This usually requires something extremely simple, and if it was anything more complicated I think it would be burdensome, but its nice and provides enough tension to make you engaged.Īs for the passengers, over time their health and hunger meters go down. The tension in the train is twofold: each time the train is in motion you're met with some piece of it thats needs to be repaired and you need to keep the passengers happy and alive. You pick up passengers, take them to the train, and once you're on you are in charge of all the goings on. The game provides two different modes to engage with: train operation and resource accumulation.Īs far as the train, it functions as a sort of mini-game. It's an OK story, presented in a way that leaves you feeling a little puzzled at the end, not necessarily through a misunderstanding of what happens, but just with all the disparate pieces of world building that haven't quite been woven together. It wants to be mysterious but ends up somewhat confusing, even though I think I understand what's happening. Nothing is really ever explained in the fullest, which can be a tool to make a world seem curious and unknowable, but here it falls a little flat. There are a few characters that are constant throughout the narrative, but even then I found myself asking - Who is this? Why are they here? What do they do again? The characters are not given backstory. As such, you don't really get to know them very well. The characters you meet are transient individuals, as many are on a train ride. All the references lie in bits and pieces of conversation and newspaper clippings, that manage to give information but doesn't necessarily weave a complete foundation. It's a little confusing, but perhaps that's the point - but there's a thin line between making a story mysterious and obfuscating it behind peculiarity. Even with that though, it feels as if the story is delivered in piecemeal manner.
You get a glimpse into the lives of the people in the world around you through picking up items and checking texts messages and things like that.
You exist in a fictional world, and take the role of a train conductor during a worldwide event, and you must keep the train functioning and its passengers safe.
But, as game goes on, you learn more and more about this ominous little world you're a part of. You're thrown into the game not knowing anything about what's going on, you take the place of the protagonist without any real attachment to the narrative.
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