Railway Empire

Not going to lie- the clunky, complicated UI and the poor explanations surrounding what SHOULD be simple tasks/clicks is problem enough. Being penalized for daring to want to PAUSE while not knowing what to do is like a cherry on the turd. The fact that the "advisors" you can play as all have various jabs to insult you while you're trying to figure things out had me hitting the refund button faster than a Pinkerton could kill a hardworking kid in coal mine.

I tried. Over and over. I just don't like the balance of it. I feel like each touch can HUGE changes. The cost to build rain can be adjusted wildly by moving the track a few feet one way or the other. Want to make a cool big circle. HUGE cost. Want a mess of lines with no organazation, cheaper to build. You can't make a true system of rails unless your in sandbox.

I finished everything that could be done, got all the achievements, and in the end, I feel like someone who has finished tedious work, household chores and lost pleasure halfway. Masochist. Yes. But when you like to finish a job, you're always masochistic in a way... The logistical issue makes no sense, especially for a logistician like me. Transport costs (distance, travel difficulties, supply/demand, availability of means of transport, etc.) are not really taken into account. It is a flat economy, with a heavy signalling and routing system. Management is too timed. You don't think and manage carefully, you rush through gestural mechanisms and habits. Cities do not develop in proportion to the economic context, the network and its use. Managing a large network and many trains is a pain in the neck... It has a terribly clunky user interface. I couldn't even pass the first tutorial with ease and pleasure... The worst part is that when you go to talk pages, you are told that there are "many, many other threads" talking about signal problems. And when you look at the signal guide, you wonder if you end up in a game where torture and psychological nightmare are in order... Oh! It's pretty, and the overall idea is nice. But no: I definitely prefer, by far, the 4 games I've played since the 90s: Railroad Tycoon, Railroad Tycoon Deluxe, Railroad Tycoon II, Railroad Tycoon 3 and of course Sid Meier's Railroads! With all its maps and scenarii... I continue to search/hope/wish to see Railroad Tycoon 5 one day... I don't know if I'll try the next Railway Empire 2: I'll read the negative reviews carefully before (negative reviews are usually more informative of flaws, and warn of things that kill your pleasure...). Or play Open Rails (it's a projet.org).

Very high production budget for visuals and sound, very poor execution on the technical side of things in terms of UI/UX, functionality, track placement and gameplay.

This game is quite bad, not good enough to be enjoyable. It could have been great but fail in many aspect. The user interface is extremely bad and require a lot of extra clicks to perform simlple action. The developer thought it was a good idea to lock PAUSING the game behind a game option that reduce your score at the end of the game. Do you have someone at your door or something urgent to do in real life? Tough luck, you better enter build mode or the menu to pause the game. Do you need a bit more time to read some info as it is not in your native language or you suffer from dyslexia? Tough luck, the game keep running in the background. Add to that the fact that the AI just randomly speak to you every few minutes to interrupt your train of thought and you'll end up with an extremely annoying game. Oh, and DLC galore of course.... Anyway, I skip the obvious: train routing is quite bad, economy is bonkers, etc...

This is a magnificent resource management game. Clever historical tasks and settings add depth and context. Highly recommended, but... Warning to new players - especially to those crossing over from Railroad Tycoon who provide so many of the negative comments! There is a learning curve for switch placement and station platform management. This time investment is required to play, and, once mastered, these elements are why RE is such a deeply satisfying experience.

食之无味弃之可惜，开头挺有趣，越玩到后面越火大，UI非常的繁琐反人类 1. 铺线的时候，有很多地方是需要手动调整的，比如地势起伏大的地方多加几个中间节点价格甚至可以减少70%。信号灯也是，即便批量点也是很多操作，而且如果有变轨，变轨处大概率还要手动调整 2. 设计上，客运货运速度就差很多，明显是希望你两条道分离，但是你桥梁并轨只能两条，城市又小，车站占地又大，车站还有数量限制，货站还有货物种类限制，真客货分离麻烦得要死。而且更离谱的是如果中间有任何类似维护站之类的合并线，火车只会选最短路线，客货线会被打通。 3. 理论上最有效率的做法是地区性的物流中心集中一批货再发往周边，但是因为货站限制种类，而且车辆不手动选择每个站的货物，两个货站之间甚至会来回交换同样的货物。随着后期城市需求增加，为了保证供给方便管理，只能从货源地一个个发往各个城市，结果是一定会大堵车。 4. 以上限制多也就算了，关键这个游戏没有任何地方提供表格类的批量操作，一旦有车辆升级或者路线调整，每一列车都需要手动操作。甚至你选择火车的时候如果不点开二级菜单你甚至看不到这个车是运什么的从哪里去哪里。 5. 其实如果开了简单路线模式不需要考虑分离以上的问题也不大了，但是这样子一来是无聊，二来车道可以共享但是车站不行，最后全都堵在车站里了，不手动给每一辆车限制站台的话他永远只用最近的一个站台。