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Article #27821Re: Chris Sawyer's Locomotion - Should I get it?
From: Josef Drexler
Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2004 14:29
Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2004 14:29
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Jo'Asia wrote on Tue, 7 Sep 2004 14:04:16 +0200: > TP wrote: > > > Having tried the demo, I want Locomotion and I want it now! > > > It still has all the charm of TTD, but the RCT-style interface for > > building railroad track, structures and stations is outstanding. > > I think I would add a "planning stage" for the railroad. Sometimes it's > hard to get the turning endpoint right on the first try and > building/demolishing the track costs money... Yeah that would be useful. > > A quantum leap ahead of TTD, I would say. > > IMO the demo lacks time-controls (at least pause, slow, normal, fast) In your opinion? Did you look at the bottom-right corner of the screen? > And a "free play" should be possible on a random map, just as in the TTD. According to Gamespot, the game will have random scenarios in addition to the "challenge" scenarios. > Different location could be nice, too. Location for what? -- Josef Drexler | http://publish.uwo.ca/~jdrexler/ ---------------------------------+--------------------------------------- Please help Conserve Gravity | Email address is *valid*. Play Hockey, not Baseball. | Don't remove the "nospam" part.
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