Railway Empire: Xbox One Game Review

It's remarkably easy to become so distracted by perfecting routes and lines, connecting towns and cities as efficiently as possible, while adding gridirons, supply towers, and building upgrades to your network, that sometimes the objective can become obfuscated by other overriding concerns. During the campaign, I became so hypnotised by railways and trains, while striving to get everything connected and working properly, that it escaped my attention that I was meant to be transporting sugar. Thankfully, you can pause the action, while preoccupied with building your infrastructure, then speed things up when you're sure that everything is running nice and smoothly, like it should. And quick saves can also be handy, enabling you to revert to a pre-fail state should your efforts go awry.

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It's a bit worrying to read this crashes every few hours with seeming regularity, as the game has been out on Switch in Japan since February. Gives the impression they won't be patching that out, and to be honest it doesn't instill great confidence in future Kalypso Switch releases like Port Royale 4.

Will gladly eat crow here if they fix it. I'm not much of a rail buff, and it's a minor bummer this is mostly pre-WW2 railways instead of stretching into the modern MagLev era, but I am partial to this type of tycoon game. Might give it a go if they patch it or if it goes on sale.

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Railway Empire's base game takes place in the United States from 1830 to 1930. The player can build a large network of railway lines and buy various locomotives to serve cities and industries - growing cities in the process, and hire railway personnel for both train operations and office positions, all with individual bonuses and personality types. The player can also unlock innovations such as new locomotives or bonuses to revenue. The game has five main game modes: campaign mode, scenario mode, free mode, sandbox mode and challenge mode.[6][7][8]

In Railway Empire 2, you'll "take over a small railway company in the early 1800s and turn your steam engines into the workhorses of the economy". It'll be your job to build the perfect rail network and ultimately outsmart your competitors to become the "largest railway company of the continent".

"Don the coat of a clever entrepreneur, take over a small railway company in the early 1800s and turn your steam engines into the workhorses of the economy. Grow your company into the largest railway company of the continent and outsmart your competitors."

That said, if you enjoy this kind of relentless challenge, Railway Empire: Complete Edition will have plenty of content for you to get through. Aside from its base campaign, the complete collection also includes scenarios and challenges set in Australia, Europe, and South America, which all come with different stories and environmental challenges. Through its different modes, as well as the sheer volume of content included in the game, Railway Empire: Complete Edition caters to a range of different playstyles. Fans of railway sims are sure to find something to their liking.

Railway Empire 2 takes place during the age of railways as the technology of steam locomotives is just being invented. Throughout the game, players build rail networks between cities all across the continent and pay close attention to resources that are needed or provided in various locations. Building rail lines can become expensive, as tunnels or bridges are required for some parts of the country, so budget is a constant focus. Competing railway companies are also a constant threat that can ruin even the best-laid plans.

Played from a top down perspective, Railway Empire is a game of planning. From choosing where to build your stations, and how large a station you want to build (larger stations can pick up business from a larger radius, letting you potentially serve two farms or factories with just one station), to where you want to lay your tracks, there's a lot to think about, and a lot to get right. With inclines (or slopes) not getting on all that well with trains, badly planned railways will see you having to build expensive bridges, or worse, bore hugely costly tunnels. While the game will help choose the best route for your track, you can easily tweak it to your liking by simply dragging the route, sometimes saving you million in the process.

After building the lines, it's up to you to buy some trains, and get them transporting goods from A to B. By selecting each city, you can see what goods it needs - making a connection between the city, and the factory/farm that produces the resource it needs will let you pick up the money for transporting it, and help your railway grow. With several modes on offer, from the game's campaign and scenarios, which offer a total of 16 lengthy stages to play through, each with its own tasks to complete, deadlines you'll need to complete them by, and competitors you'll need to defeat, to the game's more relaxing free mode, which gives you an unlimited bank balance, and no competitors to worry about, there's a lot of railway fun to be had here.

In general, Railway Empire is a complex game, requiring a lot of foresight, planning, and thinking. However, it's also a game that can be tweaked. Though it may not be immediately obvious, the game's main difficulty setting is actually found in the options for the signalling. Set it to realistic, and your trains will behave as they would in real life - only one train can be on any one piece of track at a time, only one train can be on a platform at once, and you'll need to build complex passing places, points and signals to manage your railways, and attempt to avoid any bottlenecks - something that's easier said than done.

On easy signalling however, things are much easier, as really all you need is the one piece of track, with trains able to travel on it in opposite directions, and even pass through each other without any issues. While it certainly makes the game easier, though, it certainly doesn't make it easy - you'll still need to carefully plan your railway lines, to ensure you can afford to reach key towns before your competitors, and provide all the equipment your trains need along the way to keep them going (like water towers, and maintenance workshops at key stations).

Set in the USA, Railway Empire takes you on an express journey from 1830-1910, tasked with building the most powerful railroad company and modernising the continent. Our first campaign saw us starting off on the great plains of the US and with the slightly daunting task of beginning a transcontinental railway. Each campaign took us to a different part of the States and also through the ages of steam trains right up until the first diesel engines. More than just looking after your trains, you have to be aware of the demands of the towns and cities along your railroad. Sadly, however, the tasks and lack of variation of buildings soon became a little repetitive, with every track needing a supply tower and access to a maintenance shed. That said, the game does give you many options to modify your city and you really feel that you're helping your company grow. Another great feature is the ability to get the train drivers view and take a passive seat watching the world go by on the tracks you have built over long wooden bridges and through extensive tunnels.

Railway Empire has made a name for itself as a rail management simulator on PC and consoles, and the game recently laid its tracks even farther with a trip into the heart of Deutschland in the Railway Empire: Germany DLC. The add-on is currently available for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, and the new scenario and expansion have plenty to offer those who have already spent a ton of time establishing their own dominance as a railway magnate.

Set during the American golden age of railway, between 1830 and 1930, you are the proud owner of an ambitious young railway company. Plan your railway lines and run a glorious range of over 40 historically authentic trains along them. But remember- although a direct line might be more profitable in the long term, it might also bankrupt your company to build! In addition to rolling out your great iron roads across the country, the game affords you a large degree of customization, letting you hire your own employees, each with individual personality types, and even what carriages your engines will pull.

And for those gamers who would rather build their railway closer to home, the game also has a wide range of DLC, giving you the chance to expand your business to parts of Europe, South America and Canada.

Railway Empire is a business management game about establishing a railway tycoon in the 1830s, and extends into the 20th century. The game features dozens of historic locomotives, and a variety of scenarios based on the height of railroad expansion in North America. be457b7860