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Great Game but tough learning curve....

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 23 / 26
Date: August 24, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Railroad Tycoon could be every boys dream. Imagine taking any train you wanted, deciding where it goes and what it carries. That is every boys dream(for us older folks). But what makes this the best console strategy game on the market is the simplicity, yet massive depth of this work of art.

To start off the graphic detail incredible. The trains and terrain look great. Don't expect too much eye candy otherwise because you are in the role of exploring unchartered territory. That results in just trees, mountains and rivers on screen.

Next the controls are smooth and easy and you will find no problem selecting items and laying track. Smooth as silk.

I don't want to bore you to death so here it is: The object is to create a railroad empire by connecting cities and earning money via your train system. This cash is earned through supply and demand so you must keep up to date with what your cities want. You can then invest that money in the Stock Market to grow your personel wealth. There are over 40 scenarios overall making this a very replayable game. These scenarios pits you vs. time or a computer opponent(s) to reach different objectives. This keeps the game interesting and fairly quick paced for a strategy game. An easy game to learn but a tough game to master, with a fairly difficult learning curve. If you love strategy games this is a must have. All Aboard!

Fun but problematic

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: August 21, 2001
Author: Amazon User

First of all, this is a really fun and addictive game. Anybody who likes simulator games would enjoy this.

Other reviewers complained about the interface, but at least for me, I thought the interface was pretty good. Perhaps it helps that I have S-Video and a relatively large screen, but I thought the interface was easy to use. Maybe not as fast as a mouse could be, but I can't lie down on a couch and use my mouse.

My definite problem with this game is that the Dreamcast will start running out of memory with the more trains and stations you add. I find myself purposefully limiting how much I build. Otherwise the cursor & interface starts moving slower and slower. Worst of all, half the time, the game eventually freezes before I can beat the level! It isn't easy to get a gold, so when the game crashes right before you finish a level, it's intensely irritating. It takes time to save, so saving every couple minutes isn't really an option.

I'd much rather play a console game than a computer game, so I still enjoy Railroad Tycoon for the Dreamcast very much. But, unless you can accept that it crashes, it's better to spend the same amount of money and get the computer version of Railroad Tycoon...which comes with more levels and (I'd presume) a better manual. Hopefully this game will come out for XBox or PS2 or whatever.

Railroad tycoonist review

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: April 05, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Rail Road Tycoon is an excellent game. The graphics were very good and also the game is very realistic. In the game you build ,trains,Hotels and etc to occumponey you different Stations you also deal with the stock marcket the more stocks you buy of course the more it's worth. There are many cities to connect with and you have to haul cargo that is in demanded. I give this game a 5 because it has good graphics excellent game play, Holds your intrest for a very long time and and I believe follows history perfectly

Great Concept but, falls short.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 17, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I was excited about getting this game when I 1st heard
it was coming to the Dreamcast, I loved the demo from
the now defunct Official Dreamcast magazine, The demo
did lock up and when you had over 24 trains running at
once it would be unbearable to play, it would slow
down to a snails pace and the cursor would become slow
, I thought this was just happening in the demo version
and they would fix this when the full game was released
The did not... Another complaint is that I wanted to
see more detail in the trains and all the buildings also
I hate it when a train breaks down when its not at a
it takes months for the train to get off the track and
disappear, This game can be information overload at
Connecting Farms, dairy Farms Coal Mines, Iron Mines
with bakery's milk processing plants, Whenever you
start a new game the coal mines and iron mines are never
in the same place, they are frequently very far away from
the steel plant. Thats another reason why this game
isn't that good, you can still win without that stuff
, I was hoping for the game to be reflective of the current
events in World History, Like during World War 1&2
I wanted to see the railroads get bombed. But that didn't happen. Oh Well, if the game didn't have terrible slowdown
when you have to many trains and stations this game
would have been better.

Excellent game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: September 11, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This is on of the best games avalible on the Dreamcast. What it lacks in graphics it more than makes up for in gameplay and replay ability. If it were possible though I would only give this game four and half stars as online play was pulled at the last second.

Railroad Tycoon Dreamcast version

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: December 10, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game because I really liked the PC version and thought it would be fun to have it for my dreamcast. I didn't like this version.

My two big problems with the game were the user interface and the graphics. They tried to adapt the game to use the dreamcast controller, but it just didn't work well for me. I had to run my pointer back and forth clicking on buttons to make charts appear. This wasn't a huge problem, but it was a negative compared to the PC version. The problem with the graphics is related to this. You have to zoom in to see the buildings and zoom out to see the terrain features. So to lay track between cities you have to zoom out, find the starting city, zoom in, start laying track, zoom out, move the map, zoom in, lay another screen of track, zoom out, ect. Also, the text economic cost numbers didn't render well on my tv and it's hard to play a game with both hands on the controller and a pocket calculator in your lay anyway. The little things all added up to give me a bad game experience.

Play the PC version instead.

Great game once you get the hang of it!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: August 16, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game a month ago and stopped playing it since. It has so many options and modes that you can never get bored with it. Plus it contains lots of history and funky music. For anybody who has never played a game like this i recommend doing the tutorial first but other than that this is a great game!!

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