Sid Meier’s Railroads!

This game is pleasant enough to play by yourself, but really shines when having to deal with other human players. If you want to truly experience the meat of this game, play it with a couple of sharks who fancy themselves as railroad moguls. It can get pretty intense.

The game gets 6/5 for fun, replayability, graphics, etc. It is my go-to piece up till today if I just want to play a train game. The bugs and some implementation details (like frequent crashes and maps being quite small) are fucking annoying though.

the game is the most modern looking "sid meyers" railroad game by far. and they really wanted this game to appeal to newcomers to this genre. comic look, less options.. i mostly play the holiday scenario map once a year.. but the core gameplay is essentially the same throughout the game, no matter what map you play. you need to be fast, or you lose the best transport opportunities to the cpu opponent. imho, the gameplay is TOO fast, making it really stressful to outmaneuver the cpu. a thing i don´t like in a game when i play this on "easy" settings. For ppl having problems with stability, there are some good guides out there (one is even linked here in the forums). If you follow that, copy some data, install smri, the game should run fine. at least it does on my win10 64 machine.

I never cared much about trains until I got hooked on the original Railroad Tycoon on my Amiga 500 and began buying every railroad themed strategy game that came out including this one. It's certainly not a bad game but it does suffer by virtue of my expectations when it comes to a game bearing the name of gaming god, Sid Meier. There is some fun to be had with some interesting scenarios and very nice detailing on the trains. The biggest drawbacks for me were the claustrophobic scale of the maps (feels more a tabletop train simulator than a representation of intercity railroad commerce), micromanagement problems that make even the 1990 original game a more seemless gaming experience and occasional crashes that sink a mediocre title into the realm of 'I wonder what else is on sale'.

This gane has all the hallmarks of a typical Sid Meier game, and that can only be a good thing. This is in my opinion the best transport sim since good old Transport Tycoon (1&2). The graphics are characteristically "cute" and really make the game come to life. My only minor gripe is that it is a bit on the easy side. Then again, I've been playing these types of games since Civilization 1, so I do have som experience. No matter what tho, this is a must have in anyones collection.