I completely missed the annoucement on this and just happened to see it listed on the Arcade blade earlier. As a little bit of a board game geek, I've been praying for an XBLA release of this for months, but never knew it was actually in development. My family and I love the board game, and this version is fantastic too. Yes, it's simplistic, but like Uno, it's an excellent wind-down game after a hectic session on COD4 or whatever. I notice there is a download content option, so hopefully they'll release TRT: Europe soon which has a little more variation that the original game.
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I like the board game ones. The demo was good and I'll probably buy it when I next get some points but it doesn't seem like it'd be very interactive in multiplayer. You pretty much keep yourself to yourself and work on your own routes. There's no trading and visciously stealing resources like in Catan. -
I think there's already an achievement regarding European stations or something (it started with 250G available: usually the extra 50 is reserved for DLC), so I'd say it's a certainty.Originally posted by SteJay View PostComment
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It looks like people have some problems understanding how you score in the game. Here is cross-post from the marketplace thread:
- You get points for each completed waypoint. How many points you get depends on the length of track:
* 1 car = 1 point
* 2 cars = 2 points
* 3 cars = 6 points
* 4 cars = 7 points
* 5 cars = 10 points
* 6 cars = 13 points
- By completing destination, you receive score designated in the ticket at the end of the game. In the other hand, if you don't succeed reaching the destination, you will lose points designated on the ticket. There is no limit on how many tickets you can hold in your hand.
- The player with longest, undivided track gains 10 points at the end of the game.
- The player with most points wins.Last edited by elkatas; 27-06-2008, 05:44.Comment
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I bought this game yesterday and I have to say, I think it's utterly fantastic. Gonna take a lot of practice for me to be able to take people on properly at this game though, I really think a FAQ or 3 on how to play the game properly could be in order.Comment
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Agreed Mike ... I can't stop playing it.
Hammered someone yesterday, with a final score of 191.
The instructions are a little bit lacking though, no mention of how the in-game scoring works (thanks elkatas for the info above), and no mention of how the game ends ... I *think* once someone has less than 3 trains left, that's the final turn? Still not 100% sure on that.Comment
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That's correct. If you are sure about your lead, it might be good strategy to "burn" through your trains (read: just fill shorter destinations quickly).Originally posted by peeveen View PostComment
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Aye, and it's always worth trying to use up all your train on the last go, even if it won't get you a destination.Comment
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Ticket To Ride: Europe is now available as an add-on for 600 points. It's a little over-priced in my opinion, but I've always enjoyed the table-top edition more than the original so I've bought it anyway.Comment
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Has anyone tried the new Europe DLC? Is it literally just a new European map?Comment
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it has some new rules and stuff too.
You can place stations in cities to "borrow" an opponents track out of that city (though I think there's a bonus if you don't use them).
There are tunnel routes, which depending on your luck, might cost you extra to build.
There are ferry routes that can only be built with wildcards
And a couple of Euro-only achievements.
Other than that, same great game ... haven't found anyone playing the Euro map online yet though, presumably the yanks will just ignore it.Comment
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