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Great multi-player too

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 01, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The game is a load of good railroading strategy & fun, but it gets even better with other players. It is one of the few real strategy games I have seen that is NOT a wargame, but has some cool way to interact with the other players.

RAA works well over the local networkand across the internet. I enjoyed playing with my friends, and with random folks up on Gamespy. I could never dedicate myself to a six-hour game online like some people can, but RAA lets me a play a full game in about ninety minutes.

A simulation strategy which exceeds expectations

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 01, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Rails Across America has more options than most other simutation games. There is a geat deal of subtle characteristics of the 'personalities' of the various railroad tycoons, the traffic changes of freight between resource and destination, and the fluctuation of passenger traffic that imitates the historical rail traffic. These subleties show me that the simulation is highly sophisticated.
I was able to complete all of the scenarios without modifying the default settings at all. The scenarios were challenging but not impossible.
I have much experience with strategy simulation genre games and I was hooked on this game for hours at a time. I would definitely reccomend Rails Across America to my family and friends.

Enjoyable Alternative To Other Railroad Games

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 29, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Rails Across America is a Railroad mogul-style simulation game that plays like a cross between a table-top game and computer game. It is not for the graphics-hungry or "lets make it look really pretty" crowd (for that, you should try Railraod Tycoon or any of the other wonderful products in the genre; they just don't play as well or as fun as this title), but for those whose primary aim is a seriously good, solid strategy game. If you can get your head around the notion that a solid strategy game need not have cutting edge graphics (especially for a simulation/strategy game), then Rails Across America is well worth the investment.

This game's best features are its detailed accounting of rail lines and traffic, its ability to keep track of cargo & finances, the choices allowed to the player for engines and management, and its "wheel and deal" design so that you pave your own way to success or failure.

A few "random" elements (the cards system, for one) keeps the game competitive.

The object of the game, of course, is to strike it rich while leading your railroad company to success. There are various objectives to reach -- but which ones to reach and how to reach them is up to you. Difficulty levels will keep you on your toes.

Why the Four Stars? 1) If the company had invested a little more time in the graphics, I think it would have been an even better game all around, *visually*. 2) There are elements of the game that can be rather fast paced, and keeping up with everything takes a good deal of management of the screens. If you're looking for a micromanagement game, then 5 stars for this!

Rails Across America

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 8
Date: October 21, 2003
Author: Amazon User

It's a really cool game...you get to destroy other railroad companies..but be careful that you don't go bankrupt; that's really bad and all. I recommend this game because you can go back in history.

Defintly get this game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 9
Date: January 14, 2002
Author: Amazon User

i liked the game because instead of the same old "goblins and orcs", it's the FBI and Newspapers.I think it is well worth the money.

Lame Train

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 10 / 19
Date: October 30, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game is ugly. The top down view is terrible it looks like the game was released before the artist were done. I found myself playing in the furthest out zoom and all you really do is look at lines that represent tracks being built. You do manage the railroad but this in itself is not much fun. I have played Railroad Tycoon Gold edition for numerous hours and enjoyed it immencly. I played this game off and on for about a week and have no interest in playing it again.

Save your $$ and get Railroad Tycoon

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 10 / 19
Date: February 22, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is fun, a bit confusing at first but it's eassy after you get the hang of it. The AI's are a good challenge, but the teadious task of upgrading trains every some odd yours is a real pain. If you own 50 tracks for say, you have to go through EVERY one of those tracks to updeate the type of train it uses. FOR ANNOYING and not worth the time. I got bored of the game after 2 sessions!!!

Kinda fun.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 10 / 13
Date: October 23, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I love trains and love strategy games. This fit the niche quite well. The only problem is that 3 games later (~4 hours per game), I've pretty much mastered it and there's not much more of interest. It is really a game of racing to lay tracks (either yourself or through acquisition). There are some cool political and other influential things you can do to make things interesting against your opponents along the way. I'm not sure what I was expecting but I certainly wasn't captivated very long. Graphics are okay, nothing to write home about.

Well designed strategy game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 12
Date: November 21, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I was a little apprehensive at first with this game, with a varying range of comments all over the place. However, the right choice was made when I acquired this game. It's great to 'attack' your opponents with influence attacks, in addition to building my own little choo-choo...

If RAA has any drawbacks, they lie within the game's exciting, but overwhelming attention to detail. This, I don't mind. I love detail, especially on this scale. Additionally, the multiplayer element adds a new degree to the game. Well worth my time and attention.

Not Raiload Tycoon...but a good game never the less...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 15 / 18
Date: November 05, 2001
Author: Amazon User

In my opinion, Railroad Tycoon is by far the best railroading game out there. However, this game deals with more system building. Building a large network and beating up on others to have the best railroad system. There is more "battles" in this game compared to Railroad Tycoon. In Tycoon, you can leverage your stock to buy out a competing railroad. In Rails, you have a slew of options to wear out an opponent. You can not buy them out like in Tycoon, but you sure can disrupt their plans to eventually bankrupt them.

Good partner to Railroad Tycoon. You might want to wait till the price comes down. (...)

The graphics are not nearly as nice as Tycoon.

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