Railroad Tycoon II boasts an intuitive interface, beautiful terrain, detailed rolling stock, and buildings designed to please dedicated train enthusiasts. If overseeing all of this is too much for you, let your manager take over, and just sweat the big stuff! Hire and fire managers to help run your company, each with talents and abilities far beyond those of nondigital men.
You can also invite 15 of your closest friends to contest your title as a railroad tycoon in a real-time struggle for power. Full Specifications. What's new in version. Release November 8, Date Added February 16, Operating Systems. Operating Systems Windows, Windows Total Downloads , Downloads Last Week Report Software.
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Languages :. Publisher: 2K. Share Embed. Read Critic Reviews. Add to Cart. Package info. View Community Hub. It can take you from a normal, well-adjusted, well-rounded person to an obsessed, singled-minded, one-tracked train head. This is a real railroad game, not just a strategy game that happens to involve railroads. If you want to hop on a plane, car or ship, hop on another game.
This game is about trains for people who love trains. Everything about the game is centered around an authentic look and feeling of the railways. Period video and pictures are interlaced with the game. Admittedly, it looked like it was drawn with crayon on lard, but a fun-filled frolic of a game was had by all. Even more mysterious is its reappearance after a whopping eight years. And it isn't even that much different.
Alright, it's been given a complete cosmetic makeover, some slinky silk pants and a shave, but the game's still the classic beast it was, with added extras for the latest hard-bastard PCs. Railroad Tycoon II boasts about its 3D Studio-rendered buildings and its spanking high resolution, starting at a minimum x Indeed, it does look like a bizarre hybrid of SimCity and a Talonsoft game, which can be quite strange.
Some of the info boxes take up too much space and the animation can act up, with the trains jerking around akin to Ronaldo on a stressful evening. Hopefully, this will be fine-tuned for release. Mind you, the original suffered from about 20 colours in blocky resolution - but hey, it had that magical gameplay thang. Thankfully, this has been retained.
Spanning the years from through to the next millennium, you establish a transportation empire and outmanoeuvre fellow businessmen. Yep, the aim is to establish yourself as a Branson to be reckoned with throughout the railway industry. Railroad Tycoon II is seriously Csupply and demand' orientated: offer an unwanted service and you won't make any wonga.
Invest and manage funds in the stock market and blag cash off saps who should know better, then build your rail network across continents and viciously run your competitors out of town and off the rails. This sounds easier than it actually is - the Al is a nasty piece of work and will do anything to halt your desire for global domination. Alternatively, up to 16 fellow trainspotters can compare notes or pick on you via the Net or a network.
GOD being the unassuming name of the Gathering of Developers. GOD's aim is for game developers to be recognised as the stars rather than the publishers. A fine point: you wouldn't pop into HMV and ask for the latest song on the Virgin label - it's the band you're after. Whatever, GOD have successfully captured the look and feel of the original game.
So when this hits the sidings in November you can be sure that hardcore trainspotters, management sim-heads and nostalgia fans will rush out to buy it A few graphical tweaks and a little burst of speed should make this a stayer. All aboard, as someone tragic might say. You run one of the leading railroad companies in the early United States.
You have competition, of course -- other companies that think they can connect the country better than you can. Fortunately, you have many tools at your disposal that will help you to carry your loads to new and interesting communities. Politics, CEOs, and an open stock market come together with the raw hardware to help you meet the needs of the scattered U.
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