A-Train 9 V5.0 : Japan Train Simulator Ultimate Edition

This game is incredibly addicting! The learning curve is [u]very steep[/u]. Balance sheets, profit margins, urban planing, subsidiaries, stock market, real estate, taxes. A-Train 9 doesn't explain anything, no tutorial. At the same time, the simulation is so deep and intricate that you can spend hours fine tuning the time table of each railway station you built for the new passenger line, just to increase the efficiency of each train and therefore profitabilty. You will feel lost and frustrated during the first few hours and often, the only way to figure things out is through trial & error and reading guides online. Don't expect to receive instant gratification here, you won't get any. Instead, be prepared to see the game over screen a few times before seeing even the smallest progress. Also expect to go "game over" when the day for the tax payment arrives. :) But once you managed to leave that initial state of confusion & frustration and see your company and your city grow, the feeling of your personal investment (your time and energy) paying off is incredible. A few hours later you will be building sky scrapers, amusement parks and more railway stations and material fact…

There are two ways to play this game. The normal game mode features dozens of scenarios where you need to manage your train company. It may seem a little overwhelming at first, but the game is quite simple, and once you understand that you need to supply materials and passengers to the regions in order for them to develop, profiting mainly from the subsidiaries you will build/purchase in these more developed regions, the game becomes easy. Still, the planning part in the more difficult scenarios can be quite satisfying and interesting. Oh, and remember to keep an eye on taxes. They will eat into your profits every month, and take a huge chunk out of your earnings every May 1 and June 1. The second game mode is sandbox (through the scenario editor), where you can create things at will. This mode offers you enormous depth to create your railroads and train operations, and management through timetables can be as complex as you want. Whichever mode interests you most, you'll have a very addictive and enormously satisfying game to play, once you get past the initial learning curve and understand how to play and profit. I don't think any other train game explores the same things as A-…

Well, hugely disappointed after purchase. The game itself I'm sure is fine. However, when checking the game information on the store page (right side) its has English checked as ok! Then if you look down on the page way below all the purchase options...One sentence says people in Japan cannot have an English option, (japanese only). So, be aware this is a bit of a trick! This notice should be PLASTERED everywhere on the right side of the store page and info for the game. My refund is pending.

It's a fun, but difficult train/city/transport tycoon game. I am having a lot of fun with it! Despite the difficulty (However that is more to due to my lack of knowledge rather then a fault of the game) the game for me is incredibly fun. It's nice to see your small town and rail system grow into a proper transport system across a big city connecting multiply towns (Or however you may like to set up your game). There's also a sandbox mode with a empty map and infinite money! Which also allow you to have options to control the time scale compared to the real world. There's a nice large selections of trains too of course, however feight is lacking. For the few complaints, I wish there was more options to allow me to be more precise with train scheduling, like being able to make a track switch as a toggle for when a train passes through, rather then only time base. The performance with shadows on is egregious, so I had to keep that off. Overall, if I wasn't distracted with other game recently, this is a really awesome and solid transport tycoon! Especially so for railfans, this is one I would play more regularly and something I'm easily addicted to. This is one I'm going to return…

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Something worth trying before the PRIME LINE as the true ULTIMATE Edition. It works well with the separate train construction game. Worth purchasing both.