I suspect that many fans of Transport Tycoon will be very disappointed in this game. I was a big fan of the original and really enjoyed the gameplay. I was only fustrated with Locomotion and did not enjoy the gameplay at all. This lack of enjoyment goes beyond the fact there were not any real changes to TT's basic setup. There were numerous problems in trying to set up routes that should not have occurred and I was not prepared to learn every quirk and quibble of the game to compensate for them. The most glaring problems I had were as follows: It was very difficult and expensive to alter terrain. This was mostly due to the (uncorrectable in a patch) viewing angles and zooming options available. It was too hard to see and distinguish the terrain and too hard to figure out why it would not let you build the track due to terrain problems. Since being able to make best use of the terrain is so critical, I cannot understand how this was overlooked. Shipping proved a nightmare. I experimented with shipping the most given the difficulty in setting up rail routes over uneven terrain. For example, I had set up a route to transport wood to a sawmill. Once unloaded the ship would load up goods automatically and I could not seem to get the force unload command to work. The ships were then simply expenses as they would never load a new cargo. A patch will have to be installed that will let you refuse to load certain cargos as a routing option. Also until the force unload command works, no one will be able to set up intermodal routes where ships transport cargo part of the way and trucks or trains take it the rest of the way. Furthermore with shipping why was an option to create canals and locks not included? I had many other difficulties but as I became so disenchanted with what might have been a worthy successor to Transport Tycoon that I did not bother to figure out if they were merely a part of the learning curve or reprsented other gameplay flaws. Overall in my opinion, Locomotion is a poor game.
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