GraphicsMuse: Review – Railroad Tycoon II – Gold Edition

[ Thanks to Michael J. Hammel for this
link. ]

“Another Sid Meier sequel, this game combines excellent graphics
with great game play. Like Loki’s first port, Civilization: Call To
Power, Railroad Tycoon II isn’t a shoot-em-up style game, it’s all
about strategy, using your head to build an empire. But unlike
CivCTP, which did include characters that would battle, this game
is pure strategy – the trains don’t explode and tycoons never pull
out any weapons. This difference will definitely appeal to older
players, which abound in the Linux world.”

“You need about 344MB to install the complete distribution of
Railroad Tycoon II.”

“Fortunately, you can install Loki’s games into their own
directories so that if you tire of them in the future, a simple “rm
-rf” in that directory will free up loads of extra disk space.”

“Railroad Tycoon II has one major drawback – it requires a
1024×768 display.”

“Game play is handled entirely with mouse and keyboard
interaction. A joystick isn’t necessary. Graphics are excellent on
high resolution systems. Zooming in you’ll get some very detailed
terrain maps.”

“… this game will provide many hours of intense strategy
play.”

Complete story.