Anyone tried the free demo of this? https://store.steampowered.com/app/2095420/Bus_Bound/ Found it okay but no OMSI 2. Graphics very soft though discovered the demo launches with all of the sliders at minimal so need to play around with Settings. The demo bus sounds and handles quite well. Not sure how well the management and driving aspect combined will play out and at least in the demo there is no fare collection mechanic. The bus service is entirely funded by local government. Fictional location and vehicles as opposed to licensed brands also a bit off putting. Price and release date TBA but presumably soon. Not sure it’s worth a full price purchase if pitched at the £30 level but maybe a sale later in the year. Still think the ETS2 bus add on will do things better though we are at the whims of SCS when it might appear.
Now uninstalled... just not ticking my boxes at all. "The Bus" is actually better. And that's saying something for an Aerosoft title!
What shocks me about what I've seen of this game is that you can barely see the left rearview mirror and not the right one at all... If it's a simulator, then it can't be worse. No mirror, no bus driving !
Good one - touché! Ironically, part of the problem. The initial tutorial route only had two or three stops. I went to the map to set up a new custom route but there did not appear to be any way to add bus stops to a road as you would in Transport Fever or Cities Skylines. Maybe that feature was just disabled for the demo. However I am getting a City Tram Sim vibe about this. An unknown developer hitches on the tails of a well known software house, in this case Saber (Snowrunner, Roadcraft etc.) to publish their work which is nowhere near the standard of the in house titles. Edit: Well watched a couple of YT clips and maybe I have been a bit harsh in my initial assessment. Will reinstall later and do a bit more. Additional bus stops and areas are unlocked by doing runs and getting passenger likes etc. There’s also a cool looking livery editor.
