Chris Sawyer's Locomotion

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5.7

Mixed or average reviews- based on 82 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 39 out of 82
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 82
  3. Negative: 34 out of 82
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  1. LarryF.
    Oct 6, 2004
    4
    This is a game of substance, it does not need fancy graphics. I can take that. But at least the substance should be there, otherwise I keep playing TTD with the patch! Ideas: improve train signalling, train timeouts when waiting at signals, vehicle breakdowns; make it quicker to replace vehicles; restore the stock market; add a way of customizing the gameplay, which is far too unflexible.
  2. LindaP.
    Oct 8, 2004
    0
    The worst game ever!
  3. JackK.
    Sep 12, 2004
    0
    Yet another rip-off from the creators of the Rollercoaster Tycoon series demonstrating that the very same thing can be sold over and over forever.
  4. EviLAnGeL
    Sep 10, 2004
    9
    This game is just about one of the best examples I could give of gameplay over graphics. So, so much fun to play (if you like these type of games anyway) and very addictive. Now bring on Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 with the great gameplay AND the graphics to match. Woo-Hoo!
  5. BartB.
    Sep 21, 2004
    9
    Great game, very good work from Mr. Sawyer here. A little bit hard to get used to the interface (played TTD for so long), but overall a lot of improvements and extra details (notice the switches actually switch, and the little braking lights on trucks and busses). Have to agree on the graphics and the sound quality, but hey, the rail curves and signals make up for almost everything. There Great game, very good work from Mr. Sawyer here. A little bit hard to get used to the interface (played TTD for so long), but overall a lot of improvements and extra details (notice the switches actually switch, and the little braking lights on trucks and busses). Have to agree on the graphics and the sound quality, but hey, the rail curves and signals make up for almost everything. There are some bugs and issues though, such as the ridiculous reliability rates and not being able to prevent brakedowns. Now, if just Jowood and Chris Sawyer work together on a Locomotion follow-up (that is; Jowood makes the graphics :D), it will be a killer game. But this game is great fun, and extremely good value (Locomotion for 18 euro while Doom 3 for 60 euro :P)… Expand
  6. SuzyR.
    Sep 20, 2004
    0
    Horrible.
  7. AB
    Sep 8, 2004
    10
    COOOOOOOL. Finally it has come. Time to take that 3 week vaction I've been saving up.
  8. ThomesW.
    Oct 4, 2004
    0
    Easy money for the lazy Chris. :o(
  9. LarryF.
    Oct 6, 2004
    3
    This is a game of substance, it does not need fancy graphics. I can take that. But at least the substance should be there, otherwise I keep playing TTD with the patch! Ideas: improve train signalling, train timeouts when waiting at signals, vehicle breakdowns; make it quicker to replace vehicles; restore the stock market; add a way of customizing the gameplay, which is far too unflexible.
  10. JohnathanM.
    Aug 27, 2004
    10
    ITS ACE!
  11. Edo
    Sep 12, 2004
    6
    I don't see any reason to play this game over TTD. Can anyone give me a good reason?
  12. ArturJ.
    Sep 14, 2004
    10
    It's absolutely stupid to call this game "Yet another rip-off from the creators of the Rollercoaster Tycoon series". It's so great that i can't believe i'm finally playing it.
  13. Jeff
    Sep 14, 2004
    1
    Old game for new money.
  14. MarcusG.
    Sep 14, 2004
    1
    This game isn't fit to wipe TTD's a**. Seriously. Arguably TTD still looks better than this game, surely a pretty bad state of affairs anyway, but... but... the game is worse than TTD! Track building is a joke in this game and it seems that the only stations and junctions you can build are very simple. The beautiful and complex junctions and stations you could build before are This game isn't fit to wipe TTD's a**. Seriously. Arguably TTD still looks better than this game, surely a pretty bad state of affairs anyway, but... but... the game is worse than TTD! Track building is a joke in this game and it seems that the only stations and junctions you can build are very simple. The beautiful and complex junctions and stations you could build before are reduced to very simple junctions - I defy you to build anything like the complex roll-in, roll-out stations from TTD. Stick with TTD, or download OpenTTD instead to be honest. Put it this way - I bought it excitedly the first day it was available. 2 days later, I've uninstalled it and stuck TTD back on my laptop. … Expand
  15. ElliotE.
    Sep 17, 2004
    1
    This game was a huge disapointment. The fact that you can't run multiple trains on a track efficiently sucks. That you can't build the roll-in roll-out stations sucks. The signaling is terrible. This game might be ok for someone who has never played the origonal, and I only mean ok, but otherwise do not waste your money. Just go buy transport tycoon deluxe online and download This game was a huge disapointment. The fact that you can't run multiple trains on a track efficiently sucks. That you can't build the roll-in roll-out stations sucks. The signaling is terrible. This game might be ok for someone who has never played the origonal, and I only mean ok, but otherwise do not waste your money. Just go buy transport tycoon deluxe online and download the patch from www.ttdpatch.net which allows it to run on windows xp. TTD with the patch will change your life.… Expand
  16. [Anonymous]
    Sep 2, 2004
    10
    Great! Great! Great!
  17. JamesK.
    Sep 20, 2004
    7
    While not quite as unique as Transport Tycoon was back then, it does have a nice little personality, yet it could have been better. With a patch or an expantion, this game could be great. At least it's only $25-$30.
  18. Bluetooth
    Sep 20, 2004
    9
    This is a great game... and Elliot E you can run multiple trains efficiently and you can build RoRo stations. New interesting features are underground stations and trams. To Michael R I want to say: Take a good look next time you load Locomotion and you'll find a very good scenario editor.
  19. BobG.
    Sep 9, 2004
    9
    Crappy graphics, crappy interface, but best game i played this year
  20. RayM.
    Jan 2, 2005
    2
    I may be a poor gamer,this game gets very frustrating.I thought i had the principles down,then new scenarios seemed to be imposible to progress in. I am disapointed that no matter, i fail at the scenario,dispite trying all different plans of attack.Am i Just wasting my money?? Is everyone just as frustrated??
  21. CharlesA.
    Oct 22, 2004
    2
    I paid $29.00 for this? Hey Atari and Chris Sawyer Join us in the year 2004 and leave the dated graphics behind. This was a substandard title full of AI bugs. A agree with an earlier post, Chris Sawyer should be ashamed of this release...It has tarnished my opinion of what I thought was a superior game designer. Enjoy the $29.00 it will be the last you get from me.
  22. DVH
    Oct 31, 2004
    0
    Really this games deserves an F. CS added some cool features that were requested a very long time ago, but forgot to implement what made TT such a magic game...
  23. MattG.
    Jul 19, 2004
    9
    Although the graphics are slightly lumpy and outdated the gameplay far exceeds a great deal of other management titles. And it prooves a point that gameplay is still the overall winner.
  24. LukeC.
    Sep 11, 2004
    1
    Well, I loved TTD and I played it a lot, it was a great and totally brilliant game in 1995. But now it's 2004 and Locomotion is more like a data disc to TTD that was created a long time ago but released now. When I ran Locomotion for the first time I experienced a shock and great disappointment. "Am I 10 years younger, Am I again in 1995 ?". No! Chris Sawyer probably just hasn't Well, I loved TTD and I played it a lot, it was a great and totally brilliant game in 1995. But now it's 2004 and Locomotion is more like a data disc to TTD that was created a long time ago but released now. When I ran Locomotion for the first time I experienced a shock and great disappointment. "Am I 10 years younger, Am I again in 1995 ?". No! Chris Sawyer probably just hasn't noticed that technology advanced "a bit" over years. The game is very poor, don't get me wrong I like 2D graphics more than 3D in strategy games - actually I play only strategy games, but the graphics used in this game is absolutelly appalling, moreover I think there is only 256 colors used in the game. Would you believe it? One could think it's a joke. But it's not, it's the harsh reality. I wanted to switch to more colors --> not possible, you can change just resolution. The music is terrible as well (incomparable with TTD tunes) that reminds of some fould cheap music from freeware games. I heard there should be large maps. Where are they? Nowhere! Locomotion is not any better than TTD, it's just different and 10 younger. My advice is: don't buy it unless you want to get rid of money, you're a lover of repellent graphics of games from first half of 90's and meserable music or you don't care about graphics and music at all, just care about gameplay.… Expand
  25. A5
    Sep 10, 2004
    10
    Best ever.
  26. TonyK.
    Sep 10, 2004
    7
    The interface is barely adequate - similar to Roller Coaster Tycoon - but more difficult to use. The install checks for drive space on the active partition regardless of how much space you have on your other drives forcing me to do a minimum install (I have 2GB partitions for my OS's for simple re-installs) so I'm stuck streaming music off of the CD. The game is similar to the The interface is barely adequate - similar to Roller Coaster Tycoon - but more difficult to use. The install checks for drive space on the active partition regardless of how much space you have on your other drives forcing me to do a minimum install (I have 2GB partitions for my OS's for simple re-installs) so I'm stuck streaming music off of the CD. The game is similar to the classic Transport Tycoon which is great. Rated on gameplay, it's a 9 - but I can't disregard the negatives.… Expand
  27. Dan
    Sep 11, 2004
    8
    "you don't care about graphics and music at all, just care about gameplay." I'm sorry, but that's just retarded. Anyone who rates games just for graphics and music is just ... I'd say you get good gameplay, then if there's time you can toss in better graphics, and if there's even more time.. some good music too. That's become all backwards though, now "you don't care about graphics and music at all, just care about gameplay." I'm sorry, but that's just retarded. Anyone who rates games just for graphics and music is just ... I'd say you get good gameplay, then if there's time you can toss in better graphics, and if there's even more time.. some good music too. That's become all backwards though, now no-one cares about gameplay just as long as they can shoot high-detailed zombies in a dark room. An 8 for me, good graphics (yeppers, only a nut needs better gfx for a strategy game), great gameplay.. A couple points removed for the active partition thing and that it took so long after TTD... well, really I only finally got tired of TTD a few months ago... :)… Expand
  28. DahM.
    Sep 13, 2004
    3
    When first playing i thought the game was better than TTD. But after a while i realized it has serious defects. The track laying system is ideal to get RSI (i want to drag tracks just like railroad tycoon 3 or TTD), cargo trains that are capable of carrying multiple types of cargo (like coal or iron ore) only allow full load for the first type. If the cargo train is used for the second When first playing i thought the game was better than TTD. But after a while i realized it has serious defects. The track laying system is ideal to get RSI (i want to drag tracks just like railroad tycoon 3 or TTD), cargo trains that are capable of carrying multiple types of cargo (like coal or iron ore) only allow full load for the first type. If the cargo train is used for the second type it will never fully load. Basically, as soon as things get larger and more serious, locomotion lacks user-friendliness above all other things.… Expand
  29. BenG.
    Sep 13, 2004
    5
    I played the original TT in 1995 and while it had i'ts flaws I loved it. Then a couple of years later TTD came out and I loved it all over again, even more so. Now it is almost a decade since the original TT came out and we get this sequel. Except this sequel doesn't really offer anything new, other then minor enhancements to the game play. Gameplay is great and all, but I am I played the original TT in 1995 and while it had i'ts flaws I loved it. Then a couple of years later TTD came out and I loved it all over again, even more so. Now it is almost a decade since the original TT came out and we get this sequel. Except this sequel doesn't really offer anything new, other then minor enhancements to the game play. Gameplay is great and all, but I am disappointed paying full price for a game that has literally not changed since it's last release 7 years ago. Could you imagine the uproar if say Maxis did this kind of thing with it's release of SimCity 4000 from last year. Imagine if they just basically made it a tweaked Windows version of SimCity 2000? Well thats what Chris Sawyer has basically done with Locomotion, and there are all these people who are loving him for it. I don't get it!… Expand
  30. Mr.Bleurgh
    Sep 13, 2004
    4
    This is a very nice (the graphics are adequate) trainset simulator, but little else. The AI is very stupid - it never builds fast routes with lots of long straight sections connected by a few ninety degree curves, but builds awful (and slow) zig zag routes instead. It never builds very large trains. It never landscapes and monopolises small towns so that they become profitable cities This is a very nice (the graphics are adequate) trainset simulator, but little else. The AI is very stupid - it never builds fast routes with lots of long straight sections connected by a few ninety degree curves, but builds awful (and slow) zig zag routes instead. It never builds very large trains. It never landscapes and monopolises small towns so that they become profitable cities later on. It hasn't got a clue. The economics/management of the game are easy/non-existent, with some routes paying for the cost of a train in one trip. The only tough part is building from scratch when you can't borrow much, but the money rolls in after that and its like playing with a trainer... It's pretty enough; playing with a large virtual trainset can be quite hynoptic, but there is no game here...… Expand
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#82 Most Shared PC Game of 2004

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Metascore
59

Mixed or average reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 19
  3. Negative: 3 out of 19
  1. IGN
    58
    With a lack of presentation values, an engine that not only looks bad but also is the main cause of serious construction problems, and AI that could use a serious overhaul, Locomotion has too many problems for any serious recommendation.
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  2. Worth Playing
    50
    I love the depth of play, I feel challenged by the game's AI, and I feel a real sense of accomplishment when I complete a scenario. On the other hand, I think the game should represent the advances the gaming industry has made in the past five years.
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  3. GamerArchive
    70
    It's unfortunate to see that the graphics in game hasn't appeared to change too much either. Viewed from a isometric viewpoint, the game appears drab and just astonishingly unattractive.
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