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Summary: It takes a while to love it, but it's worth it.
Review: When I first started to play Railroad Tycoon II, I thought that it looked great (and it really does), but was extremely complex. But I soon realized that the problem wasn't with the game, but with me. Let me explain.All I wanted to do was to build trains and track and stations until I ran out of room on the map. I wanted to whip out the European map, get three or four competitors and start playing. Much to my chagrin, you can't do that on the European map because it doesn't let you add other competitors. The game establishes certain goals that you are supposed to meet in certain scenarios. This, I did not like. There is a wonderful scenario editor, but that really takes a lot of time and work and I just wanted to play with the trains. So finally I decided that, in order to enjoy the game, I would basically have to ignore the goals set up by the programmers and just play. Once I changed my mindset, the game absolutely blossomed. It was weeks before I even placed a different CD in the drive to play a different game. I found myself coming back to this game time and time again. And in that, this game is exactly like it predecessor. If you liked the original, you'll love this one.
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