#Railroad tycoon 2 platinum windows 10 keygen
In most scenarios you'll start with a limited amount of capital that you'll use to build a small connection between two well-populated towns. When you've selected the circumstances under which you'll be playing, it's time to start trying to make some money. PopTop has done a great job here of breaking up the monotony of simply performing the same actions over and over without taking away you're right to play as you wish. When a mission ends you're given an opportunity to either quit and move on to the next challenge, or continue playing out the empire you've built. Some missions require you to connect cities across a continent, some require you to build a personal fortune and others to carry a president to as many different cities as possible in a limited amount of time. Railroad Tycoon II offers up the same open gameplay for those who want it, but adds a campaign mode that lets you take on various missions in which you're required to face the same hardships that the original railroad barons had to deal with. While the original game did boast difficulty settings, these mostly determined how many game features you could use, changed how skillful your competitors were and decided how much they would be able to 'cheat' financially. The original Railroad Tycoon offered up various time periods and basically said, "make lots of money and drive your competitors out of business." That simple game mechanic was enough to keep us busy for months at a time. The bottom line here is addictive gameplay with loads of variation. Still, none of this is what makes Railroad Tycoon II great, it's all just icing on the cake. Let's hope that more companies try and implement scores that are as pleasing and non-obtrusive as this one. Of all the games I've played this year, this is the only one that didn't have me wanting to strangle someone after listening to the game's soundtrack for the fifth or sixth time. Filled with all sorts of bluesy riffs, the soundtrack manages to keep you entertained without every becoming annoying (unless you hate the blues, in which case you're screwed). Sounds really help you to identify things on-screen quickly.Īs nice as the narration and sound effects are in this game though the real showstopper is the game's soundtrack. As I stated above, this can be more than just a cool effect. There are loads of different sound effects included in the game, from the sound of your trains chugging along and factories clanking out their production lines to the whistle of the wind through high mountain ranges and the bleats of sheep in the field.
If you leave him hanging for long enough, he'll slip off to sleep and start snoring (WARNING - This noise is very likely to annoy co-workers). As your guide to the game, he'll talk you through each one of the introduction sequences and offer you consolation or congratulation after each mission. The entire game is narrated by an old timer that makes me think of Uncle Jessie from the Dukes of Hazzard every time I hear his voice.
Railroad Tycoon II also boasts some amazing sound effects. Fortunately, if you can't identify something by looking at it, the sound it makes will probably tip you off to what it does. There are a few exceptions to this rule though, cattle farms and sheep farms look a bit too much alike and the cannery looks pretty abstract. Most of the various resources in the game are easily identifiable even if you've never played a strategy game before (steel mills look like steel mills, coal mines look like coal mines, etc.). Once you zoom in, you'll be able to see your wheels spin, the smoke rising from your trains (er, I hope your still in the steam era) and the individual branches on trees. From the furthest camera views out you can still make out the movement of the trains and the city names. Okay, let's get the superficial stuff out of the way first.
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