List Price: $9.99
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Manufacturer: Electronic Arts
Average Customer Rating:
Amazon Maximum Age: 20 Amazon Minimum Age: 60 Batteries Included: 0 Binding: Video Game Brand: Electronic Arts EAN: 0014633159202 ESRB Age Rating: Everyone Feature: Drive 8 great trains of today and yesteryear in this customizable railway simulation Format: DVD-ROM Label: Electronic Arts Manufacturer: Electronic Arts Platform: Windows XP Publisher: Electronic Arts Release Date: 2008-01-15 Studio: Electronic Arts
Features
Drive 8 great trains of today and yesteryear in this customizable railway simulation Travel over 1900 km of track on faithfully reproduced UK and continental routes Create and share new content with powerful, user-friendly editors Expand your rail world with a range of professional add-ons Simple, family-friendly interface delivers an authentic railway experience
Developed by Kuju Entertainment, Rail Simulator is the ultimate experience for train enthusiasts and gamers alike, allowing players to take the controls of historic and contemporary trains on more than 1,000 miles of real-life routes from around the world. New to the North American release is the highly popular Barstow to San Bernardino route alongside all-new Union Pacific locomotives and rolling stock. Rail Simulator puts players in control of every aspect of the train's operation and even gives players a track editor to create their own routes and share them with other gamers online. Varying difficulty levels, from Easy to Full Simulation, tailor the game to players of all skill levels. ESRB Rated E for Everyone
Spotlight customer reviews:
Customer Rating: Summary: Memory hog, no fun Comment: After taking forever to load, Rail Simulator never worked properly on our PC. My sons proclaimed it a dud. It's already become Tag Sale fodder in our house. Customer Rating: Summary: rail simulatro Comment: Unless you have a game system that is in excess of all the recommended requirements don't bother with this software. It eats up the memory and needs the fastest system you can afford. It could be good if you want to take the time, but its requires a true gaming computer to run right. Customer Rating: Summary: Oh so realistic Comment: I have a passion for trains. I love playing this game because it is so realistic. I can run so many different trains and chose engines and cars and layout and scenery. It has great graphics. Customer Rating: Summary: Scenario's Lacking Comment: After reading some of the positive reviews, I just had to write. While I think the overall mechanics of the game are sound, I got board with this game. There are only 2 or 3 scenarios where you're doing any switching. Otherwise, you're taking a load from point A to point B. The big excitement? Watching your speed.
This would have been a great game had it included more scenarios with switching operations. I don't have the time nor do I want to learn how to be a developer and write my own scenarios.
This reminds me of a carnival game where you pay XX amount for the first prize, which isn't much. You keep paying and paying to get a bigger prize. In this case, your paying money to other developers to provide more game enrichment.
Too bad... it had possibilities...
Bob O. in WI
Customer Rating: Summary: For my Son Comment: I have a younger son who wanted to play with trains but we did not have any room for a setup. At the simple level, he only needs three keys to to play and the number pad to change the views. So for us, this is great. Good family fun. Worth the special price Amazon had it up for (9.99).
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