Definitely the best video game of 2026... By the way if it is not TSW then it should be moved to "Off Topic"...
I actually popped an entry in Suggestions the other week, that Metro Rivals needs its own forum sub. But it was vetoed by the admin/mods.
Keeping it in the general discussion section keeps it front and center and on everyone's radar. I'll still largely ignore it. I mean it looks like it's aimed at the console market anyway where you have a controller to make quick movements.
Maybe there is a big old market out there for this game, but I just don't see it. Plus given their history and the fact this is a first foray into a new game engine, give me one reason to think this will not be ridden with bugs and other issues at launch, that take multiple patches to even begin to address. Not sure that will fly with the less casual player who has so much choice for games. The massive advantage they have had with TSW, is that they are mostly selling to train enthusiasts, who are prepared to put up with a lot of pap to get to play with the machines they love in real life. I think DTG overlook this massively sometimes. Many of us keep paying and playing not because of the game, but despite the game!! On the other hand of course, maybe they will absolutely nail a sleeper hit and turn a very tidy profit, some of which can be re-invested back into TSW!! I will leave you to decide which is most likely.
I mean, my expectation is that they figured a way to recoup some of the investment into a foray into mucking about with a new engine by giving the tech demo they worked on just enough of a basic UI to slap it out as a fun little short term distraction with vibes of "Burnout but with trains". I don't think even DTG expect it to be a big seller, but they might as well recycle the work they can't use in their next proper train sim into something on the side that might at least make back a little of what they spent in the process.
LOL, all I can think about is how the UI for this game is really overdesigned and intrusive. I know that's not what you mean, but man that UI is really a bloated mess.
That's how i see it too, a UE5 tech demo and learning space for their devs away from the higher expectations of their flagship franchise - whatever sales they make on it are a bonus. I'd be VERY surprised if this isn't day-one on Gamepass/PSPlus
Keeping the Metro Rivals discussion in the main TSW forum seems like a silly move in my opinion. Sure, there will be TSW players interested in it, probably. But for those of us who have already decided that we have absolutely no interest in a Train-based "game" (as opposed to a "simulation" of real life), it's just going to get annoying having thread after thread about it. I've no interest in the utter snore-fest that, for me, is real life fishing let alone simulated fishing but thanks to it having its own forum, I don't have to read about it.
I did the new rod fishing in the FS25 Kinlaig DLC for about 20 minutes, then went back to more standard fare of ploughing fields, cutting down trees and saving funds to buy out the industry.
