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This game is easy to get into. Track building is as simple as clicking the start, then clicking the end, and it's done, complete with tunnels, bridges, turns, etc. (AKA you don't have a bunch of big turns, med turns, small turns, straightaways, switches, and s-bends that have to be connected) Train selection is pretty good for when it was made, goes from the 0-4-0 Grasshopper all the way to modern diesels. The user sees the world from a "blimp" perspective (similar to Sim Golf, RollCoaster Tycoon, Sim Park, etc.) Graphics are more focused on landscape than the actual trains. Some parts are really cool, like watching cranes load logs onto cars, etc. There are no animated human passengers in the actual game play, but you do compete against other historic Railroad building legends. The challenge is more focused on where to bring different types of goods and connecting cities, as opposed to track building itself. The cities will grow as you use their resources, depots and industries can be updated as you use them. The tutorial is really good for getting started, but everything is really straightforward and user friendly, almost to the point of being boring. I think this is a good game for a middle school student. Elementary students could have a lot of fun with this game with no struggle, but probably would not use every feature that it is capable of. I'm a college student and I still have a lot of fun with it, but people who have outgrown train interest may see it as childish. As you add more and more tracks and trains to an area, the graphics slow down worse and worse. It's something you learn to ignore, but a graphics card is recommended for superior game play. Trains will not collide with each other: if possible they will wait for another train to move, otherwise they drive right through each other while one of the trains momentarily disappears. There is a wide variety of things the trains can haul and each has its own type of car and annex (loading station). This game is a personal favorite of mine, one I wish I got sooner. Usually a cheap find for the amount of enjoyment you can get out of it.Read full review
I bought this for my 12 year old son. Both him, and myself have become proficient on the older Railroad Tycoon II and when we saw that a new "Railroads" came out, I bought it for the both of us. "Railroads" graphics are the big standout in the Railroads game. I have a 2003ish clean running Pentium 4 @ 2.66GHz with NVidia graphics card and 1GB of RAM and I had to turn the graphics on this game to minimum in order to get keep the picture from being herky - jerky. It asks a lot out of the graphics card. The older Railroads II game can go deeper into "complexity" or "Realism" than the Railroads game does, but that is ok because the graphics are like eating desert to the eye and there is plenty of strategy in the newer "Railroads" version. Having read some of the reviews listed here, I am reminded of the commonly made comments heard when a really popular book is made into a movie. Railroad Tycoon II and III set a high standard for a deep simulation strategy game that takes tens and hundreds of hours to master. Most of the "grand masters" of RRIII most likely started with the original Railroad Tycoon and progressed through the different versions on their path to proficiency in RRT3. With the newer Railroads game, I can see a new generation of younger gamers getting hooked on Railroads simplier game play and graphics. Then when Railroads II comes out, I suspect it will attempt to bring this newest series of Railroad simulation to the level where Railroad Tycoon III left off. For the time being, I can see a Sid Meier Railroad simulation fan playing both versions depending upon how much time they had for a game and how deep they wanted to get. So far we have not played RR II since getting the newer Railroads. ;)Read full review
Sid Meier's Railroads! is both a great and fun game for all ages. It's easy to learn especially with the in game tutorial. This game lets you be a business man allowing life-like industries and cities become integrated in the world's industrial era 1850's - 1950's. Each locomotive engine in the game can only carry up to 8 loads of cargo; wished they'd carry more or allow multiple locomotive engines. The graphics are great but sometimes can lag the game if you don't have a capable graphics card/computer to put up with it. The game level can be set at your own level and there is also a total of 3 AI figures that you can compete with. This game is pretty fast paced as you only compete to win from 1850-1950 (100 years) before your final score is determined and the game ends at which point in time you can continue playing the same game or start a new one. Sid Meier's Railroads! game can be repetitive but fun and exciting at the same time!Read full review
I bought a new computer in Dec. and the game would not work with the new computer because the new computer was to advanced, so i had to get numerous downloads from the software creator. But since the game has had the upgrades it has worked fine. Overall, it is a fun game with hours of entertainment, good graphics, but not very challenging even for younger ages. Once you start play and understand how to play, very easy to beat the computer on the hardest level.
Love this game. Has always been my favorite. Bought this one to replace my old one which cracked. Unfortunately this one keeps on breaking down in the middle of a game. Pop-up comment is "game has stopped working" Very frustrating!! What now?
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