RAILROAD TYCOON 2 PLUS

Railroad Tycoon 3, the train physically stops, on the tracks, for sand, and water. To prevent players from gaming the system too much, depots required maintenance every year (cost money from the operating expenses). In Railroad Tycoon 2, a train only had to pass a depot with the sand and water, and they would automatically be topped up.

It is a good train for the job, handles gradients with ease at the expense of not having a very high speed or acceleration. You have a 3 truck shay trundling along a route, delivering coal from high in the mountains to the valley below. What annoyed me to no end in Railroad Tycoon 3 however, which hasnвЂ™t been mentioned yet, and I am suprised at this, is how water, oil and sand was done. It felt more вЂњright.вЂќ Railroad Tycoon 2 only came halfway with it, which was entirely dependant on having the hardest economy setting toggled in game, which meant that, for instance, a steel mill would only accept X number of ore and coal, further shipments would be markedly devalued. Yes, the economy was much better in Railroad Tycoon 3. Your control over what you carry and how far you carry it is also greater than in RRT2, or you can set it to automatic which takes care of some things pretty well. I like that change because instead of focusing on small money-making routes, you build up your mapвЂ™s economy with long routes where youвЂ™ve made well-designed shipping setups with your trains. ItвЂ™s no longer financially viable to cart some wool from a farm a couple miles from a textile mill, because soon your supply will outstrip demand and you will lose money (or the wool will be shipped via carts or by river by the populace). RRT3 requires much more careful consideration of the information given to you by the awesome overlay graphs. All the train choices and the track choices are there, and you have a bit more freedom on orientation and position of stations. No real majestic mountain vistas to be seen since the trains themselves are bigger than buildings.Д«ut the вЂњmore gameplayвЂќ part I disagree with.

The size ratios in the game are a bit off though. I can agree with the first half about abstraction, though I thought the ride-along view was really fun once you had a really long route. So even though the economy is probably better and the graphics definately are, RRT2 seems to offer more gameplay.

RAILROAD TYCOON 2 PLUS

Plus putting in rail doesnвЂ™t deform the map in RRT3. RRT3 just doesnвЂ™t have as many good maps, and as cool as the вЂњride alongвЂќ aspect is, it really drives home how abstract the game is.

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