Many people complain about how the game is not the same as Railroad Tycoon 3. The Railroad Tycoon series was not made by the same developer, and Sid Meier's Games have always been made to be semi-cartoonish compared to the RT series which aimed for a more serious approach to railroad simulators. I have also seen complaints about having to micromanage tracks and trains, etc. If people would pay attention to what they are doing when they set up games, they would notice that there is a track routing difficulty setting which allows you to make it so trains pass through each other, or set it to be realistic, so trains have to wait until a piece of track is open before they can move. Sid Meier's Railroads is a more fast-paced head-on business/railroad simulator game. When playing against opponents, you not only have to complete the objectives, but have to out-produce your opponents and buy up your own company stock before your competitor buys you out. Railroads is a fun game to pass the time, and with the random starting locations, the game can be different every time you play it adding to the replayability. My only issue with Sid Meier's Railroads are the bugs that cause the game to crash that were never fixed, or even addressed. Even with the game crashes, I always seem to return to the old games like this, Pirates!, and Evil Genius. It is definitely my recommendation that anyone who likes railroad simulation games to try this game out. I don't think you'll be disappointed.
