Thomas & Friends™: Wonders of Sodor

It's hard to explain to somebody that isn't a Thomas fan how enjoyable it is to play a game like this! Some of my earliest memories are of having the stories read to me and watching the series. I was probably around two or three years old when I was introduced to it, and between watching with younger siblings and my own kids I've never really quit. :-) Yes, it's a kid's show, but the earlier episodes still have a lot of charm to them. The game itself is fairly basic, but still a lot of fun. You pretty much drive around a (sadly fairly limited) number of different locomotives around the island and take passengers and freight to their destinations. It's probably too complicated for very young children to play due to somewhat realistic stopping distances and needing to follow signals, but they would have had to pry me away from it when I got to six or seven! There are number of story scenarios to play through, some of which are based on the books and some that are similar stories. They don't take too long, and at less than eight hours I've already completed the base game and James DLC scenarios. I also did a number of the timetables and some free roam to go check out some of the famous locations! Performance was pretty decent on the Steam Deck, and nearly all of my time was spent playing on it. They have a pretty good controller layout, and I was able to hold to 30-40 fps most of the time while still having the graphics reasonably high. I also didn't run into any bugs, and only experienced some minor stuttering and a couple of momentary freezes when looking around quickly. I wasn't pleased that they locked some of the stories and James behind a day 1 DLC, but that's par for the course for the developer. Check out Train Sim World 3's massive list of DLC and the prices for an idea of what we might get here eventually. I understand creating new trains and routes takes time and money, but it gets a little crazy after a while. The very limited group of engines are another big disappointment, presumably so they can be sold as DLC later on. I guess we'll see what happens with that, it's only been a few months since launch. Cloud saves were also missed, especially when switching back and forth between my gaming PC and the Deck. Overall I definitely recommend the game to any fans of the series, especially if it's on sale! The DLC is definitely not worth it at the full $17 price, and even on sale it's still expensive. Probably worth it if you liked the base game though, and it does add some stories with unique features like snow. Watch some gameplay videos if you want to know what to expect!

Its a really cool game and concept, but its been almost half a year since release and the promised updates are nowhere to be seen. The only thing we've gotten is a single bug patch, and the game is still a buggy mess. Its fun if you have spare cash and its on discount, but if you're "saving up" for it and there is no discount, then it is not worth the while nor price.

so after 102 hours i think i got some form of a opinion at this point. enjoyed the stories and doing time table mode was rather enjoyable and i would recommend however while stating this i now come to a point there is nothing to do since also got all collectables and for me to ever play this game again im going to be waiting for more lines and characters so while its worth the buy it does unfortunately get to a point when there is nothing to do.

Love it ofc i think at least for future updates Henry and Edward are 100% required along with toby to make the og crew of 7 engines

A very fun and simple train sim that will delight any fan of the series, just needs more content though, it's VERY lacklustre right now.

It really shows to scale how great, beautiful and enjoyable the Island of Sodor is and it encorporates real life railway practise. This really is an amazing game, 1000% recommend

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more trains are coming soon, like Toby in early 2027 and Henry this winter