Better than Railroad Tycoon? Railroad Corporation part 1

[@ultralance12]

Please be like railroad tycoon. Please be like railroad tycoon.

[@TotalJustinGaming]

Its not

[@fahdabdulrahman7932]

@@TotalJustinGaming it is the only one with any similarity to RT3 of this decade.

[@Fly0High]

Rail Tycoon-style always look very very nice but, for the train enthusiast, not nearly enough control over track&route.

[@neil_murphy1989]

STEP RIGHT UP!!!! STEP RIGHT UP!!!! PLACE YOUR BETS. I would enjoy the showdown

[@XCrawlFan]

Infinite props for 'Smokestack Lightning'!

[@Vasious8128]

The real question is How are they keeping their mines fully staffed with workers?

[@dakel20]

This looks like it plays like Sid Meier's Railroads! which makes me incredibly happy. Been dying for a new version of it for the better part of a decade now.

[@METALFREAK03]

yes this! also incredibly hard to get Sid's game working on modern day computers. So I am watching this one.

[@vincewilson1]

@@METALFREAK03 Get wine for Windows instead of using Windows Crappy compatibility layer. The wine compatibility layer works much better.

[@stile8686]

Comparison video sounds interesting. I went back and looked at your Mashinky videos and I like it. Apparently no multiplayer yet but it is now up to era 5 with diesel and electric trains. I would enjoy seeing you go back to playing it again. The objectives make it a different flavour to TF's sandbox approach and difference now and then is good.

[@pintokitkat]

Last train to Clarkesville?

[@SpookySax]

Congrats on 40k

[@RAAndre]

Yes, definitely an in-depth comparison of all these railroad tycoon games would be appreciated. I waited 20 years for a Locomotion successor and now they are coming out of the woodwork! Personally I think Transport Fever has them all beat and version 2 should settle this debate once and for all. I like the detail and construction flexibility that Transport Fever has way better than these other simplified games.

[@milanstevic8424]

Locomotion was released in 2004 and Train Fever in 2014.

[@antaguana]

if Transport fever were to add the complexity of feedback found in the OTTD graphs and charts as well as goods having a preferred destination (like cargo distribution newgrf ) it would be great.

[@KamleshMallick]

Sadly nothing can beat the games created by Pop Top Software back in 1999 and 2003 which were Rail Road Tycoon 2 and 3. I still play them to this day. The economics, the AI players, the depth of train details still are not matched by these modern games. Only thing they have going for them is the pretty graphics. Transport Fever 2 will be out soon and yet they dont have AI players. None of these games tell you how a train behaves with loads and gradients nor is the economy as sophisticated as in Rail Road Tycoon 3. Let's hope these companies get there.

[@123TauruZ321]

@@KamleshMallick Thank you for that. Man i must say, i've played civilization 2 and alpha centauri, warcraft 2, starcraft, transport tycoon, all these old gold strategy games. I just now remembered reading about railroad tycoon somewhere obscure and wanted to check it out... very glad to read your answer there. They look very good. Gotta check them out now.

[@tarcal87]

11:38 _I figure I'm going to need.... in the region of........ SOME MONEY_ The way you speak cracks me up :D

[@Mystical_Socrates]

Train game competition? yes please!

[@papasmurfette007]

Woohoo! A good old Colonel-style pants-down Rail Tycoon Game head-to-head clash fixture thingy is on the cards. Count me in...

[@vincewilson1]

It's Transport Fever by a mile and later it will be Transport Fever2 by a Solar System!

[@DraculVaDomni666]

Is this a reskin of railway empire? Because it looks like it

[@QJ89]

If I had to choose one, it would be 'Empire' because it has Australian DLC. Is it worth getting both?

[@Redmann0]

Railroad Corp, railroad tycoon and railway empire, is it just me or are they all kinda the same game. Looks that way. I wonder which plays better and/or is easier to play.

[@christianfreedom-seeker2025]

Sooo how do you finance in this game? With Tycoon you can issue stock and bonds. The ONLY missing option is taxpayers saying "we'll pay for your line, provided you come to OUR city!"

[@razorlord2]

why is the map so small?

[@widxx235]

transport fever is more chasing the openttd banner mashinky, railway empire and railroad corp are chasing the railroad tycoon banner

[@Taladar2003]

First impression of this one is that it is trying for mobile game complexity levels.

[@antaguana]

in what way is transport fever chasing the OTTD banner? They are both inter-modal transport, but OTTD has a totally different feel. (more complexity generally, but no free form track laying or 3D views)

[@KamleshMallick]

Please dont compare these half baked railway empire and Railway corporation games to legendary games like Railroad Tycoon 2 or 3. These games have a long way to go.

[@stonewall435]

I interrupted my playing of Railroad Corporation to watch you play... Railroad Corporation.

[@stonewall435]

And a delightfully British bowling green Bowling Green joke within a minute of Bombast. WORTH IT.

[@electrohalo8798]

you good sir are very wise for having your priority's in check jolly good show old chap

[@rosslascelles3002]

2 videos in 1 day? We are being spoiled rotten.

[@moparacker]

Two? I'm counting three.

[@METALFREAK03]

soooo this is the only game where you can play as Jacob Rees Mogg's younger brother?

[@wik7or214]

sooo I know u watch the Spiffing Brit

[@METALFREAK03]

@@wik7or214 also graystillplays both have similar styles, spiffingbrit being the british version.

[@quezbot3663]

Your way of speaking, accent and voice makes me laugh. You need to narrate an animal documentary in this style. :)

[@danpettersson4671]

I did like your Railroad Tycoon series, I hope this will get more episodes.

[@TinkerXperience]

currently nothing compares to Transport Fever in the rail track laying department, but thank you Colonel Failure for making what looks to me like a mediocre game at best, interesting and fun to watch.

[@jayo1212]

Transport Fever is more along the lines of Chris Sawyer's Transport Tycoon...

[@TheTM1Channel]

00:48 : That "More trains" bit done in that voice? That definitely needs to be a signature part of a channel trailer.

[@jturie]

Will you be taking the last train to Clarksville?

[@spitfirefrench]

Why do all of these games magically transport your locomotive from one end of the train to the other? I want to have to build a rail network with turntables and shunting parks!

[@2KXMKR]

Yes! Plus most of them have wagons and coaches spawn out of thin air instead of being stored in and collected from sidings or yards.

[@jzmmm]

They all seem to rip off the original transport tycoon. Wish they'd make railways a bit more realistic. TT was released in '94 i think. They had limitations. These days there's no excuse.

[@HurricaneSA]

Just imagine the pathing headaches that would bring. Just use your imagination and pretend that somewhere inside that station the means exist for the train to turn around.

[@spitfirefrench]

@@HurricaneSA my body is ready

[@josephanderson3451]

What’s the best railroad game in your opinion?

[@michaelmacdonell4834]

If you've had smokestack lightning, you may be entitled to compensation.

[@SIXPACFISH]

This game needs lots of work to even be up to the 1st Railroad Tycoon. I don't see anything different or special about it. Machinkie has added new content which would be a lot more fun to watch than this game.

[@GrijzePilion]

Mashinky lacks the realism, which is pretty off-putting.

[@qwe5qwe566]

@@GrijzePilion This is even more unrealistic. Currently the best game would be Transport Fever.

[@shack592]

There is an Ore mine as Casa Grande that wouldn't have needed a bridge to get to.

[@Radical_Middle]

While waiting for transport fever 2 I want to go with one of those, just not sure which one would be better, corp or tycoon

[@colonelfailure]

Empire is better than Corp imho. Mashinky is solid but I've not played it since launch. Tycoon 2 is a classic.

[@BadWebDiver]

Bowling Green?! It's gonna be a massacre!!! ;)

[@StoneE4]

Never forget.

[@koppadasao]

Who's Colonel Failure, and why is he breaking my disks?

[@sqweloookle]

A transport Tycoon off sounds like fun! Though Railroad Corp and Railway Empire are pretty identical aren’t they? I saw you just need the right angle for crossovers Colonel! So try again when you got a moment! I bought it too and on the list of trains at the top left watch out for red icons! Those need to be sent to station for maintenance and there will be a spanned or techie button on the add station pop up for you to click to send them in for maintenance though they will complete delivery first beforehand.

[@SaturnMist09]

Yes, please! You are now trains guy so go for it! Have a killer build up to TpF2 release!

[@BadByte]

Yes yes yes more train games, bring them on !

[@Nico93]

You need to set side tracks and water towers on the long route streches and those repair sheds are important to get made.

[@BLAKEamtrak]

What are the controls to rotate the screen in the game

[@knightwish1623]

Hi Colonel .... I also got the game as so as it went on sale today .... I have yet to get really into how it works ..... gald to see your'e having a go at it .... a couple of people are criticising it for this and that but seem to forget that it's Early Access and by no means finished .... I've just watched the video a second time, and noticed that as you clicked on the track between the signals you marked that short portion of track and in the bottom left of the screen was a window which showed the info for it .... for 13 miles of track you get $37 refund :-) ..... to build only a part of the track you have to first lay as far as you want then right click and in the track laying window click on CONFIRM

[@DerAua]

Very pretty!

[@zoeypeach3773]

As a resident of Cincinnati, I am pleased that the geography relative to Louisville and Lexington is relatively correct. I am disturbed that that part is correct but the rest is a mess.

[@ossiedunstan4419]

i have to disagree with you , it looks a lot better than those cpu killing pre-school coding attempts transport fever etc, but is not any where the quality game wise as railroad tycoon 3 in game play graphically only better

[@colonelfailure]

The good thing about taste is everyone is allowed their own.

[@christianfreedom-seeker2025]

Also choosing gauge is missing with these games! 2 and 3 foot is cheapest to build with.

[@elredster2]

5:40 Lost interest when you can't build crossovers.

[@spartan117zm]

You can build a crossover, colonel just didn’t try hard enough.

[@drac124]

Wait until 12:40 to discover you can't make incomplete tracks. Only point to point.

[@valkorionthegreat6066]

Except you can, when Colonel exited the planning it showed the build option… and he overlooked it XD

[@cdrhunter64]

Interesting game. Are you going to put these videos in a playlist so I can view them as you make new content.

[@AliShaikh1]

My heart goes out to the people of Bowling Green

[@puzzledzimbo]

Reminds me of Railroad Tycoon 2. Could spend hours playing that growing up crushing the competition

[@mr.veddle9899]

So the look your going with is... H.H. Holmes?

[@KamleshMallick]

Sadly nothing can beat the games created by Pop Top Software back in 1999 and 2003 which were Rail Road Tycoon 2 and 3. I still play them to this day. The economics, the AI players, the depth of train details still are not matched by these modern games. Only thing they have going for them is the pretty graphics. Transport Fever 2 will be out soon and yet they dont have AI players. None of these games tell you how a train behaves with loads and gradients nor is the economy as sophisticated as in Rail Road Tycoon 3. Let's hope these companies get there.

[@ponderguy7724]

I agree the game is brilliant, all it needs is a 4K remaster like Rome Total War recently received.

[@lychenuscherish7258]

unfortunately i already think the map is too small

[@holifeet]

I was hoping this was a small map...with a much larger map available.

[@TheSkipjack95]

9:30 two cauldrons full of the black stuff ? I didn't know you could log Guinness around in this.

[@NoogDeNoog]

which is better , this or railroad empire?

[@colonelfailure]

I prefer Empire, but you'd have to judge for yourself.

[@nuadasilverpaw5702]

02:10 Geography is definitely inaccurate. New Orleans is not between Bowling Green, KY and Louisville, KY and San Bruno, CA is not east of Clarksville, TN lol

[@bobbybooshay8641]

It's a game dummy.

[@WasatchGarandMan]

It was weird seeing the name "San Bruno" come up on the screen. Yay my hometowns in a game!

[@MrStabby19812]

Overwatch felt the same when mine was added into railway empire.

[@diederikwillems6782]

Tumultuous Train & Transportation Tycoon Showdon Supreme it is, then.

[@zackbobby5550]

Do you not consider Transport Fever a railroad tycoon game? (Description)

[@colonelfailure]

Not really. It's more of a railway builder than a straight tycoon game.

[@zackbobby5550]

@@colonelfailure Yeah that's fair. I always wished there were some more tycoon-ish features such as competitive Ai or company customization. I love the game but it feels rather empty.

[@paithancampbell7289]

I'm from Barnstable. Thank you for the ore.

[@boldee101]

R&D first and start improving hp of trains and speed, then coal and wood into Bowling Green for quick cash, the wood can be turned into lumber and later sold in Louiville, the wheat into Clarksville farm from St Bruno for first stage of meat production, you can run passanger between Bowling Green and Clarksville if you like but there isn't much money in it compared to raw materials. once you have meat production going and you can sell at Bowling Green and lumber to Louiville you will soon have enough money to do the rest of your R&D to the point of the next train, I added wood to Louiville also. I ran two trains for coal the second to Barnstable Town and also the iron ore from Winchester, finally I ran the line into Cincinnati, the mission took me just over an hour witha profit of £250k.

[@jayo1212]

Railroad Corporation and Railway Empire are the closest to what RRT was, but neither have quite gotten there...

[@colonelfailure]

They're both good in their own right, but recapturing RRT feel is proving to be elusive.

[@tr3ki295]

You have a such apropriate accent for railroad thematic.

[@medwaymodelrailway7129]

Great channel. Diesel dave's

[@michaelmacdonell2942]

@ 2:19 "I could be wrong"....(gets popcorn)

[@hipantcii]

WoW isn't this a Railroad Empire rip off! Good idea for the show down but this one should be out of the contest.

[@Commuter6753]

I wish they had a version of this for Metro North Railroad and Amtrak.

[@Itachi_PT]

Not a chance...openttd ftw ☺

[@LuaanTi]

Railroad Tycoon and Transport Tycoon are completely different games. I love both :)

[@kevnar]

He's a very useful engine!

[@Aquelll]

This developers last game, Bounty Train was really fun. I enjoyed itr quite a bit.

[@YeoltheClumsy0]

I have a deep respect for game developers, the energy, imagination, creativity and time they spend to to create a game is enormous. But I don't understand why they try to make a remake of something that has been made. And not one, twice but numerous times. And kicking Transport Fever of the train game throne, I image you need to come with something a little different then another remake. A pitty, but I find it a waste of good energy that these inspired developers are putting into it. Why not create something new, fresh and unique with the same effort.

[@philipbossy4834]

You're thinking of New Orleans, Louisiana. This is New Orleans, Kentucky.

[@alexroberts3944]

Not even half as fun

[@KashouWannabe]

Can you please call your coal train Robbie? And refer to it as Robbie coal train. =)

[@colonelfailure]

I've done that before.

[@CaptainForsyth]

yes that brilliant as it my name too.

[@JessicaKasumi1990]

Out of curiousity Colonel, how did you fall in love with trains? I can tell you're a casual Railfan. Also, this game gives me Railway Empire and Mashinky vibes. As usual, I'm ready for a fun ride with the Colonel with the golden bulldozer at your command.

[@colonelfailure]

I didn't really. I like trains plenty, but never aspired to be a trains guy. It's more a case of giving the people what they want. I won't play something I have no interest in *cough* Train Valley *cough* but most train games pique my interest a reasonable amount.

[@JessicaKasumi1990]

@@colonelfailure I see. :) Regardless, you always seem to make people smile. I applaud you for that.

[@BigLarry1950]

Nice graphics in this game ... definitely want to watch this in play.

[@Lykas_mitts]

Looks kinda similar to Mashinky doesn't it?

[@cubeincubes]

can you come narrate my life for me??

[@drac124]

You make me wanna play Transport Fever

[@whiteandnerdytuba]

So is it better or what

[@KelseyThornton]

I'd like to order some kind of showdown month, please :)

[@vincespeedmk223]

Ha. Bowling joke straight off the bat...nice.

[@DavidRBrownisace]

showdown great idea

[@rhmagalhaes]

You should consider come back to Mashinky. The trains are beautiful. :D

[@faydulaksono]

what the difference mashinsky and rrt?

[@googhan]

railway empire had something wrong with signaling or I never managed signaling to work.

[@rmvdhaak]

Railway Empire signaling is working for me.

[@Salgaz]

Railway Empire signalling works really well. Gives you a lot of control of the trains route.

[@Vekoboy]

Railroad Showdown Empire... inky, thing, sounds like Feverish fun!

[@ParkeraNZ]

Looks interesting

[@Apophlegmatis]

Bank is a shark- 1% per day! 360+% apr...

[@Taladar2003]

3778% actually. Compound interest really gets you there.

[@Apophlegmatis]

@@Taladar2003 I knew I was a little off... logarithmically speaking

[@antaguana]

@@Taladar2003 Compound interest is the strongest force in the universe - Einstein (paraphrased)

[@aseroxd]

Very disappointed that this game is early access. I'll wait another three years or so for a proper release.

[@katari91]

So many train games... so little time.

[@electrohalo8798]

OK......... this was completely out of the blue also we now need a rain called the flying colonel (cuz why not (no nickers this time))

[@Pjs-ge7gk]

The Flying Failureman

[@electrohalo8798]

what he said

[@pietrorita]

Boy o boy, I love this game

[@antaguana]

Iron from Winchestertonfieldvile! Also Add Open Transport Tycoon Deluxe to the "Month of Railroad Showdown". (you can use that name if you like)

[@xjuliussx]

i like his voice , lol

[@colonelfailure]

This is fortunate.

[@kimwilson8096]

more please

[@Tsass0]

Comment - Interested - affirmative

[@RobReacts1]

how dare you! im 29 and play bowls :D

[@Mieknara]

Locomotion and OTTD.

[@JoSchn]

RRTC3- one of my all time favourites... Iḿ watching ... :) EDIT: This not nearly as good as RRTC. It looks like a mobile game! Iḿ disappointed!

[@colonelfailure]

I want whatever mobile you have...

[@alexroberts3944]

@@colonelfailure openttd is on mobile. Have to have Hawkeyes accuracy to play it, but it works.

[@antaguana]

@@alexroberts3944 especially when you bring out the profitotron graphs.

[@crowkiller2086]

Don't stop this series col failure

[@colonelfailure]

I'll do an episode per day this week and see how it feels. Since it's early access I may be out of juice by then.

[@andrewinbody4301]

He had me at "More choo choo please."

[@lemannsaleh888]

I very like steam locomotive

[@opoto4324]

no, doesn't better, even the game colors seem like too orange hurt my eyes

[@amilhubbard8755]

He is back at it... Lol Wasting money like it grows out of dust... lol Great fun. Keep it up.

[@colonelfailure]

Speculate to accumulate.