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[Decrepit]

Bought a new game two weeks ago, my first in some years. As an early assess title I followed it off and on for several years. Reading that its official version 1.0 release was scheduled for 5 Dec, I took the plunge 4 Dec, since buying prior to release netted me a small discount plus the game’s first (admittedly small) DLC. The title? Railroads Online, a mixture of empire building, railway network creation, and user-controlled train driving, playable either multiplayer or single-player.

Version 1.0 comes with four maps, each with the option to use either the creators’ pre-built railway network or start from scratch with only industries in place. I chose the latter. I didn’t make it easy for myself, selecting one of two “large” maps, with sometimes drastic height differences between destinations.

I’ve been playing it to obsession since purchase. Haven’t gotten far route-building-wise. That said, I’ve laid lots of track and driven a good many freight delivery/pickup runs. A highlight is my Logging Camp to Sawmill run where the track hugs a mountainside as it descends to the lake on which the Mill is located. On the other hand, my route from Depot to Smelter to Iron Mine initially had so much faulty track-work that, during its initial test drive, the train derailed so often I earned the game’s “Master of Disaster” award, and ended up relaying almost every inch of track. Such is life.

Today’s RO adventures are of a more mundane sort. I laid rails from Depot to Wheat farm, a distance of only a mile or so, and since then have been constantly delivering Seed Pallets to the farm, a rather monotonous chore. I’ll be at it a while longer before the farm maxes out on seeds. (I’ll then need to supply it with water, obtained from a facility very near the sawmill.)

(LINK) Here's the very short (under 3 minutes) official launch trailer (LINK)

[Acadian]

Looks fun, and so glad you're enjoying it!

[mirocu]

Star Wars: Rebellion


And that, as they say, was that. Having gone through the final four sectors in the Outer Rim I found the hidden rebel base and after sending Palpsie to his Seat of Power at Coruscant, I ordered a bombardment of military installations on the last planet and roll credits.


For now...

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

Red Dead Redemption on Nintendo Switch! The perfect game for the mountain getaway we took this week!

[mirocu]

Red Dead Redemption on Nintendo Switch! The perfect game for the mountain getaway we took this week!

Is that why Khajiit has mostly failed to show up recently? Well, then!

RDR is good, or so I hear. So it was ported to the Switch?

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

Red Dead Redemption on Nintendo Switch! The perfect game for the mountain getaway we took this week!

Is that why Khajiit has mostly failed to show up recently? Well, then!

RDR is good, or so I hear. So it was ported to the Switch?

Yep and yep!

I had it on Xbox360 back in the day. It’s really good, even if you don’t particularly like Westerns, I feel.

This post has been edited by TheCheshireKhajiit: Jan 8 2025, 08:34 PM

[mirocu]

I feel like I would like both RDR and New Vegas because I like Westerns but I won't get them because I can't accept online requirements (PC only here as you know). Besides, I'm so set in my gaming ways now I simply can't get another open world game


Which game has the better guns; RDR or Vegas?

This post has been edited by mirocu: Jan 8 2025, 08:40 PM

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

I feel like I would like both RDR and New Vegas because I like Westerns but I won't get them because I can't accept online requirements (PC only here as you know). Besides, I'm so set in my gaming ways now I simply can't get another open world game


Which game has the better guns; RDR or Vegas?

It’s apples and oranges honestly. RDR guns are only guns that existed in 1911 and prior. There’s enough variety to keep one happy. Revolvers, repeating rifles, lever guns, shotguns, bolt action military rifles, and a couple of autoloader handguns. As a Fallout game, New Vegas’s armaments are all over the place in their variations. From western style guns, to modern assault rifles, to energy weapons and explosive payload deliverers.

[Decrepit]

I continue to play Railroads Online, to the neglect of almost all else. Steam shows that I purchased it on December 5, 2024, and, as the session ended not long ago, have played 242.3 hours. Needless to say, I enjoy it. I'm also fairly inept at it, though rarely disastrously so. My most common error is forgetting that I'm not playing Train Simulator Classic and manipulating RO's loco HUD controls incorrectly, using the regulator instead of the brake and vice versa. Otherwise, I'm overly forgetful in a game that often requires frequent intricate maneuvers. At least I'm getting somewhat better at laying adequate trackwork. Sometimes. Next session will be devoted to a run from the Depot to the Sawmill for Planks and Beams, then maybe a run to the Coal Mine to deliver Beams and load up on Coal. That's the plan at any rate.

[Decrepit]

Here's the beginning of (link) another Train Simulator Classic screenshot series (link), and a personal favorite.

[Dark Reaper]

I'm currently playing Girls' Frontline 2, Goddess of Victory Nikke and Elden Ring. I'm trying to get into Dark Souls but those controls are JUST SO CLUNCKY T_T .

[Decrepit]

A few images from Railroads Online. Alas, I do not know how to remove the entirety of the HUD for captures.

The D&RG Class 25 "Montezuma" 2-4-0 tendered wood-burning steam loco. This is one of the three options players choose between at the launch of a new game/map. Here we see it fairly early in my current playthrough, at the Iron Smelter, having just unloaded cars full of cordwood, one of the industry's two requirements. Montezuma was later downgraded to hauling less demanding runs and recently has been mothballed in a roundhouse.

Montezuma's replacement as the map's workhouse, a Mason Bogie "Tenmile" 2-6-6T coal-burning steam loco. It is seen hugging a cliffside while climbing out of the Sawmill/well area with a full load of beams, planks, and water for delivery to the wheat farm and two other industries. Much as I enjoy driving this loco, it too eventually became underpowered at hauling my longest/heaviest trains. It is now relegated to lesser tasks, such as delivering seed pallets to the wheat farm, a short drive on fairly level track.

My current workhouse, a Uintah Railway 0-6-2T coal-burner. Despite its smaller size, it has nearly twice the tractive effort of the "Tenmile" and handles all but the tightest curves with ease, making it a better match for my railway system. We are again at the Iron Smelter. Not only has cordwood been unloaded, but the loco has also been "turned" on the smelter's turntable and reattached to the train for its return to the central depot's holding yard.

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

That game is really beautiful Decrepit! I like old trains like that.

[mirocu]

Chess Titans lvl 3 - just now reached 30.000 wins. Nice, round number

[Dark Reaper]

I'm currently playing:
Girls Frontline 2.
Azur Lane (now I got my account back!)
Goddess of Victory Nikke.

[Dark Reaper]

I'm playing Dark Souls on the Switch T_T.


Oddly for some reason the graphics are actually better than the PC version!?

[RaderOfTheLostArk]

Oblivion Remastered, of course, lol.

[mirocu]

Oblivion Remastered, of course, lol.

[Dark Reaper]

For android: Azur Lane, Girls Frontline 1 and 2 and Goddess of Victory Nikke.

For Nintendo Switch 1: Dark Souls.

Actually I'm doing quite well in Dark Souls! I'm at a juncture where I can either go kill Sif, Do Artorias of the Abyss DLC and make the encounter even sadder.
or
Head on to Sen's fortress and head on to Anor Londo and get the Lord's Vessel which is needed for warping between bonfires as well as gathering the Lords of Fire Souls.
I think considering I need the Lord's vessel anyway I might just head towards Anor Londo and get the vessel than from there either do Artorias of the Abyss DLC or go fight sweet baby puppy Siffy.

[mirocu]

Game number 33233 of Titans Chess

Game number 33333 of Titans Chess

This post has been edited by mirocu: May 20 2025, 04:58 PM