Posted on: April 14, 2016
Haravikk
Jeux: 93 Avis: 9
Pretty, but disappointing
I love Railroad Tycoon 3, in spite of a few annoyances, so I expected this to be somewhat similar, unfortunately it's unlikely to scratch the itch for fans of the Railroad Tycoon series. In terms of track management, there are tools for laying parallel track alongside existing single-tracks, and you can choose where to place points for trains to wait/pass one another. At first glance this should be fun to manage when combined with the Hard routing mode that prevents trains from passing through each other. However, in practice the system doesn't scale at all as there is no way to limit track to a particular direction, which means that trains will automatically pick any track that looks free, only to encounter another coming the other way and become grid-locked. To overcome these issues requires a lot of work and strange solutions, and doesn't result in a very realistic or efficient railway, it's also more frustrating than fun as it's easy to get stuck with leftover pieces you can't remove or replace properly, along with visual clutter like signals. In terms of the actual mechanics of the game, the industrial model is simplistic; RT3 had businesses appearing organically to meet demand, but prohibitively expensive to build yourself, with goods making their way own over land, passengers wanting to go to specific destinations etc., Railroads! has none of these things. Not necessarily a bad thing, but it's not just simple, it's far too easy; except at the very beginning of a game it is just too basic to be rewarding and you're soon floating in more money than you can spend. The single scenarios are likewise underwhelming; most have very difficult initial objectives, followed by a massive stretch with no challenge and nothing to do. In RT3 even a company doing well was in a constant struggle with its board and financiers, plus there were usually meaningful events to keep things interesting. While this is graphically pretty, Railroad Tycoon 3 is by far the better game.
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