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Posted August 09, 2011
Combining best of both worlds of features from the earlier smash hits by Chris Sawyer and his team, we give you [url=http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/chris_sawyers_locomotion]Chris Sawyer’s Locomotion. From a small entrepreneur with 2 bus stops and a rusty old bus, become the biggest tycoon of all time and connect the whole world with your spiderweb of transportation routes. Build railroads, trams, trucking lines, airplanes, ships and buses and manage your company from the early 1900’s to long past 2100 like an immortal economic entity would do. The game is played in a 2D isometric view and features beautifully-drawn historic and futuristic styles, with colorful and high resolution textures. Choose from over 40 pre-designed scenarios (including those based on real countries f.ex. USA, UK or Canada) and five difficulty settings to accommodate any playing style. This game is a special treat for vehicle enthusiasts: with lots of classic automobiles and trains, and Chris Sawyer’s insighhtful look on the future of transport past the year 2000, anyone who played with model train sets growing up will get a kick out of this classic.

Fret no more, GOG.com is doing everything to fulfill your tycoon needs so don’t hold back and grab Chris Sawyer’s Locomotion for $5.99 now!
Posted August 09, 2011
Loco is a nice update of Transport Tycoon with more Rollercoaster Tycoon feel. Feels sparse sometimes. Would benefit greatly from an expansion pack and additional balancing.
Posted August 09, 2011
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Posted August 09, 2011
No Chris Sawyer's Locomotion game forum ?
Posted August 09, 2011
wow i have seen lots of gog front page posters for various games but i must admit the one for locomotion looks awesome :) anyone else see it ? well done gog
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Posted August 09, 2011
Good release but we are still waiting for Transport Tycoon Deluxe....
Posted August 09, 2011
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GameRager: Did they ever make a mortuary/funeral parlor tycoon? I think that'd be awesome to play.
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Lorfean: Add the possibility of recent corpses getting raised as zombies if you're careless and build the mortuary too close to a chemical waste disposal site... And that'd be an insta-buy for me ;-)
This is why I miss Bullfrog :( they'd have done it sooner or later. Would have been a great Theme Hospital Expansion. ;)
Posted August 09, 2011
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serpantino: This is why I miss Bullfrog :( they'd have done it sooner or later. Would have been a great Theme Hospital Expansion. ;)
The Guild: Gold has a graveyard master business. Skull candles sell nicely.
Posted August 09, 2011
The announcement mentions pre-designed scenarios, but does th game have a sandbox mode?
Posted August 09, 2011
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Hesusio: Although, if someone can point me to a Pay Toilet Tycoon or STD Clinic Tycoon game, I would be most amused.
Well, there is indeed a Pay Toilet tycoon/manager game :D It's in german though.
http://www.klomanager.de/
Posted August 09, 2011
Thank you GOG!. One of my favorite games. The ultimate tycoon game in my opinion.
Posted August 09, 2011
I might get this later down the road. Definitely not before I get Rollercoaster Tycoon.
Posted August 09, 2011
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HomerSimpson: The announcement mentions pre-designed scenarios, but does th game have a sandbox mode?
No and yes. There is no random map generator like in TTD. But, there is a very simple scenario editor. There you can set your favourite parameters for a user created scenario, including anything from number of cities, to height of mountains etc. This scenario you can have it to auto generate a new map every time you start a new game with it. So it works almost like a sandbox mode. You can set it up to have any number of enemy AI, starting year, etc etc.

If you like specific settings, for example high mountains, 1900 starting date, large map, etc, just create such a scenario and let the game create the map every time you start a new game with that scenario.

It's a very good system, but he should have just left it out of the "scenario builder" option since that is seen simply as map builder to many people and they stay away from it.
Posted August 09, 2011
Looking at the screen shots, I'm somewhat reminded of Sim City 2000, and how very much I'd love to see that true classic here. In the mean time, this looks interesting, but, the reviews so far aren't so great, so I'm not quite willing to walk across the tracks yet. ;)

Thanks though GOG, for releasing more old games every week, keep um chuggin! =)
Posted August 09, 2011
I love Transport Tycoon. So while this one doesn't seem to offer any notable improvements (according to reviews), I'll definitely add it to the wish list.
Posted August 09, 2011
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HomerSimpson: The announcement mentions pre-designed scenarios, but does th game have a sandbox mode?
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trusteft: No and yes. There is no random map generator like in TTD. But, there is a very simple scenario editor. There you can set your favourite parameters for a user created scenario, including anything from number of cities, to height of mountains etc. This scenario you can have it to auto generate a new map every time you start a new game with it. So it works almost like a sandbox mode. You can set it up to have any number of enemy AI, starting year, etc etc.

If you like specific settings, for example high mountains, 1900 starting date, large map, etc, just create such a scenario and let the game create the map every time you start a new game with that scenario.

It's a very good system, but he should have just left it out of the "scenario builder" option since that is seen simply as map builder to many people and they stay away from it.
Many thanks, trusteft. I like sim/tycoon/managerial games in general, but I really like having the open-ended option to pursue my own goals.
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