Chris Sawyer's Locomotion reviews

A powerful game of strategy in dealing with the daily chores of the different transport vehicles, and is also a tough playing game. However if the game could have got an upgrade release(reboot) it would have been much greater, this is because the graphic quality is just acceptable.

The manual is missing on the CD on the current ‘best of Atari’ edition. They have included some ‘temporary place holder’ pdf files on the CD, but forgotten to replace them with the actual manual. This is going to be a pain even for an experienced Transport Tycoon Delux player like myself because the mechanics have changed sufficiently for the transition to be hard. There are aspects of this game I don't understand, and without the manual ....... ?!?

I would also like to point out that on my 19" lcd monitor the game looks really really bad when I zoom the map out to get an idea of where I am at. Zoomed in it's fine. And I mean REALLY bad :-(

I was hoping to get an updated version of Transport Tycoon Deluxe that will run on WinXP but I have a feeling this is going to be just another coaster. Very disappointed.

If you ever played Chris Sawyer's Transport Tycoon, this is a must have.

Like its predecessor, Locomotion has to be one of the finest strategy sims out there. For me, what makes it shine over other games of this genre is the direct control over the world. Everything you do is actual, not an overseers point of view. It's like running a model train set with an economy and without needing a spare garage.

The only thing that goes against it with the HW available today is the lack of 3D graphics. However the incredible attention to detail from the leaning of bullet trains around corners, to trees not growing if they are planted out of their natural environment, these little features have me constantly admiring my world, only to find that I need to destroy a nature reserve in the name of progress.

Although not overly challenging, Locomotion doesn't always have an easy formula to succeed in its missions and as you move into the harder levels, preparation of the world becomes paramount and really makes strategy the number one focus.

I'm not a huge strategy game fan, but for comparison I also really enjoyed Settlers for the same reason of the direct control of the world pieces. If you liked that game, you'll probably enjoy this.

If you never tried Transport Tycoon (or don't even know what it is) then now is your chance to catch up with what is my favourite strategy game.