great mechanics, like the way how non-railway transport is handled, it has worse graphics than 2nd game, cluttered UI, a lot of concepts are sketchy and poorly explained and in general, it repeats all the scenarios with slightly different set of rules, making it a dull experience. Great for fan-made maps, boring when played vanilla
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Posted on: March 31, 2016
Slmbates1234
Verified ownerGames: 346 Reviews: 9
Excellent game that has aged very well.
Move goods from low value areas to high value areas. Create and buy industries. Listen to classic railroad themed tunes.
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Posted on: March 31, 2023
assafb
Verified ownerGames: 14 Reviews: 1
The best economic sim in the series!
None came even close, and sadly none that followed in other series' came close. This one has it all. By default it is focused on industry, the stock market, and both the business and personal wealth aspects of both financial and real market manipulation. To say that predecessors or followers came even close, is not really playing the game. It has been updated by the community and search for the unofficial 1.06 patch. Not that railroading is missing, but if you'd like to tinker with more of the railroad side, you have the freely available trainmaster mod. If you'd like more depth you have maps and customizations that the community made. A pity that none ever came close to its economic depth since.
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Posted on: June 7, 2020
thataudioguy
Verified ownerGames: 10 Reviews: 4
Exactly Like I Remember
I played this as a kid before I fully understood the game and decided to buy it a couple months ago to re-live some nostalgia. Playing it as an adult, the learning curve is easy to pick up after using the tutorial mode. A quick google search will reveal that there's two patches required to for it to work on a modern OS (config file fix and blurry texture fix) and GOG has applied both for you, meaning it runs perfectly out of the box on my Windows 7 laptop without any troubleshooting. For its time, the the graphics are good and the maps, music, and aesthetics really work together to create a nice atmosphere while not getting in the way of gameplay. The economic simulation is detailed with a fully hashed out supply chain that can change as the game progresses, a stock market that you can apply basic real-world trading principles to, and a thorough ledger for managing your rail empire. Setting up trains and buying industries is easy and the game gives you the option to micromanage cargos if you want without forcing you into it. I think this was one of the best Tycoon series games ever made, and if you played it as a kid you'll love it just as much (maybe even more!) now.
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Posted on: March 17, 2020
AlucardNoir
Verified ownerGames: 241 Reviews: 28
It's as good as you are young/old
As it can be seen from other reviews on here, depending on how old you are and when you grew up this will either be an unsurpassed masterpiece, nowhere near as good as it's predecessors, or nowhere near as good as it's successors. I'm from the group that grew up with this one so this is a masterpiece in our eyes. Older people will disagree, younger people won't even look at this ugly mess.
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