I’ve just finished a review on the PC version of highly anticipated game called Sid Meier’s Railroads. As many of you know, Sid Meier is a well known strategy game designer and legend in his field. He has come up with many commercially successful strategy gaming titles. Sid Meier’s Railroads is a real time strategy game. Following are the excerpts from the review posted on TechEnclave website.

A game all of 700MB is hard to find these days but this one is an exception. At a time when game companies are rolling out games in 2 DVD Sets, Sid Meier’s Railroads which comes in a single CD is a bit of a surprise. Don’t let the size fool you though. Even for a game that’s 700MB worth, the graphics are quite brilliant and doesn’t look dated.

There are various different scenarios available, each one having a different level of difficulty and clearly marked as beginners, intermediate or advanced. You’ll be given a set of tasks to complete and a time frame within which you’ll have to complete the tasks. You have the option to select the start year, end year, game play difficulty, routing difficulty and number of AI players, all of which play significant roles in deciding the outcome of the game.

You’ll have to upgrade those engines if you are to keep up with the competition. You also get to upgrade those railway terminals and a modern terminal means more money in less time. It’s all about balancing your funds, utilizing your resources well and building your own railroads empire before your rivals do it.

The game is very interesting but the concept is not new. I remember playing a similar game 4-5 years ago. You don’t expect too much from such games and there’s not much scope for improvement either. The background score is superbly done and it won’t give you mild headaches. The game looks pretty polished barring a few performance issues. The game slows down quite a bit after 20-30 game years and with too many objects on screen when each change takes ages to come into effect.

Read the complete review @ TechEnclave.