Derail Valley

[NorthernWarrior]

Well yes they do need a new map or more prototypical route to run on.

[haverfordwest]

Yes buddy but it's worth playing as is. Only thing that i don't like is all these damn certificates that are required.

So i play sandbox Vern. Oh and that dumb remote control.

Mike.

[NorthernWarrior]

Had a dabble last night. They changed all the key commands from previous but quite impressed. Though I must remember to release the handbrakes on all the cars!

[haverfordwest]

I went off this faster than a speeding bullet.

[Leaf85]

As the 'player' are you still alone or have they added NPC's? I didn't mind the game but found it had the feel of some post-apocalyptic piece...waiting for a surge of zombies to lurch across the rails...

[NorthernWarrior]

No still just the player train. No AI or even any animated cars or people I can see. Mind you, to have effective AI trains they would need to redesign the track network and put in crossing loops and maybe even signals, plus a better solution than clicking switch icons on the maps if the player is going to control dispatching. I found myself quickly distracted and bored a couple of evenings ago, once you take in the prettier graphics it’s still just the same old gameplay under the hood. And it’s still easy to mechanically trash your train as I found trying to get the shunter up a 2.5% grade with four loaded steel wagons. Downside, in Career you can’t just spawn in a fresh loco any more to replace the knackered one.

While the diurnal cycle is neat, the days seem too short and the nights are very dark too, so not very good for doing shunting tasks.