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| IncaGold Introduces Train Empire IncaGold announces the March release of "Train Empire" as part of IncaGold's mass-market PC range in the UK, Ireland, Channel Islands and Isle of Man. "Train Empire" offers a strategy experience of depth and intrigue. The player is presented the task of connecting cities by strategically placing railway lines from one location to another, as well as managing the railway network where the trains' schedules must run like clockwork for delays could incur hefty fines. Starting off with the simple instructive of linking two towns and just a few trains waiting for departure "Train Empire" expands into an immense and compelling chain of routes and interconnections. Presented within a detailed 3D world with unlimited landscape, the undertaking of constructing and fashioning links between towns where you have mountains and undulating landscapes which are full of organic life, trees and wild life, presents logical brain teasing and captivating puzzles to overcome. With an easy to understand and use interface your set of tools to create your own empire could not be more intuitive but you must try to think a few steps ahead. If you cause too much damage creating the network then you will soon find your resources are running low and only by gaining revenue from trains arriving at their destination on time will you have money to spend on construction and repairs. "Train Empire" has an evolutionary time feature where play starts off in Europe in 1830 and progresses to the modern day will present the player with a building progression. As the network grows larger you must take into account that the trains will get faster and even longer and could have untold effect on other areas. You must plan and create routes with the future in mind and you will soon find out that every decision could have either a beneficial or adverse knock on effect. With onscreen information and dialogue boxes, a top down map to gauge more precisely where to lay your track route, plus the main environment screen, you will soon be on the way to creating your own railway network. Features include: # Detailed 3D environment: terrain, water, trees, mountains, birds and even cow herds. # Bridges, tunnels, semaphores, switches. # Up to 8 cities over a map. # Free camera view. # Smooth evolution: cities grow, trains evolve. "Train Empire" 7+ rating will be published by IncaGold and distributed by Pinnacle in March 2006. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Game News :: home page |