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Train Conductor 2: USA – A childhood fantasy becomes a virtual reality
Tested version: 1.1.0
Latest version: 1.5.2
Requires Android: from 2.2
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Summary
When you were a kid did you also dream of being a train conductor someday? Well, Train Conductor 2: USA lets you live out your childhood fantasy, virtually at least.
The goal is to conduct as many trains as possible on the correct rails and avoid collisions.
How long can this app manage to keep users entertained and how exactly does the game work? Find out in our review.
Features & Use
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Test device: Samsung Galaxy Nexus 4.1.1
The main display shows a map of the USA that reveals all levels and locations that have to do with the game. There are eight levels in total which are activated as you play and successfully complete the lower levels. The higher levels become more and more challenging.
The goal is to conduct as many trains as you can; this is what helps determine whether the next level will be activated.
Every level comes with an additional “challenge” mode option which is activated once certain tasks have been accomplished, e.g. all levels must be activated or you must have successfully navigated at least five gold trains.
The game in and of itself is relatively simple: you'll see a bunch of tracks from a bird's eye perspective. Trains arrive onscreen; trains are numbered and most have a colour scheme and must be relayed to the appropriate track by swiping a finger across the display.
Every level has its own particularities that make it a bit more challenging. If that's not enough, the trains themselves speed up and under this added pressure you might just accidentally push a train to the wrong track and end the game.
In order to activate the next level you will have had to to have successfully navigated a certain amount of trains.
A nice detail: prior to each level a fun little intro explains the ins and outs and you can do a trial and navigate a few trains.
Settings are easy to manage seeing as the only options are setting music and sound effects and connection the app to Twitter and/or Facebook.
The Facebook connection is pushed within the app seeing as an integrated Facebook account lets you compare scores and highscores with others.
Bottom line:
Train Conductor 2: USA is great because despite a simple gameplay it's nicely diversified. The levels are all different as are the sound effects and graphics, making the game great for in between things as a time killer, but also as something to play for longer periods of time, and not just for kids.
Screen & Controls
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The Train Conductor 2: USA design is simply stellar. It looks great on the HD display of the Galaxy Nexus and the animations are cute to boot. There's a also a good sound which underlines the story.
A well deserved five stars in this category!
Speed & Stability
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Both speed and stability are good and Train Conductor 2: USA does not come with any major loading times.
Price/Performance Ratio
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Train Conductor 2: USA usually costs EUR 1.63 but seeing as it's our app of the week (until September 30th, 2012) you can download it for only EUR 0.79 from out AndroidPIT App Center!
If you're curious but not quite certain you wish commit to a pay-for version why not give the free version a spin. The free version does not have as many features but the same amount of levels as the full version.
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A Google User, May 11, 2013
Awesome game! I really enjoy this game. Great time wasting with excellent game play and graphics. Totally recommend this game.
A Google User, May 9, 2013
Very funny game Try it, play it , love it! One of the best train games. Strategy with time management... hummm :)
A Google User, May 8, 2013
Great game! I've had the iOS version on my iPod Touch for years. Finally got a good pphone and was thrilled that it was also Android! Hard w/out being impossible. Frustrating w/out wanting to hurt tbe developer. Love this game!!
A Google User, May 8, 2013
Favorite game! This game is the best game I've ever played on android. It's really underrated, and I would recommend this game to anyone. It has no problems as far as I can tell.
A Google User, May 6, 2013
Lots a fun! Very good game and addictive. Be very careful. Play while listening to Casey Jones and forget your worries...
A Google User, Apr 20, 2013
deeply addictive. And easier on Android! I found this game (started with TC1 really) in some newspaper's list of addictive games. They weren't kidding. I would be ashamed to described the lengths I've gone to... Suffice to say that I bought it on iPhone and then Android so that I could play on a bigger surface (tablet) and then I realised that at least on Android the Grand Canyon challenge level has LIVES. Meaning you can crash two trains and go on. This is probably how some insane players have managed to reach 5K+. I was of course stuck around 4600 after some serious dedication to the noble task. You guys just wait...
Hi Cyrus,
you need to download and install the AndroidPIT App Center first.
If you have any questions regarding this please ask them in our forum.
Best of luck and enjoy the game!