Transport Fever 2

Very fun but there is potential for so much more. Transporting goods will get you paid for the distance that the goods have traveled. This is explained as "you are the transporter and the companies pay you to transport goods", which makes sense in theory but you, the player, are also the one to build infrastructure and decide which factories get connected. As a result, the game makes you decide between building sensible links that connect neighbouring factories, versus getting money by connecting far away companies. It is incredibly unsatisfying when the game does not reward making realistic decisions. Speaking of money, surviving in the first few years is extremely difficult if you are not entirely aware of this game's reward system. As the game goes on however, you will receive so many billions of dollars that the game becomes a transport-themed drawing game that does not challenge you to build anything sensible. This is not a rare issue for games of this genre. Furthermore, the game lacks underground stations, curved stations, stations with platforms in different orientations, bicycle/pedestrian paths, and much more. The roadbuilding is extremely limited and the maximum speeds are not sensible. Why can 100 km/h roads not have less than four lanes? Fortunately, most of these shortcomings can be fixed with mods. Still played this game for a hundred hours and I will play it for hundreds more so I cannot give it a negative recommendation.