Tiny Rails

It’s a great game and what I love is that it is different than other train sims out there. This game is definitely one of a kind. Also each play is different. What I mean by this is that this game is very forgiving. I have seen some games that if you run out of money or gas etc. you lose the game. I have been playing since beta (I have seen pictures of the alpha)and I can definitely say that the alpha&beta stages of the game are beautiful because that we have seen a lot in this game and, remember back to when the upgrades and the engines/cabooses were on the same screen! That was a long time back! Anyway, I also wanted to talk about the bugs as well. One of them is if you activate the secret (spoilers) full throttle than open up the edit sceeen the train will stay down instead of going up like it’s supposed to. Next if you grab 2 train cars with 2 fingers they will overlay each other and when you release them one of them will stay in place. Please fix these. Also it needs the repair and cleaning mechanics from pc as well. Adding this would definitely add to the realism already in the game. P.S. Please update the video in the App Store!

The game is neat and can be entertaining if a number of bugs is resolved. Not in order of importance, 1) notifications that the train arrived, while the train has just left a station. Consequently, no notifications when the train actually arrives, so I miss all waypoints. 2) Little transparency as to how to earn money. When I started, every time I logged there were credits coming. Then at some point the bank suddenly dried out and now I can’t even afford the whatchacallit machine to get new cars. 3) What is the deal with the car weight? My train is always 10-30% over, and continuous improvement of weight doesn’t seem to have any impact whatsoever. 4) Got a bonus mission to clear snowmen from the tracks. Having played for a couple weeks now, not a single snowman to be seen. 5) Just a side note, is it supposed to inform some action that passengers say “jerk” and some such? I don’t see any functionality to interact with the passengers or improve their morale other then adding food and game cars. 6) If removing obstacles is an important part of the game, it should not be taking several minutes of watching the screen to get one. All I currently do is check in at destination station to trade goods and advance the mission. I was hoping to have some interaction while the train is running, but it’s just landscape watching and nothing is happening.

This is a good game I just have a couple problems with it. My fist problem with it is that it is a HUGE battery drainer. I cannot tell you how many times I’ve played this game, and then have my phone die because of the game. (I personally think it’s because of the background. If there was a low power mode for the game, I would have that thing on 24/7. This really does turn me off from playing the game. Another problem I have with the game is that you either have to be actively playing the game or close the app completely. The game takes no time to start and loud. I just find it inconvenient to close the app for the train to move. I personally like to keep them open so I can get to them later quickly. But this is not possible with this game. Another con about having to be active or closed is that if you do leave the app open but are not actively playing, the train does not move. This happens way to often and is very frustrating to me. If I were to be nitpicking, I could also say that the lights in factories and depots don’t match (as in the lights just flout and have no source) but this is not problem in any way gameplay wise. Other than these few (semi big) flaws, the game is great and as a random stranger to you, I do recommend you play this game.

Tiny rails has not failed to astound me. I’m not usually a huge fan of these types of management games but the art style reeled me in and the gameplay has kept me hooked. This game has some of the best game references I’ve ever seen and the gameplay itself is a diamond in the rough. Despite my countless hours in the game there are some issues and annoyances but that’s to be expected. First, checklists once you get out of the U.S. These checklists simply become icons and have no way to see what it is that you have to do unless you look it up. Second, taking optional photos is rendered useless when important monuments are crowded by simple houses and buildings. Third, the storing of goods into warehouses is almost completely useless. Unless I can sell to stations directly from the warehouse they serve no purpose. Fourth, there needs to be a way to set a course or at least a waypoint from the cargo menu to places that have a demand for that good. Finally, there needs to be a way to set an infinite loop in an area as I’m trying to obtain miles in Asia while being offline but the train goes to Australia and loops there instead. Once those are fixed there will only be a perfect game left over.

So I updated the app less than five minutes ago, already I have had many bugs and a lot of weird stuff happening. First of all when It loaded there was an obstacle in front of my train, only problem is that the game doesn’t think it’s there and won’t let me get rid of it. Also new gum ball machine looks better, one other guy said that free spins don’t work anymore, I haven’t checked yet but please free spins are so useful so they need to work. Also for some reason it decided to give me 108,000 for no reason when I logged in and reset all the prices of research or upgrades. So now I am doing level 15 cargo upgrade for 1,200 and the train edit screen now won’t scroll and neither will the regular screen. Also I got put at the caboose when the money was given to me and now I’m stuck at the caboose. The map looks good and I haven’t look at much else because the train is stuck! Also it won’t let me do ads for two of those people you can hire, the speed and money ones. Anyway these are just a few of the problems I have noticed, I give this a three right now but if these things get fixed I would give it four.