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can be lulling as you get used to keeping the train within the speed limit only to be rudely set back to full alert a moment too late.Based on the upcoming film from DreamWorks Animation, the How to Train Your Dragon video game launches gamers into a third-person action-adventure as a Viking hero where they must embark upon an epic quest to become the ultimate dragon trainer. Again, a cheater rewind button might help some of the consternation as the time between turns, objective points, etc.
In case it is not obvious, the often maligned gameplay of operating a train ("dur, you go forward on a track") is amazingly very fun. The end result was quite satisfying, but the experience made for another reason why I won't be encouraging my dad to get into this game. I ran into such trouble and had to reach out to the developer to solve my "missing assets" issue. With 'Train Simulator 2014' being built directly off of 'Train Simulator 2013' and 'Train Simulator 2012' before it, there is a unfortunately large amount of room for version shenanigans. At times, I even used the controller with the keyboard and mouse and was glad that I was not forced to choose one alone. Both simple and advance controls are supported with the controller, and the controller works well without ruining or limiting the experience. One such moment involves the 360 controller. And with each new route and new engine, the dynamics shift, and I frankly wished the game had some kind of on-track braking line that would let me cheat (like training wheels) until I was more comfortable.Įven though there are moments when I felt like I had become a member of the local Lionel Train Owner's Club and would be expected to pay dues and attend bi-monthly meetings in a musty basement, there were other times where the game's attempts to bridge the gap between 'Train Simulator' fanatic and new comer were appreciated. The game's lengthy load times and real routes times make for an unforgiving experience, which can be considered normal for a simulator.Ĭonsidering that I had hopes of playing the game with my father, who is a fan of model trains, the idea of spending an hour on a route just to overshoot a braking distance while trying to hit the correct arrival time, is not so appealing. And the game just seems to expect that the user will watch a community video if need be. Believe me, when I say that the jump from the basics of stopping and going to operating routes on time and hitting career goals contains a rail network-sized difficulty curve. In short, simplified controls automatically apply brake and throttle based off a single lever, where advanced controls require the pilot to modulate both.įortunately, I was eventually able to find a legacy map that did provide instruction on how to switch tracks, plan routes, and take on or leave rail cars.
The tutorials show you a few things, mainly the difference between simplified and normal controls. 'Train Simulator 2014' stops short of teaching the player how to operate trains under the game's realistic conditions. Unfortunately, while may be expert at pleasing hard core rail fans and encyclopedic in its alignment of correct routes with correct, era specific engines, speeds, track conditions, etc. Not only does the menu promise tutorials, optional simplified controls, and scenarios in addition to just being able to free-play any route, the game also promises a career mode with progression-like goals. The next thing to notice upon entering the game is how much accessible 'Train Simulator 2014' wants to be over its predecessors. Of course, all that user DLC is staggering, so one needs to be choosy though the base game is hardly bereft of content. Those three extra routes are like the tip of an iceberg as there is a bevy of DLC available for the game that is backwards compatible and likely has been created by users using the editor and uploaded via the Steam Workshop.įor me, this means that the dozen or so train routes that I have taken in real life from areas like Germany and the UK are available to play and with the accurate engine and train to boot. Before jumping into a locomotive, there a number of things to take note of with regard to 'Train Simulator 2014.' The review copy provided by happened to be the Steam edition, which includes three additional routes over the standard version, Hamburg-Hanover, Donner Pass, and London-Faversham.