I bought the first game quite recently and that is a superb game, with some minor issues, for me personally, due to playing Transport Fever 2, which uses slightly different signalling methods, but it became a minor point after playing it for a while. Anyway, Railway Empire 2 has similar difficulties initially, because a few things have changed from the first game, but once you get used to those differences, it all becomes clear. As with the first game, the sound and graphics are gorgeous, especially on the ride-along. Track construction is much simpler and the game feels very polished overall. There is one issue, but again this is personal to me, you can change the size of the UI, which I HAVE to do, but this does obscure things, pretty badly at times and there is no way to move windows out of the way, so it becaomes a case of camera adjustment, which isn't ideal. I have adapted to that, but it would be easier if you could just move windows out of the way instead. I have the DLC also and that gives you huge oportunities for creating your rail empire in different parts of the world, no-doubt with their own individual challenges, along with some amazing scenery. All together, despite my individual issue, this is a fantastic game if you are a fan of this genre :-)
In all honesty, this is completely unplayable if you have sight difficulties, which I do. I'm not sure if everything is colour-coded, but NOTHING stands-out for me. Told to proceed to the waypoint, yet ALL of the locations have such tiny text attached to them, it's not legible, even using a magnifying glass. No options to allow UI scaling and the text stays the same size, no matter how close you are to whatever it is you're heading towards. I won't apologise for my next statement... It's 2024, where are the accessibility options? *shrugs* I WAS really looking forward to this game, but that has been ruined, because it only caters for those with 20/20 vision it seems :-/. More devs seem to be completely ignoring those of us, who despite our difficulties, still enjoy playing games as much as those with full vision... Refund requested.
This take some practice to get used to, especially with signalling. After having played Transport Fever 2, I had to rethink my approach to signalling with Railway Empire. You have to be very specific, or you will make a complete mess of things and have all sorts of problems on your rail network. The tutorial missions in the campaign, leave a lot of room for error and don't exactly explain things clearly, so it becomes a little frustrating, with a LOT of trial and error... Initially at least. I checked a few very helpful Youtube guides and things started to make much more sense. Once I'd discovered why things weren't working as intended and expected (Transport Fever 2 signalling layout is easy by comparison), then the game became much more enjoyable. With all that in-mind, if you're considering buying this, expect a few teething troubles when you start-out and seek help if you need it, that's half the battle won, the rest falls into place quite easily after that ;-). Overall, a very enjoyable sim/game and worth investing the extra time you will likely need to get to grips with it.
I got this just yesterday and I love it so far. There are a couple of things to take-note of, if you're intending to buy it... I had to readjust the way I play it, due to having NO colour vision, colour-coded prompts/points in the very first mission, left me seriously struggling, but I stuck with it and did manage to complete it... Eventually. There is no frame-rate cap, so I had to use my 'AMD Software Adrenalin Edition' to limit the frame-rate to 60FPS. The fans on my graphics card, even on medium graphics setting, were running at full-speed, 500+ FPS :-/. Once I adjusted the 'Radeon Chill' setting, it stopped that issue, so now even on very high graphics, my fans are silent ;-). Anyway, a great game overall, even with those 2 issues, hence the 5-star rating :-).
I watched a few reviews & gameplay videos of this game, before deciding whether to dive-in, and the one thing I noticed... Some players were trying to push their system beyond what it was capable of, seemingly not realising that was causing most of their problems. Trail Out is VERY resource-hungry, so whatever you think your system is capable of achieving, knock it down a notch. Adjust individual graphics settings, until you get the right balance of quality & performance. I'm not certain if it's just the way the game is, or the way it's been programmed is the cause, but if you try to crank it up without taking-account of just how hungry this game is, you WILL have problems. Seeing the FPS fall off a cliff in some of the videos I watched, I wish I could've shouted at the screen to tell them how to fix it, but I suspect they gave-up on the game, blaming everything but themselves *shrugs*. Anyway, I dived-in and I'm glad I did, it's a LOT of fun :-D.
Bought this a short time ago and I LOVE IT. Ball physics work really well, sound & graphics are great and although I've only played 2 Trophies so far, the courses seem varied enough to give a decent challenge. The one thing I would like to see, is a detachment of movement and ball power. At the moment they're connected, so when you want to set power after getting the angle/direction you want, the direction is still moveable, so you have to do both at the same time, using mouse & keyboard at least, not sure about joypad, haven't tried it. I find this a little distracting, but it's not a game-breaker, it's still great fun :-). If you like crazy golf, which I do, you will probably really enjoy this. I'm off to have a go at another trophy now ;-).
As I usually do, I checked a few Youtube reviews with this game, just to make certain I would actually play it. It's all a bit crazy to be fair, calling for a lift by jump-dashing into the button is just one example, but then we all need a little crazy sometimes and this definitely delivers plenty of it. The open worlds seem pretty big so far, I only got the game yesterday, so I'm still exploring, but it looks very impressive and just as whacky as the start of the game, before you discover where the access points to those worlds are located. Really looking forward to playing some more, one of the more unusual platformers I have in my collection, but like I say... Great fun!
Fantastic isn't even close to describing this game and just how amazing it is. I'm not a fan of FPS in-general, I've preferred third-person for many years, but this is something I thoroughly enjoy playing, even just walking around the City, is an experience you can't forget and really don't want to. The story is something I can't wait to experience fully, see where it takes me and how it all turns-out. That is a journey on its own, without all the choices to be made along the way. Speaking of journeys, forget fast travel, driving & walking are both much more fun and seeing the City in all its glory (and gory ;-P) are truly a sight to behold, even to those of us with limited sight, it's breathtaking :-). I had no problem even paying full-price for this game, it's THAT GOOD and I am more than happy to support developrs that put so much effort and love into their games. Outstanding! Worth every single penny.
Personally, I don't know why this gets some negative reviews, I like what I've experienced so far and I'm looking forward to how the story develops. It's not always immediately apparent what you're supposed to do next, but then that adds to the realism for me, a difficult situation leads to confusion all-around. The graphics and sound are perfectly suited to the game. as are the many choices you have presented to you along the way, as it likely would be in a real disaster, moral decisions would affect those around you, not just yourself. I like that aspect of games like this, it makes you think how YOU would react and you do tend to base your choices according to your own moral compass :-). Despite some negative reviews, I'm glad I added this to my collection and I'm looking forward to how my own choices affect the characters around me and my character, should be interesting...
How on earth I've not even noticed these games before, is beyond me. Only started them up, to sort the settings out and check everything was functioning, played them all a little, now I'm hooked, can't wait to dive-in and discover the stories, which seem absolutely fascinating so far. I'm so glad I added these to my collection, well worth the money and as a HUGE bonus, the combat is superb. There's something seriously gratifying about beating the living daylights out of bad guys and these games give you plenty of opportunities to do just that :-D.
