Railroad Tycoon 2 Gold
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Video Game Reviews of Railroad Tycoon 2 Gold
Customer Review: Something different.
Summary: 4 Stars
Much in the same line as Simcity, Railroad Tycoon2 offers something different: a little more activity while playing. Usually on Simcity, you build and just sit there waiting for your city to grow. On RT2, you not only have to build track and train stations, but you must set which town and in what order your train will visit these stations. you also must advance to faster and more efficient trains while trying to meet the requiremnets for the task that was set for you to complete. Most of these challenges are hard, but others are even harder, especially when you have a dead line. With beautiful graphics and a little train history lesson, this game is a lot of fun to play.Customer Review: It's ok
Summary: 1 Stars
It's awesome even though i never played it, it sounds cool. Is it like Rollercoaster Tycon?Customer Review: Great enhancements but also big omissions from the original
Summary: 5 Stars
I browsed through the reviews by other players, and I am surprised that noone mentioned the original Railroad Tycoon, one of my all-time favorite games. My guess is that most people are too young here to have played it. For those who did, I think a comparison to the original would be in order.First, I should say, I loved Railroad Tycoon 2. Railroad building is probably the most fun among the building games, I think because you not only build, but run your empire as well. RR2 is a good game on its own, and it builds on the strengths of the original and gives great enhancements.
GREAT IMPROVEMENTS over the original are obviously the graphics... since about 10 years has passed, this was a must. The addition of scenarios, is great, and provides not only loads of fun, but knowledge about the history of trains over the world as well. The addition of the stock market brings a new dimension to the game that is fun, however I found that sometimes it got in the way of railroad building fun, requiring too much attention to finances with too little control. I also liked the building of tracks with one click a lot; although an "undo" feature is greatly missing - the easy building also means it is easy to make a mistake, and often a costly one. My recommendation is to save before every major track building effort.
DISAPPOINTING OMISSIONS from the original include the often mentioned tunnel building, but my biggest disappointment was the less operational control over your trains. That really manifests itself when you already have a big railroad network, and your trains keep waiting on each other, because they are all using the same track, and you have no way to route them on an alternate track. Therefore I greatly miss the feature where you can tell a train to go through a station but not stop there, and the signals; both can be a great help in avoiding the crowding of trains. Another disappointment was the interface; although it is OK, and a lot of the immaturities of the original have been cleaned up, but it still follows the layout of the original that is largely menu-driven. The added-on financial market interface is rather tedious and unintuitive.
All in all, this is a very good game, greatly because it follows closely the original, and updates it to the new game standards. This game is great for everyone, but if you have played the original, you will wonder why PopTop omitted some great features that could have made this game so much better.
Customer Review: Railroad Tycoon Gold Edition
Summary: 5 Stars
Bought this after Rollercoaster Tycoon. This was about a year ago. I can not get away from this game. VERY addicitive. Especially if you are into entreprenuership. This game has many features that others just do not. The Stock Market feature makes this game multi dimensional. The AI players are always trying to bankrupt you by making stratigic moves in the stock market. Buy to many shares of your company or any others on margin, the AI players will act and destroy your bank account. The graphics are excellent, however a little dark sometimes. The scenarios are fun and difficult. There is a lot of detail in making sure your cargos are managed and shipped correctly. It is easy at first when you have just a few cities to service. Once you get a network of cities...it can be very testing.I highly reccomend this game to anyone that has owned a business or is into the stock market, or into managing a business which is fast past and demanding. This game is better suited for adults as the complexity and business aspects would likely bore a youngster.
Customer Review: A great strategy sim.
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of the better strategy sims I've ever played. It combines resource management, building, interesting history, interesting railroading facts, good gameplay, and an intutive interface. If I had kids, I would buy this for them even if they didn't ask for it.And on top of all that, its like having a giant railroad set on your computer where you can play on in real terrain (based roughly on real topological maps) at different points in history. Some people are bothered by the tweaked timeline, but they obviously haven't programmed sim games or thought through the implications of making it completely realistic. I think they have done an excellent job of balancing gameplay and I'm looking forward to anything else these guys put out.
I've put this away a few times, but often come back to it or the Second Century edition.