San Francisco map discussion

[Rush Knight]

What are players' thoughts on the new map? Compliments, criticisms, etc?

[TooSmallForTheMall]

Man those stations on the bottom left islands are tricky to handle. They doesn't look like a threat at first!
Otherwise, the layout and stategy used it's pretty simliar to Osaka, need to act fast tho :-)

[Laser]

This impossible to unlock hardmode for SF. It's just too hard, way worse than Hong Kong. Maybe would be possible with a station upgrade for the hub square station.

[Laser]

So I finaly did it, you survive week 8 by juggling trains all week, don't even try to get the passengers to the stations, just survive until monday.

[Twelvefield]

Twice I've got the clock to 2300h on Sunday of the final week, only to have the map implode. It's a tough map all right.

I'm used to the BART, which uses a large trunk to move people north/south, and then it branches a lot across the Bay. Doing this is suicidal in the MM map, though. You need lots of loops which means more bridges than you are comfortable with, and a lot of train shuffling.

[Rush Knight]

Originally posted by Twelvefield:

I'm used to the BART, which uses a large trunk to move people north/south, and then it branches a lot across the Bay. Doing this is suicidal in the MM map, though.

Speaking of the BART system, what struck me as odd about the map initially was that it extended into Marin County. I know, it's just a game, but that's the place where I grew up; the idea of there being even one subway station there, let alone multiples, was kind of jarring.

I don't know how feasible it is within the game's mechanics, but I'd like to see a version of the SF map that expands to the southest rather than just outward from the center, steering the expansion of the network into the San Jose area rather than the northern bay.

[Twelvefield]

Oh, I agree, but after the wierdness of NYNY, I don't really worry about realism. And like friend Laser says, you don't even care if the passengers make it to a reasonable destination. All you want is to live until week 8 ends.

[Simon]

I've got within a day or two of week 9 so many times! Guess I'll just have to keep trying and hope for a lucky break. The trains move even slower than Melbourne it seems. :/

This map is TOUGH!

[Booji Boy]

It is definitely tough and I think you have to get a bit lucky with the East Bay stations. I just got the achievement and I chalked it up to getting East Bay lines with no consecutive circle stations. All fell apart in Week 10 though (just barely didn't make Week 11)

[Simon]

I'm beginning to think it's impossible to reach week 9 anymore. The best I can do is day 50 or 51 a few times, but usually only 47-48.

Can anyone share a screenshot of your design at week 9?

[Simon]

Finally got it. That took a while!

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2434143611

[Duck Whitman]

What are everyone's thoughts on having Oakland and SF be circular lines?