There's also lots more type of cargo (ship iron and coal to a steel mill to make steel, rubber to a tire factory for tires, the steel and the tires to an auto plant to make cars which go to the cities). It's also laid out more clearly how the economy works (you can turn off these features to make the game easier, but it's much less fun).

The economic aspects of RT2 were more enjoyable.

I never found the AI of OpenTTD fun, except when I was bored and wanted to watch their cars get plowed by my trains. The stock market and competitive play is more fun. Less tedious micromanagement without need for signals (although it does mean there's no way to build a 4-track mainline in RT2 that works like you can in OpenTTD). (I've not played the original, so I can't comment on its quality). Having played both Railroad Tycoon II and OpenTTD, I must say that I prefer RT2 immensely more. I just found the video of his GDC 2017 talk: Classic Game Postmortem: 'Seaman'! Īnd here's a review and summary of his talk. Now, Saito is coming to GDC 2017 to speak at length about his work creating 'Seaman', a game that left an indelible mark on the fabric of both the game industry and pop culture at large.

Under the Vivarium banner, Saito developed the groundbreaking virtual pet game 'Seaman' (lending his own face to the titular Seaman), its striking sequel 'Seaman 2', the pinball strategy game 'Odama', and the airport baggage management puzzle game 'Aero Porter'. 'Yutaka 'Yoot' Saito, the talented game designer known for his idiosyncratic approach to game development, will be delivering a Classic Game Postmortem on his remarkable Dreamcast game 'Seaman' at GDC 2017! Saito's game development career took off in the early '90s when he created the game that was published by Maxis as 'SimTower', but it was after he founded his own studio Vivarium that he really came into his own. Unfortunately I wasn't there to see it, but I saw him talk earlier about Seaman at GDC 2000, and it was fascinating to learn how he was able to pull off such an unprecedented original design, even supporting speech recognition on the Dreamcast!Īnnouncement: Yoot Saito is coming to GDC 2017 to present a Classic Game Postmortem of Seaman! Yoot Saito just presented a classic game postmortem of 'Seaman' at the recent GDC.

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