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Post by MikuMatt on Jan 29, 2018 3:50:43 GMT
Railway Empire released just last week, and I'll have a review going live for it later today, but it's so very good. I have a real soft spot for simulators, and rarely get to talk about them as much as I like. Ever since the SNES Sim City, I've found time to play just about every one - that land on console at any rate.
Got any recent favourite simulators of your own?
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Post by MikuMatt on Jan 29, 2018 12:29:15 GMT
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Post by MoeGamer on Feb 1, 2018 11:57:07 GMT
The word "simulator" has kind of changed its meaning over time. When I first got into gaming, "simulator" described games that simulated a single thing, usually an aircraft of some description. I grew up with MicroProse games and Microsoft Flight Simulator and loved them.
These days it seems more commonly applied to games such as Railway Empire here, which I would have once called "strategy games" (also inaccurate) and tend to refer to as "management sims" these days.
I've always quite liked these, but a lot of them are intimidatingly complex -- or at least appear to be. Back in the day I used to really like things like Theme Park, SimCity, The Movies and suchlike, but I haven't played one for a long time, really. It's not a genre we see a huge amount of these days, though there are a few dominant forces in the market still. It's a shame SimCity died a death, but Cities Skylines seems to have picked up that baton and run with it pretty nicely.
Also bring back SimCopter, goddammit.
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Post by MikuMatt on Feb 1, 2018 20:18:20 GMT
The word "simulator" has kind of changed its meaning over time. When I first got into gaming, "simulator" described games that simulated a single thing, usually an aircraft of some description. I grew up with MicroProse games and Microsoft Flight Simulator and loved them. These days it seems more commonly applied to games such as Railway Empire here, which I would have once called "strategy games" (also inaccurate) and tend to refer to as "management sims" these days. I've always quite liked these, but a lot of them are intimidatingly complex -- or at least appear to be. Back in the day I used to really like things like Theme Park, SimCity, The Movies and suchlike, but I haven't played one for a long time, really. It's not a genre we see a huge amount of these days, though there are a few dominant forces in the market still. It's a shame SimCity died a death, but Cities Skylines seems to have picked up that baton and run with it pretty nicely. Also bring back SimCopter, goddammit. It is a shame about Sim City, but yeah, Cities Skylines is exactly the same thing, only modern. I hear you on the complexity thing. It's always an ask to get into these games at the start. Mind you I think you'll get along with Railway Empires if you gave it a whirl - it's certainly the most accessible example of a "transport tycoon" game that I've ever come across. Gaming Minds does a good job of easing players into their games. Now we just need to get Planet Coaster onto PlayStation 4 and I'll be all set for this genre! Another one I really recommend you look into is Aven Colony. Does an incredible job of giving you a city builder experience in space. |
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