Xbox Holiday Express Thoughts

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  1. Bradley

    Bradley Well-Known Member

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    So they are teasing holiday express, what are peoples thoughts on this?

    personally, I wouldn’t pay for it
     
  2. StrikeEagle78

    StrikeEagle78 Well-Known Member

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    Probably just more junk to distract from the missing promised final updates to TSW2 and the still poorly optimized TSW3 many months post release.
     
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  3. tallboy7648

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    It's not something I am interested in to be honest. Model railways aren't my thing
     
  4. AtherianKing

    AtherianKing Well-Known Member

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    I’ll keep an eye on it but, I don’t intent to make any purchases (at least before the new year)
     
  5. Tigert1966

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    I don’t want it, and would rather the special projects team fixed some of the stuff they broke in the last preservation update.

    However, different people like different things. I no longer feel the need to buy every dlc. So not for me, Happy for those that are looking forward to it though.
     
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  6. sivn#4246

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    One word: Humbug!
     
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  8. 21c164fightercommand

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    for the littlest konsole kiddies only, plus this bloke with the pink cat ears headphone?
     
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  9. byeo

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    Speak for yourself. I’m looking forward to it, something different and a bit of fun. My son will absolutely love it too, perfect for the holidays and a good price.
     
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  10. royalscot#3684

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    Dumbest idea on rails since Beeching.
     
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  11. Bradley

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    personally its an okay idea, not really for adults, and another boring F7 reskin, I see both sides of the arguments yes id rather have dtg concentrate on bugs and add on manager, then release content which isn't for me, however I can also see the model rail enthusiasts and children liking this one, would be interesting to see how it sells.
     
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  12. CowBoyWolf

    CowBoyWolf Well-Known Member

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    Also it was mostly Skyhook and Adam's team that worked on this
     
  13. Mattty May

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    I think for me, my reaction to this says I’ve gone past disappointment and frustration into anger at the state of the game. I appreciate that’s 100% my problem though. A game shouldn’t get anyone angry.
     
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  14. driverwoods#1787

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    What's the point of this? Even though they are better off making a Christmas-themed train DLC using the East German locomotives DR V100 DR BR250 243 & 212 with rekowagen
     
  15. antwerpcentral

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    There is too much good stuff coming out these days to spend my money on this. Probably will be fully working by easter anyway :D
     
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  16. stujoy

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    There’s a naughty elf. He needs to be stopped. Without your help Christmas will be ruined. Why would anyone want to ruin Christmas?
     
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  17. stimp#5938

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    I’m sure it’s riddled with bugs. Like most of their new dlc. I mean have you seen these forums?!
     
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  18. TSW Nathan

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    Yea, me neither. I don't see any point in it.
     
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  19. Crosstie

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    Like many a living room. ;)
     
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  20. jefalcon6

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    Perhaps if I was still 12!
     
  21. TSW Nathan

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    Lol, yea. It seems more like the kind of DLC for kids
    ;)
     
  22. Crosstie

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    We play with trains. Doesn't that make us all kids at heart?
     
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  23. stujoy

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    I spend my days pretending to drive trains instead going to work like a proper grown-up.
     
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  24. BBIAJ

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    EDIT:

    Post removed due to late night schoolboy error...
     
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  25. CowBoyWolf

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    Steam achievements has yet to appear though?
     
  26. BBIAJ

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    My mistake, was accidentally looking at the Train Sim Classic Achievements on a third party website from 2013!
     
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    And Steam
     
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    Also curious if this will get the usual Game Pass discount applied, given how cheap the base price is.

    I can see that it is already live without it, but this has previously taken hours, sometimes days, to actually show up.
     
  30. CowBoyWolf

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    yes it will look at the new article that just released
     
  31. byeo

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    I'm enjoying it, nothing serious, just a bit of Festive fun. Well done DTG.
     
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  32. DTG JD

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    I'll check in on this.

    Also, confusingly I have two accounts on the forums - one is mainly used for moderation, and this is the one I use more, so if you need to tag me, I'll likely be more responsive on this one :)

    (also, there will be a Game Pass discount, but it might not be there immediately - it's a Microsoft thing).
     
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  34. CowBoyWolf

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    And for steam?
     
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    Don’t really want it but at £6.39 may be tempted. Almost the price of a pint these days.

    No discount on xbox although there will be for game pass users later.
     
  36. stimp#5938

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    :D:D:D:D:D:D:D
     
  37. TSW Nathan

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    :)
     
  38. DTG JD

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    With the content going live (around 4pm UK time if I remember rightly).
     
  39. CowBoyWolf

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    Today or tomorrow as I have yet to get the achievements to appear on the steam achievements list
     
  40. DTG JD

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    There's an update just pushed which should put them in.
     
  41. SHINO BAZ

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    What happened to the we support dtg crowd who have had no problem burning 20-40 bucks on dozens of prebroken dlc routes/locos.I find it odd that this little 10 dollar dlc is getting so much flack.I myself am just glad to finally see a dtg experiment that's truly something special and different for TSW3.thx dtg(I can't believe i just said that,o well there's a frist time for everything).
     
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  42. nwp1

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    Bought it on Steam seems a bit of fun. Not really for me though. Will not add it to xbox.
     
  43. junior hornet

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    Generally it’s fun but the lifts are doing my head in. You can’t move your viewpoint when pressing the button but as soon as you let go, it goes down again and you have to wait till it gets to the bottom before you can press it to go up again. When you do get to the top, you have to guess which side to get out, which you have to do very quickly otherwise down it goes again. Took me ages to do the Try Hard scenario.
     
  44. StormFront345

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    I didn’t find it that finicky. I was also able to change direction half way up. Not sure what the difference could be. I’m on XBOXone.
     
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  45. junior hornet

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    I’ve had another go today. I don’t know what I was doing wrong before but I now find I can let go and it will continue upwards. Makes it much easier.
     
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  46. WVUadam

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    One side to it is it's cool as it's a mini railway in a home and Christmas themed. It works well as a special project from the team.

    But the other side I think what a waste of resources when the team could be fixing broken content and actually get the HST completed.
     
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