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Afoklala wrote:

>> Chris Sawyer has published details of the sequel to TTD -
>> Locomotion: [...]

> From the screenshots, I get the impression it's basically the same
> game, only with prettier vehicles and buildings. So far so good.
> However, Chris needs to do quite a bit of work on the graphics for
> track foundations. These look plain ugly, and are actually very
> confusing; especially with railways I cannot see clearly which is
> where.

Well, it wouldn´t be an easy task to make a superior successor to TTD,
especially when there are so many transportation games on the market / in the
pipeline.

Of course, TTDPatch has added so many features to the original game that it
wouldn´t be possible to include the best of them and at the same time make the
game more "simpler to play than TTD". :o)

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/cslocomotion/news_6092788.html

As to the graphics, those pictures are .jpgs and thus details cannot be
inspected very well. But from my opinion, nothing really new, anything looks
rather RCT´ish. That wouldn´t be a big leap.

Graphical objects seem to be made by using pre-defined textures as opposed to
the individually drawn ones of TTD. Although I don´t like this approach in
general because it lacks individuality, I have to confess that those graphics of
Transport Giant http://www.transportgiant.com/?lang=en which uses the same
isometric approach look way better.

> But it's a start, and I'm looking forward to the development of
> this game.

Usually, CS seems to go public only when a game is "nearly finished". :o)

Interestingly, the publisher will be Atari.

regards
Michael