We can fully max out a Radeon 9800 with all details. But there's also a lot of high-end detail that will only be seen by gamers with modern video cards. We also spent a lot of time making the engine very smooth and very scaleable, so you can instantly zoom in and out, even on older 3D cards (the game looks surprisingly good even on a TNT2). comment that it's easy to get distracted from the core economic' game just because it's so cool to watch the trains steaming through the mountains-pistons and gears moving-up and down hills and valleys. But I don't think we initially realized how much of a difference a fully realized 3D world would have on the gameplay. PS: We knew at the start that we had to make Railroad Tycoon 3 just to compete in the modern gaming marketplace and to enable some key features, like tunnels and overpasses. GS: Other than simply introducing 3D graphics to the game, what would you say has been the most challenging aspect of developing Railroad Tycoon 3? Railroad Tycoon 3 has a lot of scenarios and game content (28 scenarios-about 60 plus hours of gameplay), and so it takes a lot of time and effort to ensure that they're perfect. PS: We're very close to the finish line, so all we're doing right now is testing and final balance tweaks. What aspects of the game is the team working on at this point? GameSpot: When we last checked in, we saw that the game's 3D terrain engine and editors were already in place. We caught up with PopTop president and founder Phil Steinmeyer (who is also serving as the lead designer, producer, and programmer) for more information on this promising game. With Railroad Tycoon 3, developer PopTop Software will add all-new trains, scenarios, a new victory condition, and a brand-new 3D graphics engine that will let players design their own train courses, lay tracks, and even change entire landscapes in 3D. Railroad Tycoon II received great critical acclaim when it was released in 1998, and the next game in the series will finally be released this year. All rights reserved.Since the series began in 1990, with the original Railroad Tycoon (published by the now-defunct company MicroProse), the Railroad Tycoon series has quietly garnered a loyal following of fans who have enjoyed the games' combination of railroad building and economic strategy. ![]() Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., 2K, and their respective logos are trademarks of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. ©2016 Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. ![]() To top everything off, the game's soundtrack features another installment of some of the best authentic blues, bluegrass, and Americana music around. Railroad Tycoon 3 also includes more multiplayer support than its predecessor, integrating an on-line chat and matchmaking service. The new 3-D engine takes the franchise to the next level, allowing smooth scaling from an 'eye in the sky' view of an entire continent down to super detailed close-up of a beautifully modeled train, building, or just the landscape. Players can lay track (including tunnels and overpasses), pick from over 40 locomotives from early steams to modern bullets, choose to haul over 35 types of cargo in a dynamic economy, and participate in an advanced stock market. Railroad Tycoon 3 features 25 scenarios challenging players to recreate magnificent feats of railroading history from around the world.
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