Is it just about the trains?

[OldManShanty]

Is this game just about trains transporting goods and everything else is just a after thought or is everything else just as in depth as the trains? Most of the popular reviews just focus on the trains transportation.

[Metacritical]

the first game in the series is called Train Fever. most of the game revolves around setting up a train network, but the trains rely on bus/trams/trucks to further transport goods.

ships and planes are less important but it's up to you what you do in the game and what routes you want to create. if you don't want to use trains then no one is forcing you to do so,

[larry_roberts]

Yes.

[OldManShanty]

Originally posted by Metacritical:

the first game in the series is called Train Fever. most of the game revolves around setting up a train network, but the trains rely on bus/trams/trucks to further transport goods.

ships and planes are less important but it's up to you what you do in the game and what routes you want to create. if you don't want to use trains then no one is forcing you to do so,

So the other networks are just as in depth as the trains?

[Vimpster]

Originally posted by PapaSwampFox:

So the other networks are just as in depth as the trains?

They are all equally represented. But train networks by there very nature require more depth to them than any of the other forms of transport.

Ships and airplanes do not require any infrastructure for their routes so they are inherently the most simplistic. Road vehicles can use infrastructure that already exists for cars and do not require any special signalling to work and can turn on a dime so do not require complicated interchanges like trains do. So trains naturally become the key feature simply because they require the most work and thought to make them work.

[CashonWheels]

For most standard maps, Trains are the star of the show, road vehicles are a close second. Ships and planes are dependent on how the map is laid out. If you have a map with multiple large islands planes and ships will make a diffrence.

[Great Sage Equal of Heaven]

Tbh I get a lot more joy out of road transport. Trains are expensive, slow and complicated.

[lozacenz]

Originally posted by Prosecutor Godot:

Tbh I get a lot more joy out of road transport. Trains are expensive, slow and complicated.

Expensive and complicated I'll give you (well, for given values of complicated). Slow? I don't think there's a single point in the entire game where trains are Slower than road vehicles unless you've done something Very wrong (they're also not slower at making money... or losing it.)

[larry_roberts]

Trains and Trams need track, planes and road vehicles don't. Building a Rail Network can get complicated, and that's why I really love this game.

[RadiKyle]

Originally posted by PapaSwampFox:

Is this game just about trains transporting goods and everything else is just a after thought or is everything else just as in depth as the trains? Most of the popular reviews just focus on the trains transportation.

Hi, no it's not just about the trains. Trains get all the publicity, but it's the full network that makes it all run. Try it and you'll see.

Each vehicle type has its pros/cons that fit certain uses, and these evolve over time as newer vehicles come available. In late game almost any vehicle type can be winning, but at higher difficulties some are much harder than others to be profitable, especially with the 1850s vintage vehicles. Trains are actually the most difficult to work with there, with ships and road vehicles being easier options. I often have no trains for first 50 yrs...

Cheers

[OldManShanty]

Thank you for the feedback everyone! I bought the game and am addicted to it!

[GryvixTheSecond]

yeah, the size of the map is small, very small*, about the size of andorra 32*32km if you use megalomaniac map size. By that size it is normal that ie. planes and ships aren't much use (tbf canalboats were a big thing before trains even on shorter distances).
planes would only make sense once you are talking a few hundred km². (except for islandhopping)
*But this is a game and larger maps aren't feasible for now, so they shoehorned planes in, cuz they are cool.

[ronelst85]

I agree that planes are useless as the maps are way too small. It is all about the trains, road vehicles become a mess in the cities.