Railroad Tycoon II

aka: RRT2, Tielu Daheng 2
Moby ID: 238
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Establish yourself as a mogul to be reckoned with as you work your way up the ranks of the railway industry in this strategy game. Expand your domain across continents and a changing global marketplace.

Build the Transcontinental Railway or the Orient Express. Run Steam train through the jungles of Africa, or electric trains through the Swiss Alps. Run your competitors out of town on a rail.

An 18 scenario campaign lets you re-create history's greatest railroading feats and failures.

Your wealth can be built up with a sophisticated stock market with margin buying, short selling, and hostile takeovers.

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  • 铁路大亨2 - Simplified Chinese spelling

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Average score: 81% (based on 38 ratings)

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Average score: 3.8 out of 5 (based on 61 ratings with 5 reviews)

A minor disappointment

The Good
The game has several nice features like a more complex stock market handling than RR1. If you like economic management, this will probably suit your tastes. The interface is, of course, somewhat nicer too, which makes it easier to overview your railroad(s) by zooming in and out.

The Bad
The object of the game is basically to complete different "missions", each with its own objectives. Though this may sound appealing to some, I liked the original better, where you just have to build at railroad that expands continually and, of course, crush your competitors. RR2 just doesn't have the same amount of freedom, in my opinion.

The Bottom Line
Bottom line: If you'll like this game or not depends wholly on what you like in the original game. Some will probably think the "campaign" type of game is funny. I think it's sucks. I'd rather have the original game with better graphics, more complex economy and a few nifty additions.

Windows · by Rasmus Jelsgaard (1) · 2003

Just not quite good enough

The Good
A failthfull update of the orginal.

The Bad
For some reason that I can not explain this game was in no way as addictive as the orginal. I was so excited to play this sequal but when I finished a couple of hours of play I just put it down and havent played it since. Overall I liked what I saw but the game was dry and couldnt hold my attention, at all.

The Bottom Line
Dont bother. unless someone gives you a copy.

Windows · by William Shawn McDonie (1131) · 2000

An excellent sequel to an excellent game

The Good
The original idea of Railroad Tycoon has been kept the same. The idea is still to build a large and profitable railroad. Another good idea in this game is the addition of what are known as "Campaigns". In each of these campaigns you are placed on a map where you must complete a specific task within a time limit e.g connect the east and west coasts of America by the year 1890. I think these give you a lot to do and can complete you occupied for a long time (I've owned the game for nearly 2 years and I still haven't completed half of them) Also the in game has been improved as have the graphics. You now play on an isometric world and not a top-down view like in the original. Another improvement is the addition of a landscape editor which allows you to create your own landscapes to play on later. You are able to place everything from cities to industries to rivers.

The Bad
I feel the trains could have looked better. Many of them look fairly similar and even on the highest zoom level I found I could really see much detail on the locomotives. The addition of water, sand and oil stops. On long runs your engine may run out of either of these and find that it begins moving at about 5mph. If you have a railroad crossing a large area it can take a long time for it to fill up and get up to a reasonable speed again.

The Bottom Line
Railroad Tycoon 2 is an excellent game and a great sequel to the original. Better looking engines good have made the game even better. But overall, it is an excellent effort.

Windows · by James Walter (271) · 2001

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Development

Although the name suggests this is a sequel to the famous Railroad Tycoon from MicroProse, it is technically not a sequel. PopTop developed the game completely independent of the old game, and changed the title to Railroad Tycoon 2 when they obtained the rights to the name from MicroProse.

Phil Steinmeyer says that the train graphics were created by "photographing relatively cheap model trains rather than hiring a horde of artists to create them in a program like 3D Studio Max".

Awards

  • Power Play
    • Issue 02/1999 – Best Economical Strategy Game in 1998

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Game added by Droog.

Macintosh added by Corn Popper. PlayStation added by Grant McLellan.

Additional contributors: Kasey Chang, Unicorn Lynx, Chentzilla, Patrick Bregger, Plok.

Game added August 21, 1999. Last modified March 6, 2024.