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Article #27997Re: Locomotion Opponents
From: Aquila
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 16:58
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 16:58
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"Matthew Clark" <clarkbhm@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:KxN5d.3589$r%4.3081@trndny05... > I'm impressed/annoyed with the opponents in Locomotion. I'm impressed that > the quality of the competition is greatly improved over TTD. At one point > in one of the scenarios, three of my competitors were worth more than $300 > million while I was piddling along at 20 mil or so. > > There are some things I don't like though... I don't like that you can't > turn off the competition altogether like you could in TTD. Further, I > don't like how difficult it is to do "war" with the competition. You can't > buy them out! You can't destroy their trains, buses and trucks. You can't > buy land in whole areas around their stations to prevent them from > building. Heck, you can't even buy land around your own stations to > preserve space for future expansion (a frustrating flaw). In essence, all > of the little things that made the competition in TTD so much fun are > gone. Now, they're just annoying... > > As an aside, I also think I should be able to control the color of the > competitors company. I realize that in "real life" I wouldn't be able to > tell another company to change colors, but for game play reasons it'd be > nice to have them change to colors which contrast each other instead of > blending end with each other. > > Does any one share my frustrations with the opponents? Disagree? > > Cheers, > Matthew Have you tried altering the scenario in the editor so you have no opponents(I realise that this probably won't work but it's worth a try)? > >
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