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Summary: Brilliant. The Best Game I've Ever Bought
Review: I've been buying computer games for 20 years and some are more interesting than others, of course. But I've never bought a game before this one that I played over and over...for hours at a time, and never got tired of it! This is a world. For those of us who look for excellent graphics, you'll find them here--highly detailed, carefully constructed, and greatly varied visuals. And, like the best software (of any kind) you can go as deep or as shallow as you want; and there are tons of options, variations, and features. It's just a great, great game and so much more fun to use than other games. You choose whether to build a world, play a scenario, learn from a tutorial, drive a train, control several trains, tell AI drivers what you want to do, create your own scenery/scenarios/maps, or just sit around and watch this great simulation play itself out. You must buy this. It's extraordinary and compelling.
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Summary: Total Failure
Review: It came on two CDs and you eventually discover that the second CD holds the software which is needed to fix the bugs on the first.
You also need a graphics card or equivalent.
I do not have the graphics capability so although it appeared to load it would not run.
I shall give it away or bin it.
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Summary: 24/7 Fun-Filled Excitement
Review: Our 6 year old son has been FASCINATED with trains for a few years now (like most boys) and he has played other train software programs. However, when he found TRAINZ on google and liked what he saw . . . we purchased this program for his enjoyment. Well, I gotta tell ya, setting it up was alittle on the "higher" learning curve but now . . . we cannot get him off of this program. AMAZING for us to watch him (6yo) paint the train (Paint Shed), create the track layout including town, cars, and run his trains.
Now . . . he is teaching mom and dad how to run the program.
Listen, if your CHILD is interested in TRAINS . . . . this program is a MUST BUY!!!! You will be "AMAZED" beyond comprehension on the graphics and simplicity of this smooth program. Additionally, you will enjoy countless hours watching your child "dream" and play an educational program and LEARN!!!
Cheers . . . Joe and Jan, Oak Harbor, WA, USN.
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Summary: 100% Fun Train Sim
Review: Trains Railroad Simulator 2004 is an unbelievable product. I've owned MS Train Sim and was quickly bored by it. This product on the other hand has me so excited I can't sleep at night! There is plenty of info on the mfg's website so I'm not going to repeat what's out there. (note that Amazon's site seems to have the publisher wrong, ALL TRAINZ programs are written by Auran out of Australia (www.auran.com). I believe the US PUBLISHER is Oteeva.What I will say is that I have stopped playing all other games and even railroad tycoon 3 is collecting dust since TRS2004 Arrived. I would also like to add that I have a 5 year old son who loves driving/watching the trains go round. I've really enjoyed playing with TRS2004! It's hard to explain, but playing with TRS2004 is exciting and fun and there's so much to look forward to (I download new things for it all the time) So Let's review:
MS TRAINSIM = BORING = You'll want to go to bed early.
TRAINZ RAILROAD SIMULATOR = EXCITING & FUN = You'll want to stay up all night and you just might call in "sick" the next day ;-) Hope this review helps you in your purchase decision. For me, fun is what it's all about.
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